Connect, integrate and exchange .. sounds like the secret behind Kevork over the past few years. I was blown away by his conference presentation last year and this mantra underpinned his fantastic work.<br><br>Donna is right too .. small and scalable with universally agreed open standards is the way to go. On another thread we discussed SCORM as a standard for developing and sharing training modules. If we fail to go this path, we will end up with a vendor lock-in problem that interactive whiteboard users suffer and we will all be the poorer.<br>
<br>On the ACEC2008 study tour it was noted that some of these open source admin tools were in use in NZ. I'll see if I can dig up the details from my notes.<br><br>Regards Roland<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/11/9 Donna Benjamin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:donna@cc.com.au">donna@cc.com.au</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Donald raised an interesting question in saying...<br>
<br>
"Ultranet is designed from an administrative perspective and try to<br>
include Learning Management module. Whereas Moodle is designed from a<br>
Learning Management perspective and try to include any administrative<br>
modules."<br>
<br>
Something similar crossed my mind as I reviewed some of the info out<br>
there on Ultranet and L360. So we all know and love Moodle... but what<br>
about the admin?<br>
<br>
Here are some open source tools - I've got zero hands on experience with<br>
any of them... but perhaps some of you:<br>
- have heard about,<br>
- already evaluated,<br>
- want to explore<br>
other open source school admin software options? :)<br>
<br>
<a href="http://schooltool.org/" target="_blank">http://schooltool.org/</a><br>
SchoolTool is a suite of free administrative software for schools.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://richtech.ca/openadmin/" target="_blank">http://richtech.ca/openadmin/</a><br>
Open Admin for Schools is a School Administration Program.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://opensis.com/" target="_blank">http://opensis.com/</a><br>
OPEN SOURCE STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM<br>
<br>
What other open source tools are there for managing school information<br>
such as...<br>
- attendance<br>
- student reports<br>
- school funding and finances<br>
- school sports results<br>
- parents association<br>
- timetabling<br>
- professional learning<br>
- library information<br>
- website<br>
- other critical tasks?<br>
<br>
It doesn't have to do everything... Remember the unix approach is to<br>
have small tools that do one thing and do it very very well - hence the<br>
importance of open standards so those tools can connect / integrate /<br>
exhange data when necessary.<br>
<br>
I've heard of proprietary attendance and reporting tools such as First<br>
Class and Markbook...<br>
<br>
What tools do you use?<br>
<br>
--<br>
Donna Benjamin - Executive Director<br>
Creative Contingencies - <a href="http://cc.com.au" target="_blank">http://cc.com.au</a><br>
ph +61 3 9326 9985 - mob +61 418 310 414<br>
open source - facilitation - web services<br>
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