Information Technology
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PM Moodle: Happy 4th Birthday!
This fall we celebrate Moodle’s 4th birthday at Penn Manor. First installed in spring ‘o3, Moodle went live with a small group of pilot classrooms during MP1 of the 2003-04 school year. Fast forward 4 years and our Moodle system has grown to over 400 individual classroom and resource pages. Across the globe, Moodle has…
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K12 Online Conference
On October 8th the 2007 K12 Online Conference kicks off. The fully online conference is for and by educators who are interested in emerging web-based technologies and their implications for both brick/mortar and virtual learning. You may find the conference site here: http://k12onlineconference.org/. Topics include “Web 2.0” style tools such as blogging, WIKIs, RSS and…
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The Internet Returns to Hambright
Internet connectivity has returned to Hambright. Building staff now have access to email, the web and web based programs such as Sapphire, CometNet, eSchoolMall and others. Since the building is on a temporary Comcast cable link, we can’t reach them via 4-digit dialing. For the time being please call the main 393.3818 line if you…
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Email Dead, or Just Resting?
A recent article at CNET details teen preferences for communication tools such as text messaging, Facebook and MySpace. Not surprisingly, most of the teens interviewed stated that they don’t bother with email unless communicating with adults.
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Internet Safety Workshop with Katie Koestner
The PM Technology team has been facilitating online safety in-services and parent training sessions for a number of years. If you are looking for some new Internet safety information before the Tech Team’s next workshop, you may want to check out Katie Koestner’s free presentation at 7PM on Monday September 17th at the IU13 New…