Re: [seul-edu] Link Management System

["Kevin Stiles" <kstiles@pasco.wednet.edu>]

I have been working on an equiv. of this setup.  A simple HTML form that 
allows a teacher to put in an URL, description, pull down list for 
category and grade level. I am also looking at putting a "Required for 
Class XX" designator so that students can find particular links for 
classes easier. It then puts the info into a MySQL database.

The front end in written in PHP and allows searches by grade level, 
category, etc.

I am still working on the formatting of the pages, but the idea is easy 
to implement and runs on just about any web server and OS.  The only 
question is whether our teachers will use it.  Most I have talked to 
have been interested.

Kevin Stiles
Pasco School District

----Push is the force exerted upon the door marked "Pull".----

----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Collins <philosofr@yahoo.com>
Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2001 12:04 pm
Subject: Re: [seul-edu] Link Management System

> Links on the server is especially helpful if using the "recommended
> links only" method of compliance with CIPA (the Child Internet
> Protection Act).  By sharing good sets of links, educators could
> built both quality and volumes of links.  A description next to link
> could help surfers:  teachers, students, admins, school
> administrators, parents (assuming there is a way to share with
> parents either on the web or by disk).
> 
> --- Les Richardson <richl@mail.tfsd.sk.ca> wrote:
> > Key point here being: 
> > 
> >   What OS does the server have that will run this software? 
> > 
> > 
> > The software currently runs MySQL for a back end, which is pretty
> > simple to
> > install...
> > 
> > There are other options...
> > 
> > Les
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > At 10:47 AM 12/5/01 -0700, Prevett, Larry wrote:
> > >
> > >| This normally would be on the inside of the school LAN and
> > attached to the
> > >| local in-school webserver. All schools should have these in
> > order to allow
> > >| teachers to create websites to direct students to educationally
> > >| appropriate sites. All school workstations would normally load
> > this as the
> > >| home page, rather than any external site (which would be much
> > slower than
> > >| LAN speed).
> > >
> > >Les,
> > >
> > >Good timing. Here is the message I was just
> > >composing - we are looking for just such an
> > >application.
> > >
> > >----
> > >
> > > There is a lady at one of the high schools here
> > > who was saving links for her class at a web site
> > > called "murl.com" that's no longer there. I was
> > > suggesting to her that she keep her links on
> > > a web server on their intranet instead of the
> > > internet (for obvious reasons.) She was willing
> > > to do so but I haven't had time to identify an
> > > application for her.
> > >
> > > This could be a simple web page, I know. But
> > > she doesn't know html that well yet and likes
> > > the web based form for entering links she was
> > > used to.
> > >
> > > How difficult would it be to adapt your perl
> > > scripts to allow teachers to collect their
> > > own links for their classes in some kind of
> > > space on an intranet web server. The entry and
> > > editing the links should be password protected.
> > > Students would simply access the links she provides
> > > for them.
> > >
> > > Would you be interested in doing this? We
> > > could give the software a field test and give
> > > you some feedback if you want. Maybe some default
> > > links from the SEUL database could be included
> > > eventually.
> > >
> > >----
> > >
> > >I was going to say "What do you think?" but
> > >it sounds like you already have what she needs!
> > >How to we get it?
> > >
> > >L. Prevett
> > >Mathematics Instructor
> > >Cochise College, Sierra Vista, AZ, US
> > >prevettl@cochise.cc.az.us
> > >
> > >
> > 
> 
> 
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