| Pro's and Con's in LPS; what makes you proud or gets your goat? | |
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| Administrator | Mar 5 2006, 04:52 PM Post #31 |
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Some people just don't trust the internet and electronic communication. I see it on this forum. People think that if they register, someone is going to know who they are and send a hit squad to their home! :ph43r: (Just kidding,you get my point) It has always been that way with technology. Yet, writing a check at a store is about the most unsecured thing you can do. I suppose you need to look at it like flying. Flying is about as safe a way to travel as there is, and thousands are killed in cars everyday. But when a jet goes down, it makes all the headlines. When someone hacks a credit card data base, same thing. |
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| Mrs.M | Mar 5 2006, 11:48 PM Post #32 |
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[size=7]Correction regarding Pinnacle Internet Viewer[/size] It was first [size=7]"sampled"[/size] in November. The CHS PTSA link has a summary of the meeting minutes. It appears a detailed explanation of the Pinnacle Viewer was heard at the February meeting. It also seems the parents will be able to get the PIN number from the assistant principal. I'm sure it will make communication more efficient for teachers, parents and students. |
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| kristin | Mar 6 2006, 07:39 AM Post #33 |
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I just called Churchill. They started this program last Friday. I am waiting for the secretary of attendance to call me back regarding my kids pin #s and how to use the program. I will keep you all posted as to what happens. I am also going to see if it is available in any other schools. |
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| kristin | Mar 7 2006, 07:07 PM Post #34 |
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I recieved my kids ID # and pin #! I went to the new program and checked it all out! This is a great system for parents and teachers to have! I can get right on the sight and check out my childrens current grades. The down side to this program is that if the teacher doesnt update daily or even weekly then it has no value. Some teachers havent updated since Feb.28.  Hopefully they will start updating more often!! Like I said it can be a great tool for parents to have. |
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| DTEDad | Mar 8 2006, 10:23 AM Post #35 |
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This is the problem I can see just using email.... and explains why a passive system like is being discussed here, is so much more appropriate... Wednesday, March 08, 2006 Monica Almeida / New York Times College students go casual in e-mails to professors Lack of formality irks academics, who say they are deluged with notes bordering on ridiculous. Jonathan D. Glater / New York Times Jim Wilson / New York Times Jennifer Schultens, an associate professor of mathematics at the University of California, Davis, says student notes can be inane. See full image One student skipped class and then sent the professor an e-mail message asking for copies of her teaching notes. Another did not like her grade, and wrote a petulant message to the professor. Another explained she was late for a Monday class because she was recovering from drinking too much at a wild weekend party. Jennifer Schultens, an associate professor of mathematics at the University of California, Davis, received this e-mail message last September from a student in her calculus course: "Should I buy a binder or a subject notebook? Since I'm a freshman, I'm not sure how to shop for school supplies. Would you let me know your recommendations? Thank you!" At colleges and universities nationwide, e-mail has made professors much more approachable. But many say it has made them too accessible, erasing boundaries that traditionally kept students at a healthy distance. These days, they say, students seem to view them as available 24-7, sending a steady stream of e-mail messages -- from 10 a week to 10 after every class -- that are too informal or downright inappropriate. "The tone that they would take in e-mail was pretty astounding," said Michael J. Kessler, an assistant dean and a lecturer in theology at Georgetown University. " 'I need to know this and you need to tell me right now,' with a familiarity that can sometimes border on imperative." While once professors may have expected deference, their expertise seems to have become just another service that the student, as consumer, is buying. So the student has no fear of giving offense, imposing on the professor's time or even of asking a question that might reflect badly on the student's judgment. For junior faculty members, the barrage of e-mail has brought new tension into their work lives, some say, as they struggle with how to respond. Their tenure prospects, they realize, may rest in part on student evaluations of their accessibility. Meg Worley, an assistant professor of English at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., said she told students that they must say thank you, after receiving a professor's response to an e-mail message. "One of the rules that I teach my students is, the less powerful person always has to write back," Worley said. |
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| homegirl26 | Mar 8 2006, 10:42 AM Post #36 |
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I agree, we spend a lot of time at various schools between practices and basketball games and the people LPS hires to watch over their open (unused) gyms is comical sometimes. If my son and husband go in to shoot hoops while my daughter is finishing her practice, they get so upset practically chasing you down the hallway. It would be great if the schools could set aside two or three nights a week, or afternoons, where the gyms were "open" and kids could come up and have a game for fun. |
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| Livonia Voter | Mar 8 2006, 09:35 PM Post #37 |
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I am willing to bet this all comes down to insurance. Someone comes in to play, trips and breaks something, and sues for a million. It wouldn't surprise me if thier policy requires them to allow students only. |
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