The idea of subscribing to Edline or a similar service has come up a few times in conversations between the administration and the technology department. I even got a price quote from them at one time (and it was more reasonable than I expected). For the moment at least, though, none of us thinks it's a particularly good idea. The pressure it would put on students is one thing, as is the burden it would place on teachers to maintain their gradebooks on time and in just the right format to meet the requirements of the service. Like the students, our teachers are an independent lot and tend to like to do things their own way, on their own schedule. In short, you can breathe easier, since we have no plans to implement something like this anytime soon.
Not just yet.
The idea of subscribing to Edline or a similar service has come up a few times in conversations between the administration and the technology department. I even got a price quote from them at one time (and it was more reasonable than I expected). For the moment at least, though, none of us thinks it's a particularly good idea. The pressure it would put on students is one thing, as is the burden it would place on teachers to maintain their gradebooks on time and in just the right format to meet the requirements of the service. Like the students, our teachers are an independent lot and tend to like to do things their own way, on their own schedule. In short, you can breathe easier, since we have no plans to implement something like this anytime soon.
- GDS