Information Technology
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Let’s Talk! New Open Source Phone System
Fans of the PM Technology Blog know that we’re huge open source advocates. It may not be a surprise to discover that when the time came to upgrade our legacy phone PBX system, we selected an open communications platform: sipXecs. Maintained by the SIPfoundry community, sipXecs is a modern voice and unified communications software server.…
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New Sapphire Parent Portal, Goodbye Paper Report Cards
I am thrilled to announce the release of a new version of Penn Manor’s Sapphire Parent Portal. The new site, now called the Community Web Portal, will be available the evening of May 9th. Existing parent/student usernames, passwords, and PIN numbers will not change as we migrate to the new Web Portal. During the 2012-2013…
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PM School News on Android
I’m pleased to announce the availability of our brand new Comet News app for Android phones. The app makes it easy to follow district and building website news feeds. Android phone owners will find the free app in the Google Play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pmsd.cometnews. Penn Points and PM Techblog news is included as well. A big thank…
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Central Manor’s Digital Learning Island
Penn Manor recently hosted the annual IU13 Partnership Convention. District board members and school leaders converged on our school to celebrate and tour our latest school building renovation project, Central Manor Elementary School. The school features several new facility and technology updates. However, the key showcase zone is the new digital learning island located in…
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Free Classroom Clickers – Socrative
If you are a fan of student response systems (clickers), you might fall in love with Socrative: http://www.socrative.com. Socrative is a free web application that turns any laptop, iOS or Android device into a clicker response system. Teachers can build a virtual response room online, create a variety of assessment questions, and then have students…