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School Division RSS & Communicaiton |
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Written by Administrator
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Sunday, 20 January 2008 |
I am very happy with the work that is taking place with school websites. Teachers and administrators are working on their school websites and learning the Joomla CMS. The new model of our division website structure seems to be more stable and I know it’s more secure; however much more work for Dean, David, and myself. In terms of updating it I need to learn how to write shell scripts to apply updates - that David will teach me.
I look forward to working with the RSS feeds from the sites to build a network of school communication. I just finished building a student services website and this summer I will redo the school division website. All portals will utilize the open source Joomla CMS. I will work with Dean Shareski in planning the RSS categories. I will syndicate certain feeds on school sites and certain school site feeds on the division site. For example I can setup a Scholarships category on the division and/or the student services site and syndicate this feed on the school sites. I can setup a Math feed on the school sites and syndicate it on a Math page on the division site. I have experimented with many RSS scrollers and I haven't been able to find a Java scroller - only a DHTML scroller - really it doesn't matter. Actually I would like to use a DHTML scroller over a Java scroller due to the continuous Java updates.
What I would like to see is a provincial standard of RSS syndication. If we had a provincial portal divided into a variety of categories then school divisions could syndicate their stories. I can see a teacher reflecting on student learning - say Science 90 and the new curriculum pilot - this story weather on the school website or their personal blog could be syndicated on the division website then syndicated on the provincial portal. Utilizing the power of Web 2.0 technologies could build a web of communications connecting schools and teachers throughout the province.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 30 June 2008 )
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