Category: General Articles
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Learning via Desktop Video Conferencing
Students and teachers at Central Manor and Pequea Elementary are involved in two outstanding video conferencing projects. First up is a unique video “Reading Buddy” program staring Central Manor 4th grade student’s in Mrs. Piatt’s classroom and residents at Brethren Village Retirement Community in Lititz PA. Mrs. Piatt’s students have begun holding weekly reading sessions for Brethern Village…
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An Extra Second for 2008
As we approach 2009, here is an interesting article about an additional “leap” second to be added tonight: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/31/take-a-flying-leap-second/ Happy New Year! – The Penn Manor Technology Team
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New Blogs at Penn Manor
If you haven’t notice, we’ve added a large number of new blogs to the main Penn Manor blog directory. To make finding your favorite blog easier, a new dynamic list is posted here: http://blogs.pennmanor.net/list/. If you are interested in creating a blog site for your classroom or department, please contact a member of the Information Technology…
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Email Storage and Space Quotas
Unlike Gmail or Hotmail, Penn Manor does not have seemingly endless supplies of data storage for staff email. The summer migration to Kerio Webmail provided us with an opportunity to triple the amount of available email storage for user mailboxes however since storage space is finite, we are forced to maintain mailbox quotas. As your…
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Online Safety and Security Parent Worshops
Penn Manor and Millersville University are sponsoring a free community and parent presentation titled: “Online Privacy, Safety and Security”. We are pleased to be joined by Dr. Nazli Hardy, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Millersville University. The session will offer information for computer users at all levels of experience and will allow time for…