Information Technology
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Power Outage and Internet Access at Martic
Due to a power outage related to construction at Marticville Middle School, Internet access at Martic Elem will be unavailable Friday August 3rd to Tuesday August 7th. Denny Coleman tells me that power should be restored by the 7th. During this time, Martic Elementary’s printers, phones and file server will be available for staff inside…
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CometNet – New and Improved
At long last, CometNet has been reworked and updated. In addition to the new layout and design, CometNet has a framework that will allow authorized staff to automatically post files and documents. A big thank you to James Nelson for installing the new software and migrating our files and forms from the old server to…
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Phone Problems
Well, it looks like the main PBX unit at the District Office is cooked (a technical term for “very broken”). The AdminPBX, as it’s called, left me a voice message late Sunday night announcing that a power supply and a hard-drive had suddenly stopped functioning. Upon further investigation early Monday morning and a tech support…
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Clicking with Mr. Luft
More great press for PM teachers and technology in the classroom. Gary Luft’s use of Interactive Response Systems landed on the front page of the Lancaster New Era. Check out the article here. In a nutshell, the system is a wireless polling kit that allows each classroom student to respond to a teacher question. Think…
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Bonnie is a Winner
You may have heard that Bonnie Gambler at Central Manor recently won a full wireless computer lab from CDWG. The prize is valued at $50,000. Way to go Bonnie- you deserve it! The Lancaster News article is available here: http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/206997