Tech+Infrastructure

Netbooks [] Acceptable Use Policy ideas []

Podcasts
 * On Deck Podcast 6: [|How to expand the learning community to the parents?]

Blog Posts
 * [|Online Learning Communities for pupils, parents and teachersar]
 * [|Libraries and Ed Tech]
 * Evolution of Portal at Shanghai American School - [|Thinking Stick Blog Post]

Possible Platforms Our needs
 * [|Moodle]
 * [|St Ignatius School Portal]
 * [|Shanghai American School Moodle]
 * [|Shanghai American School Educational Portal]
 * Front end set up using [|Ajax DeskTop]
 * [|Wordpress MU]
 * [|Blogs at Shanghai American School]
 * [|MayBry Online]
 * What I like about this site is:
 * a professional front end set up using rss to keep it current.
 * the use of categories to keep blog posts organised
 * Password Protected (with a blog we can send all parents an invite)
 * Teachers can post updates quickly
 * Could we add students as contributors to a teacher's blog?
 * Can we allow comments?
 * Upload
 * files, student work
 * photos, videos
 * Can I have control of widgets?
 * Is there a way to make the front end of the blog public but have a private back-end?


 * Other
 * Software for setting up our own utube site - [|VidiScript]
 * Open source e-portfolio system that networks with Moodle - Mahara
 * Good [|blog post] and screencast of how it works
 * [|Mahara] home page

Notes and Papers
 * [|Planning for 21st Century Technologies>]