[tech-geeks] Google for Educators and LDAP Sync with MacOS

2010-08-29 Thread Brian Skibinski
I want to begin to sync my MacOS ODM/LDAP servers with Google for Educators and PowerSchool. I know I can do it with PowerSchool. In my browsing tonight, I see that Google can sync to Active Directory and LDAP but it only has an app for Windows, Solaris, and Linux. Has any tried to sync up with

Re: [tech-geeks] Moodle Rollover / Renew / Reset

2010-08-29 Thread Sullivan, Terence
Joel, I basically just leave it and use the option to Wipe Out last year's student work so teachers can continue using the same setup for this year. I do make a complete site backup first and then clear out all discussions, quiz attempts, student files submitted -- it is a menu choice that teache

Re: [tech-geeks] NAS Backup?

2010-08-29 Thread Heath Henderson
I have been using superflexible file synchronizer on a few units to trial. I have a few macs and a few windows machines using this product. This may or may not replace my home grown rsync scripts so I can start rolling syntonization schedules from home as well (using a dyn dns host.allow script)

[tech-geeks] Moodle Rollover / Renew / Reset

2010-08-29 Thread Joel A. Brondos
Has anyone been using Moodle for more than one school year? I'm interested in how you do rollovers from one school year to the next: courses, quizzes, and the like. Our hosted Moodle presents certain problems. I have to Backup/Restore each course for each teacher each year. In addition, I found

Re: [tech-geeks] NAS Backup?

2010-08-29 Thread Radford, Jason
Rsync is awesome, nice to see someone doing an easy to use gui/scheduler for windows. I didnt see in the docs, can it do rsync over ssh? I have a few districts using backup assist to the cloud for short term DR using the rsync/ssh protocol for the short term until we finish getting our trial Av

[tech-geeks] NAS Backup?

2010-08-29 Thread Mark Drone
Does anyone have experience with NasBackup? http://www.nasbackup.com I'm looking for a good way to rsync from Win32 servers/clients to FreeNAS or SME. Thanks, -MD | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |

Re: [tech-geeks] phone call from gmail

2010-08-29 Thread Mark Drone
Just called my parents via the Gmail phone widget. Perfect connection. Talked to them for 20 minutes with superb clarity. That's saying a lot since my Dad is really hard of hearing. What an awesome service! Those Google Geeks rock! -MD On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Joel A. Brondos wrote

Re: [tech-geeks] Mibrew Messenger on SME-7.4

2010-08-29 Thread Mark Drone
Just me. :-) -MD Sent from my iPod On Aug 29, 2010, at 1:47 PM, "Dana Fellows" wrote: > Mark, > > Are all the Regional Superintendents geeks or just you? > > Dana Fellows > Computer Technology Instructor / Network Administrator > Whiteside Area Career Center > 1608 Fifth Avenue > Sterling, I

Re: [tech-geeks] Mibrew Messenger on SME-7.4

2010-08-29 Thread Mark Drone
Just me. /-) -MD Sent from my iPod On Aug 29, 2010, at 1:47 PM, "Dana Fellows" wrote: > Mark, > > Are all the Regional Superintendents geeks or just you? > > Dana Fellows > Computer Technology Instructor / Network Administrator > Whiteside Area Career Center > 1608 Fifth Avenue > Sterling, I

Re: [tech-geeks] Ldap authentication from AD

2010-08-29 Thread Sullivan, Terence
Only thing needed on the Windows Server is a basic account that can login (only need login ability, does not need any admin rights) - create a user like MoodleConnect with a password in AD and then use that as the connecting account in your Moodle LDAP settings. --Terry _

[tech-geeks] Ldap authentication from AD

2010-08-29 Thread Chris Wherley
What info or steps do I need to do ldap authentication for something like moodle. Anything to do at windows server | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |

Re: [tech-geeks] [Bulk] Re: Special Day in Techgeekdom

2010-08-29 Thread Dean Ahne
Happy Birthday Abe. Dean Ahne -Original Message- From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Dan Ragen Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 1:54 PM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: [Bulk] Re: [tech-geeks] Special Day in Techgeekdom A feast

Re: [tech-geeks] phone call from gmail

2010-08-29 Thread Joel A. Brondos
I called myself just to check it out. Me, myself, and I had a long conversation and it didn't cost a penny. I must have fallen asleep while on the phone. When I woke up, the walls were all padded. I can't explain why, but I am very happy now. 1-707-BRONDOS (California number I couldn't resist). J

Re: [tech-geeks] Mibrew Messenger on SME-7.4

2010-08-29 Thread Dana Fellows
Mark, Are all the Regional Superintendents geeks or just you? Dana Fellows Computer Technology Instructor / Network Administrator Whiteside Area Career Center 1608 Fifth Avenue Sterling, IL 61081 Email, dfell...@wacc.cc Website, www.wacc.cc Phone: 815-626-5810 ext. 206 Available via phone between

Re: [tech-geeks] Windows 7 Tablet

2010-08-29 Thread Joshua Halls
Haven't had a chance to use a Sanforce controller based SSD yet, but those are the ones typically that have the rather crazy write speeds as well (some well into the 200/300MB claimed as Jason said). They definately seem to be benching what they are claiming according to a lot of sites so it is ve

Re: [tech-geeks] phone call from gmail

2010-08-29 Thread Michael Bendorf
I had a teacher with a personal gmail account ask me on Thursday if we could use this with our GA4E domain... I have not used this new feature yet, but have enjoyed other GoogleVoice features for some time now. On 8/29/10, Chris Wherley wrote: > Just made a call from my computer using gmail/chat

Re: [tech-geeks] Mibrew Messenger on SME-7.4

2010-08-29 Thread Chris Wherley
I have used something similar when working with ScheduleStar and Ren Learn. It has been useful. Those include an option for a transcript at the end to be sent, which is also helpful. On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Mark Drone wrote: > Can't say that I would actually deploy this, but it sure ha

[tech-geeks] phone call from gmail

2010-08-29 Thread Chris Wherley
Just made a call from my computer using gmail/chat/voice. http://googlevoiceblog.blogspot.com/ Pretty cool. | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |

[tech-geeks] Log Consolidation program

2010-08-29 Thread Luke Wurl
http://www.splunk.com This looks interesting, installing it right now onto my Arch Linux server| Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |

[tech-geeks] Mibrew Messenger on SME-7.4

2010-08-29 Thread Mark Drone
Can't say that I would actually deploy this, but it sure has been fun playing around with it this weekend: http://mibew.org/ Here's a brief how-to for SME-7.4: http://www.edseek.org/mdrone/tg/Mibew_Messenger_Install_SME-7.4.txt Should work on any LAMP server with slight modifications. Whil

Re: [tech-geeks] Windows 7 Tablet

2010-08-29 Thread Radford, Jason
Very weird... Out of the box modern SSD's hardware wise should perform better, desktop OS support matters alot though from what I have been reading. Some of the stock ssd's put into those models are known to be very slow performers, have firmware issues, and do not play well over time with XP an