Category: General Articles
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Demos & Trainings
Two events of note this week. First, Shelby has organized a demonstration of the Promethean interactive whiteboards for Monday December 17th. We are considering the Promethean boards as a possible alternative to Polyvision and Smartboards. The show begins at 1:30 P.M. at Manor Middle School. On Monday and Tuesday, K12 Systems will hold an online…
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AlertNow: It’s Calling To You
On Friday November 16th we completed our first full test of the AlertNow Emergency Notification System. Not long ago, emergency communications regarding events like weather-induced early dismissals were passed down the lane via phone chains, email blasts and sneaker networks. Fast forward to today: From one web-based screen, district administrators can launch tens of thousands…
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Barracuda, The Spam Eater
Each day, Penn Manor receives digital truckloads of spam email. How much you ask? In one 24-hour period this past weekend the district received 45980 incoming email messages. Of those, only 419 emails (about 1%) were legitimate.
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PIMS and PDE and Data! Oh My!
You may have heard about PIMS, the newly hatched Pennsylvania Information Management System. In a nutshell, PIMS is a massive reporting tool designed to streamline the hundreds of state reports districts are required to submit every school year. PIMS is also slated to replace the DRC precode extraction that drives our PSSA Booklets and data…
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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…