tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:42:19 +00009-12 and higher-ed perspectives of online learninghttp://katejlogan.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)Blogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-2753311594802762351Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:26:00 +00002009-01-13T14:30:56.529-07:00firefoxSo I need to lock down my firefox proxy settings so that students can't change them.I used the blog post from here and it works fine except that it doesn't work for FF3.http://ilias.ca/blog/2005/03/locking-mozilla-firefox-settings/Once I added the line into the firefox.js file as instructed here, it works like a charmhttp://lists.more.net/archives/technic/2005-April/008347.htmlThanks to Chris http://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2009/01/locking-down-firefox-settings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-5602233373553065861Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:05:00 +00002008-12-24T11:20:59.645-07:00rantWarning! This is a rant...We ordered 34 new computers from Lenovo to replace the 34 Premios we started with 5 1/2 years ago. The amount of packing material that comes with new computers is unbelievable. In order to unpack ONE functional computer I received the following items:2 boxes (recyclable)2 large plastic bags that covered the mini tower and flat panel monitor2 pieces of Styrofoam for http://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2008/12/rant-on-packing-material.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-4937753102287748502Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:48:00 +00002008-12-23T09:00:35.645-07:00Our school is participating in a pilot project with the Wyo Dept. of Ed (WDE) in aligning all of our courses to SCED codes.taxonomy for assigning standard codes to secondary school courses in 22 major subject areas. It also includes a content description for each course, and instructions on how to use the taxonomy in coding courses (link)We should have our alignment completed by late January. http://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2008/12/sced-code-pilot-project.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-7841485631401091299Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:55:00 +00002008-12-17T15:58:08.410-07:00Is it just our school or has Gateway gone out of business. We ordered over 250 machines from Gateway MPC (their gov/edu section) on July 1st and just canceled the order because we hadn't received them yet. WTF? We now have Lenovo's on the way.http://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2008/12/has-gateway-gone-out-of-business.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-8078118178391847429Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:42:00 +00002008-12-17T15:48:02.731-07:00Class.com created a case study on our school. Click herehttp://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2008/12/case-study-wyoming-e-academy-of-virtual.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-5083020301851994305Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:46:00 +00002008-11-12T08:11:37.207-07:00eCollegeI want to make a follow-up post to my previous post regarding the letter we sent to eCollege Now removed by request of eCollege.Our letter/my post was in NO WAY a slam or a complaint regarding the people that we work with at eCollege. All of the individuals are great and we have a good relationship with the people. The concerns we outlined are technology concerns. eCollege as a software http://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2008/11/follow-up-to-ecollege-concerns.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-8324480572679953417Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:13:00 +00002008-11-10T16:47:32.201-07:00nacol vssMy friend, Chris Rapp, from Colorado Online gave me a great idea: he says that after every conference he writes down three things he is actually going to DO when he gets back to the office. So often, we attend conferences chuck full of great ideas but then don't implement them because we get back home and start back into our daily grind.Begin a comprehensive list of functions that should be http://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2008/10/3-things-im-going-to-do.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-6464493189180603883Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:16:00 +00002008-10-28T19:06:30.245-07:00nacol vssSo I'm sitting in my hotel room updating a blog I haven't touched for 10 months at the urging of several of my colleagues that I saw again at VSS. I guess my somewhat blunt post about Pearson's purchase of eCollege is famous infamous in the small online high school world.I made three presentations this year which was really weird for me. On Sunday I presented as part of a panel on starting an http://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2008/10/vss-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-4731382088709371664Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:31:00 +00002008-01-16T15:37:34.714-07:00I don't think this is going to affect how we run our school. We do NOT educate home-schooled children. All courses are taught by highly qualified, Wyoming licensed teachers. We only collect funding (ADM) for our full time students. We define full time students as those who are taking more than 60% of their courses from us.If I remember correctly, the school in Wisconsin at the center of this http://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2008/01/us-court-ruling-threatens-future-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-6384913749437937424Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:40:00 +00002008-01-16T15:39:10.626-07:00Today I'm moving from my desktop to my tabletPC. I've had the tablet for about four months now but had not yet made the full conversion. Just copying over my files is taking forever, then I have to re-do all the installations of the programs I need. THis is a bit of a headache, but a great thing to do the day before x-mas break when you don't want to do real work anyway.Powered by ScribeFire.http://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2007/12/moving-from-desktop-to-tabletpc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-5655835779888418077Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:12:00 +00002007-12-19T16:14:47.733-07:00erateOur annual e-rate madness has begun. The 470 is posted and certified, the RFPs are posted and on our district's website and bids are due January 10th. Oh what fun!http://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2007/12/let-e-rate-madness-begin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-4020835278961013206Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:08:00 +00002007-12-06T09:09:04.873-07:00Resources and Materials from 2007 VSSHere is a listing of the materials from the VSS 2007 conference that presenters made available.I particularly liked the presentations by:Glen MosesAllison PowellJohn WatsonSusan LowesCathy Cavanaughhttp://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2007/12/resources-and-materials-from-2007-vss.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-5506921578264902248Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:33:00 +00002007-11-20T20:37:29.804-07:00Today, while I was waiting for a return phone call regarding my SIS system, I started to catch up on unread blog posts and del.icio.us bookmarks I hadn't looked at in a while. After meeting Glen Moses at VSS2007 a few weeks ago I've been reading his highly insightful and entertaining blog.In one post of his I stumbled on this video. Just something to get my mind a working...http://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2007/11/did-you-know-20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-953182305100161344Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:18:00 +00002007-11-14T15:20:43.737-07:00The author, John Washakie, works here in our school library. He is a very talented writer. I suggest everyone read these books published by Painted Pony by John and other local authors.Painted Pony, Inc. releases the fourth children's book in the Wind River Series FORT WASHAKIE, WY - Painted Pony, Inc., a Wind River Indian Reservation-based company, has published a new children's book, Yusehttp://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2007/11/painted-pony-inc-releases-fourth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-6642130975762416974Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:38:00 +00002007-11-14T08:38:50.998-07:00Women Lose Ground in IT, Computer Science : November 2007 : THE JournalI have seen similar reports in recent months and am wondering what we can do in our little school to help reverse this trend.http://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2007/11/women-lose-ground-in-it-computer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-5763422787455588462Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:20:00 +00002007-11-09T22:23:41.093-07:00nacol vssThis year was the first year I went to VSS and it was a very good conference. I recommend it to anyone involved with K12 online learning. This conference is hosted by NACOL and was held in Louisville, KY. The conference facilities were great except the hotel's internet connection was slow and spotty. All of the sessions I attended were very informative except one. But even during that http://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2007/11/vss-recap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-2308636599220975481Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:34:00 +00002007-10-08T09:35:55.749-07:00ThinkGeek :: There's no place like 127.0.0.1 BabydollHa Ha--I"m ordering this right now!http://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2007/10/thinkgeek-theres-no-place-like-127001.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-4770758445837985466Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:55:00 +00002007-09-05T09:55:22.371-07:00eSchool News online - $3M grant to aid online teacher educationYet another reason WGU rocks! I have nothing but positive things to say about WGU.http://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2007/09/eschool-news-online-3m-grant-to-aid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-8216454435303190291Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:02:00 +00002007-09-04T12:40:22.868-07:00usbghostWe use Ghost a lot here on our campus. We aren't big enough to warrant the entire Symantec Ghost implementation, but we do use the multi-casting or ghost-casting capabilities all the time.This is the basic process that you follow for a typical implementation: Build a computer exactly the way you want it Using the boot wizard utility, create a set of network boot disks (floppies) that will work http://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2007/09/ghostcasting-to-laptop-that-booted-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-8569210476505917283Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:18:00 +00002007-08-27T12:18:53.420-07:00The Lazy Student's Guide to Campus Life : Robin Raskin : Yahoo! TechDoes it really matter? If the students are learning the material, what is the difference. This type of story drives me crazy. All it does is create some shock value for page rankings. It isn't even a written article, but really a list of caveats from different colleges grouped together.http://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2007/08/lazy-students-guide-to-campus-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-9178676340401117761Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:56:00 +00002007-08-07T13:58:00.731-07:00Online U Research: Popularity of Online Universities Rising:"Half of a group of prospective college students who said they would be interested in taking an online course in the next 12 months also said they would like to enroll in a completely online degree program, according to a recent survey conducted by the American InterContinental University Online."Paul McCloskey, "Online U Research: http://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2007/08/online-u-research-popularity-of-online.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-4340044145026721327Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:16:00 +00002007-08-06T09:16:19.785-07:00K12 Online Conference 2007: "Announcing K12 Online 2007 Presenters"Heads Up: here is the list of the presenters for the 2007 K12 Online Conference. I was a presenter last year and felt way out of my league. If this year's conference is anything like last year's, then it will be chuck full of great presentations. The conference is held over two weeks (Oct 15-19 and Oct 22-26) online. You can http://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2007/08/k12-online-conference-2007-presenters.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-6700513707618648543Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:06:00 +00002007-08-01T10:07:02.544-07:00powerpoint ecollege impaticaDownload Impatica SoftwareI use this software to convert narrated PowerPoints into a small java and HTML file that can be uploaded into eCollege. I find this to be much cleaner that just uploading a straight PPt into eCollege. It is the only way I can get narration and screen transition timings into eCollege as well.They have specific directions on how to get the Impaticized PPt into different http://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2007/08/impatica-software.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-959941664152993143Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:03:00 +00002007-08-01T10:07:27.203-07:00creativecommons ccflickrCCI found this great website that searches flickr for photos with a creative commons license and lets you search by tag and gives you an easy way to attribute the photo.This is absolutely perfect for course designers (like me) who are always looking for interesting photos to put in their classes.I got this site from this blog post on EduBlog Insightshttp://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2007/07/flickrcc-find-creative-commons-photos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37249266.post-3027122257017664412Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:57:00 +00002007-07-18T13:57:17.692-07:00WyomingSpringACT_ppt.pdf (application/pdf Object)The Wyoming Dept. of Education is now requiring that all HS juniors (11th grade) take either the ACT or Work Keys test. All testing sites have to be pre-approved by ACT We will have to go through the approval process in order to proctor and administer the test.So now all of our juniors have to take the Wyoming PAWS test, the MAP test (fall and http://katejlogan.blogspot.com/2007/07/wyoming-required-all-juniors-to-take.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate Logan)0