Blog Archive

Nearly twenty years of articles from the Penn Manor technology blog, preserved from technology.pennmanor.net.

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
“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