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Aug 21, 2009

WWP Moodle and Calendar

You can join the Wireless Writing Project moodle community by following the link below and using your DWL login. The enrolment key is wwm2003 http://www.district.prn.bc.ca:16080/course/view.php?id=30 The Calendar of WWP events including Sept/Oct school presentations is always public and available at http://www.google.com/calendar/hosted/prn.bc.ca/embed?src=prn.bc.ca_q9a6nsmrs70s1o3l2icecbo4r8%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Phoenix

Jul 3, 2009

Elem Moodle Stats

Here’s four months of stats on the new elem moodle server. Working very well with few exceptions. We’ve deprecated the old site and will redirect all traffic to http://elem.prn.bc.ca

Jun 29, 2009

BCeSIS Suggestions and Comments

I received and exciting email from the Service Management Council for BCeSIS that is asking for open feedback from teachers on BCeSIS. “We are asking each SMC representative in every district in the province to encourage teachers to send in suggestions and comments on BCeSIS to their SMC rep. Please compile these responses and send […]

Jun 29, 2009

BCeSIS elementary reporting survey 2

Here is the second survey for the elementary reporting pilots in BCeSIS. With SADE coming down the pipe for Ministry reporting I’m glad to see that the BCeSIS is an acceptable tool for reporting. Certainly some issues but if 68% of staff feel it is better than other systems, 12% neutral, 20% negative, I’m inclined […]

Jun 18, 2009

BCeSIS report card pilot survey

This is the second survey for the schools using BCeSIS for their report cards. http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/147777/bcesis-elementary-report-cards-survey-spring

Jun 17, 2009

Retired Assets Procedure

An asset that is non repairable should be retired to parts/recycle. The following staff can retire items IT Manager Senior Network Administrator Senior Local Area Network (SLAN) specialist Wide Area Network (WAN) specialist Local Area Network (LAN) specialists The SLAN is to remove our asset tag and place it into the binder of retired assets […]

Jun 9, 2009

Teachers Leaving WWP

Teachers who have completed a year in the iPad WWP can keep their ipad as long as they are employed by SD60. At the end of employment the iPad, charger, case, and video dongle should be returned to TS.

Jun 3, 2009

Linux in Education

Linux in education is by no means a new idea. SD73 uses it exclusively and does a great job at it. I’ve played a bit and was able to get a VM version of ubuntu to successfully connect and join our active directory. Next step is to image and put it on a netbook. Apps […]

Jun 1, 2009

Mail Migration Training

We are planning several streams of training to meet a variety of needs. NBCDES will be trained immediately Individuals can opt to use a JIT (Just in Time, video resources) training approach and self select for immediate transfer. See the link below for instructions https://sites.google.com/a/prn.bc.ca/mail-jit/ AO sessions are being setup for after school of upcoming […]