Category: General Articles
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LibreOffice 3.3 Released
The Penn Manor IT Team strongly values the open-source community. We actively seek high-quality, low-cost software solutions for our classrooms and continually evaluate open-source tools as alternatives to closed-source commercial software. Open-source represents more than zero cost; open-source principles promote technological freedom of choice and a community spirit. Word processing is one of those day-to-day…
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Welcome Alex
This week, we welcome the newest member of the IT department today. Alex Lagunas has joined my team as the PM High School Technology Support Analyst. Alex is a seasoned IT veteran with experience from both educational and corporate worlds. High School technical requests and support tickets will be transitioned to Alex in the next…
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Tech Support Hero Wanted
Due to a forthcoming departure from my IT team, I’m in search of a full-time, technology support hero. The position’s primary duties include the installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of IT hardware and software and desk-side tech support for teachers, staff and students in a complex, multi-platform, mixed-vendor academic setting. Excellent customer service skills, superior interpersonal…
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Weekend Email Server Problems
As of Sunday evening, we are experiencing technical issues with our district email server. IT engineers are working to resolve the problems as quickly as possible. At this time, no other district servers or systems are impacted. Update: As of Monday morning, all issues have been resolved and webmail is once again functioning normally.
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Meet Koha: Our New Library System
Penn Manor’s libraries are benefiting from a major upgrade to their online catalogs and circulation software. This August, all 10 district libraries will begin using a new library management system titled: Koha. Following the open source model, Koha is a free, community-driven library management system developed by worldwide teams of programmers and librarians. Koha is…