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- Student information systems meet Web 2.0
- Student information systems meet Web 2.0Have you heard of Go.edustar?Hi,I work for a SIS co., Go.edu? We used to develop the Pro/Star SIS with many happy clients still using it.I would like to offer you more information about our Web 2.0 based SIS system which is far superior to Powerschool...
- Tags: Channel management, Web, Web 2.0, PowerSchool, SiS, Pearson
- Discussion threads 2007-02-19
- Student information systems, revisited
- Student information systems, revisitedTime to become your own bossWell it seems to me that it's time to become your own boss and write your Ultimate SIS: Design Document 1.0 and shop it around to some educational investors and get The Ultimate SIS on the shelves instead of just compalining about...
- Tags: Web browsers, Channel management, SiS, eSchool, PowerSchool, Web browser, Web
- Discussion threads 2006-10-16
- Pearson acquires Chancery, formerly No. 2 in SIS market
- Coming on the heels of announcing that it acquired Apple Computer's PowerSchool, Pearson School Systems has bought Canadian student information systems provider Chancery Software Ltd. for an undisclosed sum, reports eSchool News. The aquisition makes Pearson the word's largest provider of student information systems SIS for the K-12...
- Tags: Chancery Software Ltd., Pearson
- Blog posts 2006-06-01
- Apple sells PowerSchool unit
- Apple sells PowerSchool unitWhew, for a second thought it would be Lenevonow wouldn't that be a power purchase?
- Tags: PowerSchool, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-05-29
- Scheduling (enough said)
- It's that time again. That's right, time to schedule next year's classes and revisit the dark and dismal world of student management systems. For those of you who have done it, the S-word can strike fear in the hearts of many in educational IT. Scheduling, in and...
- Tags: student data
- Blog posts 2006-03-17
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- Mobile access to your SIS
- Mobile access to your SISI would be wary of,Ths is putting confidential info on a web page which increases your risk. Also coverage is never 100%. How do you access the webpage if coverage fails?I prefer a reliable static vs a risky dynamic.RE: Mobile access to your SISIf...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Mobile Access, SiS, mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- A break from the Classmate to talk SIS
- I decided to take a short break from my ongoing series on Intel's Classmate PC to give a little insight into the state of the art in student information systems. I recently attended a meeting of the X2 Advisory Council (a standing "focus group" assembled by our SIS developer)...
- Tags: Aspen Technology Inc., Web, SiS, X2 Advisory Council, AJAX, Channel Management, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Marketing, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2007-10-29
- 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
- Student information systems meet Web 2.0
- Although I have had few kind words for web-based student information systems in the past, recent previews of latest generation Web 2.0-style SIS apps have certainly given me reason to reconsider. I currently administer an implementation of Chancery SMS that was dumped in my lap a few years ago....
- Tags: Education Technology, Information Systems, K-12, Student information services
- Blog posts 2007-02-19
- New computers are great but bandwidth is better
- As we're thinking about how to spread around some very limited resources this coming year, it's important to ensure that our network infrastructure is up to snuff. Brand new computers are largely useless in the 21st century without high-speed Internet access. Infrastructure costs (everything from switches...
- Tags: network, T1
- Blog posts 2006-06-02
- Pearson buys Apple's SIS software, PowerSchool
- Apple Computer is selling its PowerSchool division to Pearson School Systems, eSchoolNews reports. PowerSchool is student information systems software that Apple purchased for $62 million in 2001. It tracks information about student performance online, such as grades, homework, and attendance. Pearson also announced that it is developing educational content...
- Tags: Pearson
- Blog posts 2006-05-26
- So about those student information systems...
- So about those student information systems...Not much help, just agreement with the problemWe piloted software called Powerschool, it worked decent, we got in cheaply as Beta testers, and off we were, with a nifty app that did grades, student reports, class reports, district level reports, and would do attendance as...
- Tags: student information system, attendance, Centre
- Discussion threads 2006-05-22
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