K12 Websites change

The K12 Data Center will be moving all State Hosted websites to new servers this summer.

I will plan on migrating all our websites (that would include the school site, and the staff sites), next Tuesday, May 26th.

The new servers will no longer support "Front Page Extensions" and will not use Front Page as web development software.

What does this mean for you?
1. You can NOT use Microsoft Front Page 2003 to edit your webpage any more.
2.  To edit your webpage, you will need to use either Sharepoint Designer 2007 or Expression Web 4.

• Both are a free download from Microsoft
• Sharepoint Designer 2007
• Expression Web 4

3. Once you install them, you can open your website by following the directions on this FAQ from the K12 Data Center Members Site:  FAQ 187 Open Web Site Using Sharepoint Designer 2007
(you will need to know your K12 Credentials to log into the Members site)

Will this affect your webpage?
Not much... there are only a few features that will be affected in the migration.
Those will include: (This is copied from FAQ 1316)

If your website included these FrontPage features, you can expect the following after your site is migrated:

• FrontPage counters
  • These counters will break. They can be replaced with an alternative (e.g. StatCounter).
• FrontPage forms
  • These forms will no longer work. Any form that you would like to continue using will need to be replaced with an ASP.NET form.
• FrontPage discussion boards
  • Users will still be able to view the discussion boards but will be unable to post new content.
• FrontPage page includes
  • Changes to the included page will no longer update across the connected pages. Future edits will need to be made on each individual page.

So... In Conclusion... If you use Microsoft Frontpage for Webpage editing... you will need to install either Sharepoint Designer 2007 or Expression Web 4, for editing your webpage.

Tuesday...Teacher Technology Tidbits

Been a very busy week in the tech office.  Between getting the touchscreen computers loaded with software, dealing with technology issues with student computers, and a few other things that have popped up, I've barely had a minute to catch my breathe.

But I think I'm starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Today's Technology Tool is a Voki.

http://www.voki.com/

A Voki is a speaking avatar that you can put into your webpage.  Kind of a neat thing to play around with, and I believe you can have students use them too.

I haven't done much with them, although this is something I do want to add to my webpage.
http://mh176.k12.sd.us/

Today is Camo Day for Homecoming week, and I normally like to dress up for Homecoming days, but I do not own a single item of camouflage... So probably the best I can do with that is an old song from Stan Ridgeway in the 80's.

Good Luck to the Cross Country Team as they travel to Dell Rapids Tomorrow!
Good Luck to the Girls Volleyball Team on Thursday as they travel to Estelline!
Good Luck to the Football Team as they host the Homecoming game this Friday against Arlington.

Tomorrow - Wednesday, I will be meeting with a few JH classes in the morning on internet safety, and then traveling to Lake Benton.

I will also be leaving school around 2:30 pm on Wednesday to attend the CC meet!

Have a great Homecoming week everyone!

Website suggestions: being taken

Well, I think it's time for me to update my school webpage.

Mr. Harming's state webpage

It's not that I don't like the one that I have, but it's just time for some "restructuring".

Have any ideas of content that could be added?
Any features or things I could use to "spruce up" the place?

Let me know with an e-mail to:  mark.harming@k12.sd.us

or feel free to comment below.

Thanks for any and all suggestions.