Category Archives: Independent School

Mahara Digital Portfolios and High School Students: Some Examples

After a recent upgrade to get our eportfolio site version current, I realized there are not a lot of great examples out there showing students Mahara work in a high school environment. Last year at Lick-Wilmerding, our Technical Arts Department … Continue reading

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Lenovo Thinkpad X130e First Impressions and Review

I was able to get my hands on a loaner unit from Lenovo via CDWG this week. This is the unit from Lenovo that they are specifically marketing to the education sector. I was eager to play around with it … Continue reading

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Secured Pages Under Public Menus Workaround in WhippleHill Podium

We had a need where we wanted some pages for the Parents’ Association to have public pages in our public navigation but also wanted to limit access to a few of the sibling pages. This is not the default functionality … Continue reading

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Blocking The Big Education (Edu-Junk) Spammers

There are two main organizations that I know must be dishing a thousands or millions of spam a day out to the school community. I have been watching the constant spam spewing from a few sources over the last couple … Continue reading

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Great Amplified Classroom Speakers: Epson ELPSP02

Amplified speakers for classroom use are tough to come by. We have gone through many models. If you get desktop speakers, you need to then get wall mounts. So, you can go cheap, but adding the cost of decent wall … Continue reading

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