Comments on: Tech Plan Part 2 – School Wide Systems http://www.thethinkingstick.com/tech-plan-part-2-%e2%80%93-school-wide-systems/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tech-plan-part-2-%25e2%2580%2593-school-wide-systems Educator Consultant Author Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:34:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Learning Spiral 2.0 » Blog Archive » IT Plans http://www.thethinkingstick.com/tech-plan-part-2-%e2%80%93-school-wide-systems/#comment-2224 Learning Spiral 2.0 » Blog Archive » IT Plans Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:29:13 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=585#comment-2224 [...] Excellent diagram for School Wide Systems: Part 2 [...] [...] Excellent diagram for School Wide Systems: Part 2 [...]

]]> By: The MAC arriveth…Digalo and E-Facilitation… — Constructictism Archive http://www.thethinkingstick.com/tech-plan-part-2-%e2%80%93-school-wide-systems/#comment-2223 The MAC arriveth…Digalo and E-Facilitation… — Constructictism Archive Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:42:15 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=585#comment-2223 [...] at the Thinking Stick Jeff, has created a really interesting series of articles on the issue of school wide information [...] [...] at the Thinking Stick Jeff, has created a really interesting series of articles on the issue of school wide information [...]

]]> By: John Concilus http://www.thethinkingstick.com/tech-plan-part-2-%e2%80%93-school-wide-systems/#comment-2222 John Concilus Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:30:48 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=585#comment-2222 Jeff, Another good post. We sure agree with your main points. Our new version of the DART student information system (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) is nearly ready for release, but the working beta has just finished it's first full school quarter of implementation...and worked great. We are running it as the replacement for Pearson's PowerSchool with 15 schools, a voc ed facility and district offices...about 2,300 users in the system. The first version was standards-based tracking, but this one has all the basics of a full SIS, including attendance, discipline logging, automated exports for state and federal reports, transcripts and progress monitoring, comments and needs analysis available to students and parents on demand. The system is tied directly to our wiki-based curriculum content system...about 7,500+ pages so far of user created content and resources. We have moved the project from EduForge to Launchpad... http://www.bssd.org https://launchpad.net/dart/ Anyway, keep up the thoughtful posts. Regards, John Jeff,

Another good post. We sure agree with your main points.

Our new version of the DART student information system (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) is nearly ready for release, but the working beta has just finished it’s first full school quarter of implementation…and worked great.

We are running it as the replacement for Pearson’s PowerSchool with 15 schools, a voc ed facility and district offices…about 2,300 users in the system.

The first version was standards-based tracking, but this one has all the basics of a full SIS, including attendance, discipline logging, automated exports for state and federal reports, transcripts and progress monitoring, comments and needs analysis available to students and parents on demand.

The system is tied directly to our wiki-based curriculum content system…about 7,500+ pages so far of user created content and resources.

We have moved the project from EduForge to Launchpad…

http://www.bssd.org
https://launchpad.net/dart/

Anyway, keep up the thoughtful posts.

Regards,

John

]]> By: Tom Hoffman http://www.thethinkingstick.com/tech-plan-part-2-%e2%80%93-school-wide-systems/#comment-2221 Tom Hoffman Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:41:18 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=585#comment-2221 My lengthy response: http://www.tuttlesvc.org/2007/10/utecht-et-al-on-siss.html My lengthy response: http://www.tuttlesvc.org/2007/10/utecht-et-al-on-siss.html

]]> By: Some half-term bits and bobs at teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk http://www.thethinkingstick.com/tech-plan-part-2-%e2%80%93-school-wide-systems/#comment-2220 Some half-term bits and bobs at teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:45:20 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=585#comment-2220 [...] of thinking when it comes to school-based educational technology which is really refreshing. In Tech Plan Part 2 - School Wide Systems he includes the following helpful [...] [...] of thinking when it comes to school-based educational technology which is really refreshing. In Tech Plan Part 2 – School Wide Systems he includes the following helpful [...]

]]> By: software management » Tech Plan Part 2 – School Wide Systems http://www.thethinkingstick.com/tech-plan-part-2-%e2%80%93-school-wide-systems/#comment-2219 software management » Tech Plan Part 2 – School Wide Systems Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:25:33 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=585#comment-2219 [...] Redaktion2 wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThis core piece of software will determine a lot of what we can and can not do as we create a school wide system. Student Information System (SIS):. There are a number of Student Information or Student Management Systems available to … [...] [...] Redaktion2 wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThis core piece of software will determine a lot of what we can and can not do as we create a school wide system. Student Information System (SIS):. There are a number of Student Information or Student Management Systems available to … [...]

]]> By: laptop » Tech Plan Part 2 – School Wide Systems http://www.thethinkingstick.com/tech-plan-part-2-%e2%80%93-school-wide-systems/#comment-2218 laptop » Tech Plan Part 2 – School Wide Systems Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:27:45 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=585#comment-2218 [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...] [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...]

]]> By: simplerunner » Tech Plan Part 2 – School Wide Systems http://www.thethinkingstick.com/tech-plan-part-2-%e2%80%93-school-wide-systems/#comment-2217 simplerunner » Tech Plan Part 2 – School Wide Systems Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:26:51 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=585#comment-2217 [...] here to [...] [...] here to [...]

]]> By: Catshanghai http://www.thethinkingstick.com/tech-plan-part-2-%e2%80%93-school-wide-systems/#comment-2216 Catshanghai Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:08:35 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=585#comment-2216 Thanks for doing your two recent posts on technology planning Jeff. It is really helpful having concrete examples of how all the technology should all be knitted together to create seamless and frictionless learning. It has certainly given me some really good ideas, but it will help me continue my advocacy campaign within my own learning community. I know you have put infrastructure and support in the outer ring of your model. I cannot emphasise the importance of bandwidth. If you do not have enough Internet connectivity to access these services due to internal or external constraints then the whole model will struggle to get off the ground. For example, you could have a lesson where the objective is to get the students to annotate and bookmark web based information using Delicious. Suddenly, half the class gets time out errors and the lesson fails to turn the students on to the power of social bookmarking. Infrastructure, especially bandwidth is really important and can often be a big hurdle. Thanks for doing your two recent posts on technology planning Jeff. It is really helpful having concrete examples of how all the technology should all be knitted together to create seamless and frictionless learning. It has certainly given me some really good ideas, but it will help me continue my advocacy campaign within my own learning community.

I know you have put infrastructure and support in the outer ring of your model. I cannot emphasise the importance of bandwidth. If you do not have enough Internet connectivity to access these services due to internal or external constraints then the whole model will struggle to get off the ground. For example, you could have a lesson where the objective is to get the students to annotate and bookmark web based information using Delicious. Suddenly, half the class gets time out errors and the lesson fails to turn the students on to the power of social bookmarking. Infrastructure, especially bandwidth is really important and can often be a big hurdle.

]]> By: Doug johnson http://www.thethinkingstick.com/tech-plan-part-2-%e2%80%93-school-wide-systems/#comment-2215 Doug johnson Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:55:15 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=585#comment-2215 Hi Jeff, Good timing. We are reviewing our current SIS this year and are meeting for the first time on Wed. A link to this will be going out to the task force. To what extent do you think SIF will help with the compatibility issues? It's something we are looking at very seriously. Beyond the teaching/learning portals you have outline here, we need compatibility with finance, transportation, data mining, personnel, call systems, security, curriculum management, library circ systems, etc. More than any one "Swiss Army Knife" system will accommodate, I think. Plus some of these systems are regional for us. Again, thanks for stretching MY thinking. Doug Hi Jeff,

Good timing. We are reviewing our current SIS this year and are meeting for the first time on Wed. A link to this will be going out to the task force.

To what extent do you think SIF will help with the compatibility issues? It’s something we are looking at very seriously. Beyond the teaching/learning portals you have outline here, we need compatibility with finance, transportation, data mining, personnel, call systems, security, curriculum management, library circ systems, etc. More than any one “Swiss Army Knife” system will accommodate, I think. Plus some of these systems are regional for us.

Again, thanks for stretching MY thinking.

Doug

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