Blog Archive

Nearly twenty years of articles from the Penn Manor technology blog.

• 2021 Recap 2021-12-28
• 2020 Recap 2020-12-31
• Student Tech Assistance 2020-04-17
• 2019 Recap 2019-12-31
• 2018 Recap and New Horizons 2019-01-02
• Summer 2018 Behind the Scenes 2018-08-18
• 2017 Retrospective 2017-12-28
• Open School Leadership 2017-08-10
• 2016 Technology Rewind 2016-12-29
• Mattermost – An Open Source Slack Alternative 2016-05-04
• District of Distinction Award – Open Source Laptop Program 2016-03-06
• The Power of Open in Education 2015-08-15
• B is for Bandwidth 2015-06-14
• Middle School Laptop Program Parent FAQ 2015-05-24
• Shawn Beard Honored as Outstanding Employee 2015-04-18
• Student Linux Laptops Presentation 2015-03-19
• You are a marvel 2015-03-05
• MikroTik RouterOS Training Class 2015-02-21
• 1:1 Laptop Program for Middle Schools 2015-02-17
• Coding and Programming Resources for Students 2014-12-09
• Safe is Risky – For Schools Too? 2014-12-01
• Penn Manor Mobile App 2014-09-11
• Amazing August Tech Updates 2014-08-23
• Enabling Students in a Digital Age: TEDxLancaster 2014-06-01
• Help Desk Phone Support Changes 2014-03-16
• The Laptops Have Landed! 2014-02-05
• Welcome to the Laptop Machine 2014-01-15
• Winter 2014 Tech Update 2013-12-30
• Education Apps for Android Starter Guide 2013-12-10
• Holiday Tech Gift Guide 2013 2013-12-01
• 1:1 Laptop Program Update 2013-11-03
• Back to School with Open Source Software 2013-09-05
• Back to School Apps For The New Nexus 7 2013-09-02
• EdTech Summer Roundup 2013 2013-08-17
• Student Programming with Scratch and The Finch 2013-06-18
• Commencement 2013 2013-06-05
• Google Play for Education Announced 2013-05-15
• High School 1:1 Laptop Program Announced 2013-04-02
• Elementary School Wireless Upgrade Complete 2013-03-07
• Student Programming Project Featured At PETE&C 2013-02-12
• Open Campus PA Website Launched 2013-01-23
• Nexus and Open Source at PA Educational Technology Conference 2013-01-09
• 2012 Technology News Recap 2012-12-27
• Let’s Build a Computer 2012-12-06
• Nexus 7 Supports Multiple Student Accounts 2012-11-18
• Nexus 7 Classroom Launch 2012-11-02
• Rock the Schoolhouse with Open Source 2012-10-01
• 5 More Classroom Apps for Nexus 7 2012-09-14
• Education Apps for Nexus 7 2012-08-22
• More Classroom Linux Laptops 2012-08-14
• Google Nexus 7 for Schools 2012-08-01
• Home Laptop Recommendation 2012 2012-07-22
• 5 Years of the PM Techblog 2012-07-05
• Commencement 2012 2012-06-12
• Raspberry Pi Arrives 2012-06-01
• Let’s Talk! New Open Source Phone System 2012-05-20
• New Sapphire Parent Portal, Goodbye Paper Report Cards 2012-05-08
• PM School News on Android 2012-05-01
• Central Manor’s Digital Learning Island 2012-04-15
• Free Classroom Clickers – Socrative 2012-03-26
• Goodbye White Macbook 2012-03-04
• Open Campus Meeting for High School Students 2012-02-26
• Linux Laptops at PETE&C 2012-02-11
• Raspberry Pi: An affordable treat for students? 2012-01-21
• Winter 2012 Technology News Roundup 2012-01-08
• Open Campus, Open Source, Open Schools 2011-12-30
• Ubuntu for Schools: Project Update 2011-12-04
• Welcome Tom 2011-11-29
• Is Your Password on The List? 2011-11-20
• Parent Seminar: Internet Security, Privacy and Cyberbully Threats 2011-11-06
• Welcome Jason 2011-09-17
• An IT Summer, By The Numbers 2011-08-26
• Comcast Offers Low Cost Internet for Students 2011-08-05
• Email Upgrade Update 2011-07-25
• Virtual School Launch 2011-07-14
• Commencement 2011 Video 2011-06-25
• Ubuntu for Schools Part 3: Lenovo X120e 2011-05-30
• 2011 School of Excellence in Technology Award 2011-05-15
• Ubuntu for Schools Part 2: Apps and Software 2011-05-01
• Solar System Scope Shines 2011-04-07
• Award Winning Blogs at Penn Manor 2011-03-20
• Ubuntu for our Schools: Part 1 2011-02-21
• Google’s Art Project is Awesome 2011-02-05
• LibreOffice 3.3 Released 2011-01-27
• Guest Wireless, Now Available 2011-01-02
• New Year’s Greetings 2010-12-31
• Google Tech Support Care Package 2010-12-14
• Welcome Alex 2010-12-09
• Letscrate and Dropbox: Simple Free File Sharing 2010-12-04
• New Google Book Teaches the Web 2010-11-21
• Casper Software Case Study 2010-11-06
• Goodbye, sweet Bloglines 2010-09-13
• Meet Koha: Our New Library System 2010-08-27
• New Penn Manor Website Launched 2010-08-03
• Technology Innovations Fuel Student Learning 2010-06-20
• Commencement 2010 2010-06-09
• Best Tech Comic of 2010 2010-05-22
• PM Rocketeers Win 1st Place 2010-05-17
• Summer 2010 Technology Workshops 2010-05-06
• Business Blogging Basics Workshop 2010-04-13
• Blogs or Moodle: Which is Best? 2010-03-27
• Penn Points Recognized by NSPA 2010-03-12
• Penn Manor at PETE&C 2010-02-25
• Sapphire Server Upgrade 2010-02-05
• Planet Penn Manor 2010-01-19
• Fireside Book Chats Podcast 2010-01-08
• Santa Can’t Escape Modern Technology 2009-12-23
• Creative Commons: Rethinking Copyright 2009-12-11
• “So Ugly It’s Beautiful” – The First Internet Router 2009-11-27
• Big News: High School Newspaper Goes Online 2009-10-20
• Google Street View Finds Penn Manor 2009-10-12
• Martic Fiber Cut Update 2009-09-18
• 1st Week Tech Support Update 2009-09-06
• High School Smart Classroom Upgrades 2009-08-23
• Free iPods with New Mac Purchases 2009-07-24
• Meet Atlas – The Storage Champion 2009-07-06
• Commencement 2009 Webcast 2009-06-28
• Tech Workshops for Summer 2009 2009-05-07
• 2nd Grade Takes the Video Stage 2009-04-24
• Internet Safety Programs Recognized 2009-04-11
• World Story Telling Day – Live! 2009-03-24
• Cafeterias Go Digital 2009-03-02
• Penn Manor at PETE&C 2009-02-11
• India Calling 2009-01-23
• Learning via Desktop Video Conferencing 2009-01-09
• An Extra Second for 2008 2008-12-31
• Email Storage and Space Quotas 2008-12-01
• Dodge Hodgepodge 2008-11-13
• Online Safety and Security Parent Worshops 2008-10-20
• Technology Help Statistics For September 2008-10-04
• Scientist for a Day 2008-09-30
• CFF Grant Funding Update 2008-09-17
• Tech Ticket System Statistics 2008-09-03
• Podcasting Story Character Types 2008-08-25
• Welcoming Ryan to the Tech Team 2008-08-16
• Kerio Webmail Launched 2008-08-07
• Meet Gina, Our New Help Desk Guru 2008-07-28
• Free Alternatives to Microsoft Office 2008-07-09
• Blogging Grows at Penn Manor 2008-06-28
• Congratulations to Sherry 2008-06-16
• Commencement 2008 Webcast 2008-06-05
• IT Team Staff Changes 2008-05-20
• You’ve Got Fiber 2008-05-09
• Introducing – Chad Billman 2008-05-01
• Still More Student Guest Writers 2008-04-24
• More Student Writers: Website Reviews 2008-04-15
• The Smart Board: Guest Writer 2008-04-08
• Four Digit Dialing: Now Everywhere 2008-04-01
• Penn Manor Techblog Award 2008-03-23
• Blogging at PASBO 2008-03-06
• Webkinz Online – Guest Writer 2008-02-27
• CFF Training, Tech Planning, Course Selection 2008-02-22
• Free PDF File Converters 2008-02-14
• Classrooms for the Future Install Begins 2008-01-28
• Casper Training is Not Spooky 2008-01-21
• Hosting Local Digerati 2008-01-08
• Teacher Tech Accomplishments 2008-01-01
• Tracking Santa 2007-12-23
• Demos & Trainings 2007-12-16
• MIT’s Free Online Course Library 2007-12-02
• Virtual Travel at Pequea 2007-11-25
• AlertNow: It’s Calling To You 2007-11-18
• Barracuda, The Spam Eater 2007-11-11
• A Comet for the Comets 2007-10-28
• PIMS and PDE and Data! Oh My! 2007-10-21
• PM Moodle: Happy 4th Birthday! 2007-10-13
• K12 Online Conference 2007-10-07
• The Internet Returns to Hambright 2007-09-26
• Email Dead, or Just Resting? 2007-09-22
• Internet Safety Workshop with Katie Koestner 2007-09-16
• Virtual Chinese 2007-09-12
• 4000 Pounds 2007-09-06
• High School Classrooms for the Future: $627,669 2007-09-02
• Hambright Network Outage 2007-08-27
• Finish Line 2007 – A Big Thank You 2007-08-25
• Elementary Gradebooks are Ready 2007-08-22
• New IEP Software – Getting Closer 2007-08-18
• Secondary Gradebooks are Ready for 07-08 2007-08-12
• Web & Social Computing Inservice Reflections 2007-08-07
• CometNet – New and Improved 2007-07-31
• Phone Problems 2007-07-24
• Clicking with Mr. Luft 2007-07-23
• Bonnie is a Winner 2007-07-20
• New Sapphire Gradebook Updates 2007-07-19
• Home Computer Recommendations 2007-07-12
• Kicking Off New Business Software 2007-07-09
• Conestoga Network Cabinet 2007-07-05
• What’s this all about? 2007-07-05