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Rich Rediker has his say about student information systems

Rich Rediker, CEO of Rediker Software, developer of the popular student information system, Administrator's Plus, responded this evening to my last post on trends in Web-based SIS applications. As a developer of a system whose bread and butter is client-server based, he obviously took exception to my enthusiasm for...

Tags: Web, Information System, Application, Client-server, Data, Web Browser, User, Feature, SiS, Rediker, Administrator, Edline, Web Browsers, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2007-10-30

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drop.io is a great new tool for sharing files

drop.io, though still in alpha testing, is an incredibly slick tool for sharing all types of media. Documents, pictures, video, and any other digital content can be uploaded with a few clicks. The service is anonymous, yet allows you to control user access, the name of your site,...

Tags: File, Service, Tool, Drop.io, Corporate Communications, Productivity, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2007-11-06

A break from the Classmate to talk SIS

A break from the Classmate to talk SISOpen source platforms with AjaxWe're familiar with open source LMS like moodle, dokeos and angel and most of these use Ajax heavily. Unfortunately, there are very few products that are a perfect combination of SIS and LMS. Moving ahead, if low costs notebooks...

Tags: Channel management, Databases, software, SiS, Classmate, AJAX, Web

Discussion threads 2007-10-30

Should parents see your gradebook online?

Should parents see your gradebook online?online gradingI think it would be a great way for both students and parents to be able to keep track of how they are doing in the classes. the students will be able to see what they are missing and will be able to make...

Tags: grade, grade book

Discussion threads 2007-09-04

Not sleeping much lately? You must be scheduling, too.

Its that time of year again. Student course requests are pouring in, administrators are counting beans and wondering just how many teachers they really need to satisfy those requests, and those of us on the database side are probably not sleeping much. Here in lil old Athol, weve...

Tags: Student information services, Open Source, Education Technology

Blog posts 2007-04-24

But my printer is out of ink...

Pink may be the new black if you believe my trendier students, but this is the new "My dog ate my homework." Since most of us require assignments to be typed, students often show up the morning a paper is due lamenting their lack of ink or their broken...

Tags: K-12, Classroom Tech, Education Technology

Blog posts 2007-04-15

To go online or not to go online.

Im referring here to web-enabling courses. Whether in a K-12 or university setting it is becoming increasingly easy to post course content online. Notes, homework, contact information, collaboration tools...You name it, theyre all available. These systems are not only getting cheaper many are free and open source, but...

Tags: Education Technology

Blog posts 2006-12-07

When every day is report card day

For some students, a report card every trimester is bad enough, but a report card everyday? A school in Maryland has recently begun a pilot program with an online grade reporting system that allows teachers to post grades daily, making every day report card day. The Montgomery Country...

Tags: grade, teacher

Blog posts 2006-09-19