Penn Manor Information Technology

Category: Educational Technology

  • Blogging at PASBO

    I’m here with a live group of business leaders from all over the state for the PA School Business Officials annual conference in Hershey PA. The group is attending my “Blogging Basics” seminar and learning about the communication benefits of blogs and microblogging. The group homework assignment is to post a comment about the workshop…

  • Webkinz Online – Guest Writer

    This week we feature a guest writer: Bri Reisinger, 6th grade student at Central Manor. Lately there has been a great deal of talk about online virtual environments and Bri has written a brief overview of one popular online world: Webkinz.

  • Free PDF File Converters

    Thanks to the magic of technology, converting a file to PDF is simple and free. Here are a few excellent resources for converting your files to PDF:

  • Classrooms for the Future Install Begins

    On Tuesday, the PDE grant installation team is on site to begin mounting the Polyvision boards, unboxing laptops and generally kicking off the mammoth installation of Classrooms for the Future gear. Over the next four days the tech team and PDE team will install and setup 60 interactive whiteboards, 450+ laptops and 60 data projectors.

  • Teacher Tech Accomplishments

    2008 is starting off with two bangs. First up- Tina Shank, FCS teacher at Manor Middle School has learned that she is the recipient of a $5000 Student Achievement Grant from the National Education Association. The grant recognizes her innovative uses of technologies such as Moodle and laptops to enhance student experiences with business communication.