Thursday, June 15, 2006
CMS and Ghost
The search continues for the ideal content management solution to replace our current system. Joomla! looks like overall winner but we'll see if another contender steps up to the challenge.
Work continues on a procedure to re-image the computer labs in a single mouse click using Symantec Ghost. Reality is only a day away (hopefully).
The question lingers "How do these two topics fit into Ed Tech?" Both are quasi-techie concepts however, definitely worth a few keystrokes to try to explain.
CMS
The notion is to provide our Districts with a solution that they can easily create a home on the web. More importantly, a mechanism to create District/Teacher Portfolios. From the readings in ED649, it's becoming very apparent how paramount PR is between Schools/Districts and Parents. CMS tools serve as that conduit.
Ghost
This concept is a little harder to defend the time invested in the project (or maybe not). First from the tech side, the procedure will allow a lab of 12 computers to be re-imaged in 12 minutes. The end result to a tech coordinator is not-holds barred sandbox where they can look to their students and say bring it on and then "blip" the lab is back to it's original state. The ultimate goal is the ability to offer instructors their choice of programs customized to their workshop needs.
Basically, the time savings once the system is implement may justify time to develop. Stay tuned.
Until later... Later...
Work continues on a procedure to re-image the computer labs in a single mouse click using Symantec Ghost. Reality is only a day away (hopefully).
The question lingers "How do these two topics fit into Ed Tech?" Both are quasi-techie concepts however, definitely worth a few keystrokes to try to explain.
CMS
The notion is to provide our Districts with a solution that they can easily create a home on the web. More importantly, a mechanism to create District/Teacher Portfolios. From the readings in ED649, it's becoming very apparent how paramount PR is between Schools/Districts and Parents. CMS tools serve as that conduit.
Ghost
This concept is a little harder to defend the time invested in the project (or maybe not). First from the tech side, the procedure will allow a lab of 12 computers to be re-imaged in 12 minutes. The end result to a tech coordinator is not-holds barred sandbox where they can look to their students and say bring it on and then "blip" the lab is back to it's original state. The ultimate goal is the ability to offer instructors their choice of programs customized to their workshop needs.
Basically, the time savings once the system is implement may justify time to develop. Stay tuned.
Until later... Later...
# posted by Tom McClain @ 7:32 PM 
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Sure,
Joomla is a content management system that requires a web server, PHP, and MySQL database. It allows the creation of content and then approval by an approval. So there are some rules administration. Joomla allows modules to be added which individualize/customize the solution to fit your need.
Let me know if you have specific questions and I'll try to respond.
Thanks for the post..
Tom
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Joomla is a content management system that requires a web server, PHP, and MySQL database. It allows the creation of content and then approval by an approval. So there are some rules administration. Joomla allows modules to be added which individualize/customize the solution to fit your need.
Let me know if you have specific questions and I'll try to respond.
Thanks for the post..
Tom
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