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This is a place to document the online efforts of [[Sagamore Hills Elementary School]] and [[Sagamore Hills PTA|its PTA]].
This is a place to document the online efforts of [[Sagamore Hills Elementary School]] and [[Sagamore Hills PTA|its PTA]].


==Collaboration==
Discussion takes place on the {{Discussion list|name=''Sagamore online discussion list''|id=sagamore.online}}


* '''Discussion''' takes place on the {{Discussion list|name=''Sagamore online discussion list''|id=sagamore.online}}
See also: '''[[Sagamore communication]]'''
* [[Sagamore online meetings|'''Meetings''' are documented]]


==To Do==
==To Do==


* [[State of Sagamore online, fall 2013#Ideas]]
* [[Sagamore Hills PTA website#To Do|PTA website To Dos]]

* '''[[Sagamore Hills PTA website#To Do|PTA website To Dos]]'''
* '''[[Sagamore online goals 2014]]''', [[State of Sagamore online, fall 2013#Ideas]]
* [http://list.9.0ne.org/archive/sagamore.online/2013-March/thread.html Discuss near terms plans (2013-03)]
* Phase out sagamorephots@gmail.com in favor of photos@sagamorehillspta.org with its integration with Google Drive
** Copied everything (46 photos) in the PicasaWeb account for sagamorephotos@gmail.com (Garden/Grounds work photos [[John Lenz]] collected) over to photos@sagamorehillspta.org 's Google Drive --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 20:00, 16 February 2015 (EST)
** photos@sagamorehillspta.org is fully functional and promoted in the announcements. sagamorephotos@gmail.com still exists though; maybe delete it after 2015-2016. --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 16:11, 12 December 2015 (EST)
* [[Sagamore reference]]
* [[Sagamore reference]]
* Correct [https://twitter.com/SagamorePTA @SagamorePTA] address for PTA website (from ''pta''sagamorehills.org to sagamorehills''pta''.org (it used to work years ago) --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 21:02, 19 June 2013 (EDT)
* Correct [https://twitter.com/SagamorePTA @SagamorePTA] address for PTA website (from ''pta''sagamorehills.org to sagamorehills''pta''.org (it used to work years ago) --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 21:02, 19 June 2013 (EDT)
* [http://list.9.0ne.org/archive/sagamore.online/2013-August/000059.html Consider using MailChimp instead of Constant Contact] -[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 12:31, 20 August 2013 (EDT)
* Correct PTA website address in School Handbook (ptasagamorehills.org → sagamorehillspta.org) --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 22:23, 12 September 2014 (EDT)
* Take [[User:Dave/workspace/2012 online assessment|a look at Oak Grove Elementary School's online presence as a comparable]] ([http://www.hawthorne-elementary.org/ Hawthorne Elementary School] and [http://fernbankelementary.com/ Fernbank] might be worth a look too)
* [http://list.9.0ne.org/archive/sagamore.online/2013-March/thread.html Discuss near terms plans (2013-03)]
* Take [[User:Dave/workspace/2012 online assessment|a look at Oak Grove Elementary School's online presence as a comparable]] ([http://www.hawthorne-elementary.org/ Hawthorne Elementary School] might be worth a look too)
* Take Vera out of the equation and replace with something future proof, like "Sagamore Online <online@sagamorehillspta.org>". Look at [[#Dreamhost|Dreamhost]] billing, domain registration, and hosting credentials. -- [[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 20:39, 23 January 2013 (EST)
** ''Vera is now out'', but only replaced by me. Contact and control should really be by held by the PTA, not an individual. --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 13:49, 5 July 2013 (EDT)
* Email addresses at sagamorehillspta.org, to forward to appropriate people over time? Like board@, online@, advertise@, etc.?


===Done===
===Done===


* Hold a [[State of Sagamore online, fall 2013]] video conference --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 13:51, 21 August 2013 (EDT)
* Make the authoritative calendar pdf linked from the [http://sagamorehillspta.org/calendar PTA calendar page] an unchanging address hosted by us, like hosted (and updated) on the [[Sagamore Google Drive]] --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 14:22, 12 September 2014 (EDT)
* Sign up for [http://www.google.com/nonprofits/ Google for nonprofits] and sign up for a free [http://www.google.com/apps Google Apps] account --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 16:22, 19 July 2013 (EDT)
** ✓ The "print" option on the [http://sagamorehillspta.org/calendar calendar page] now provides an (ugly) always-up-to-date PDF created directly from the electronic calendar. The "regular" print calendar that's printed and handed out occasionally is still a Word document on the Google Drive, maintained and synced by others. --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 15:51, 12 December 2015 (EST)
* Email addresses at sagamorehillspta.org, to forward to appropriate people over time? Like board@, online@, advertise@, etc.?
** See [[Sagamore Hills PTA Google account]] --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 16:22, 19 July 2013 (EDT)
** Created Google for Nonprofits account for Sagamore Hills ES PTA and Google Apps for <code>sagamorehillspta.org</code>. Awaiting approval of Google Apps for Nonprofits (linking Google Apps account to Google for Nonprofits account to get the former for free (currently in 30-day free trial)). --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 20:57, 19 July 2013 (EDT)
** Started [[Sagamore email]] with <code>[[communications@sagamorehillspta.org]]</code>, <code>treasurer@sagamorehillspta.org</code>, and <code>garden@sagamorehillspta.org</code> --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 13:50, 3 September 2014 (EDT)
** ✓ When Dave Barker became PTA Communications starting Fall 2015, he got the Board using @sagamorehillspta.org email addresses (see http://sagamorehillspta.org/board ) and group (email list) addresses @groups.sagamorehillspta.org (see http://sagamorehillspta.org/groups ). --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 15:41, 12 December 2015 (EST)
:: ✓ Done! See [[Sagamore Hills PTA Google account setup]] --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 18:52, 22 July 2013 (EDT)
* Take a [[Sagamore information inventory 2013]] (on our way to an improved parent handbook) --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 13:10, 17 July 2013 (EDT)
* [http://list.9.0ne.org/archive/sagamore.online/2013-August/000059.html Consider using MailChimp instead of Constant Contact] -[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 12:31, 20 August 2013 (EDT)
** ✓ Move made Fall 2015 when Dave Barker became PTA Communications. Constant Contact makes a complete export impossible. The contact were exported and saved to the Drive (and imported into MailChimp). The account is no longer paid for (it was on Nancy Shober's card), but it still possible to log in (just not send). --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 16:10, 12 December 2015 (EST)
* Start documenting the variety of [[Sagamore communication]] --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 13:10, 17 July 2013 (EDT)
* BringIt Signup Sheets (http://sagamorevolunteers.pleasebringit.com/):
* Delete traces of the <code>ptasagamorehills.org</code> domain at [[#Dreamhost|Dreamhost]] -- [[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 21:06, 23 January 2013 (EST)
** Should we move over to [http://bringitsignupsheets.tumblr.com/post/37345497604/the-new-bringit-dec-2-2012 their "new" signup sheets at bringit.bz]?
:: ✓ Done (by deleting at [https://panel.dreamhost.com/index.cgi?tree=domain.manage Manage Domains]) --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 17:00, 2 February 2013 (EST)
*** Newness at https://sagamorehills.bringit.bz/ , credentials in the Password file. It wants a credit card to maintain being able to copy sheets (free version looses that and adds ads) --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 12:00, 26 October 2014 (EDT)

** Should we just use Google Forms instead (possible, advantages?)?
==Domain==
** ✓ Old signup sheets were copied over to the new (by Nancy Shober) and the account closed. The new one is being billed monthly to Kristie McMahan. Nobody else has mentioned interest in Google Forms or other replacements. --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 15:37, 12 December 2015 (EST)

* [[Sagamore Hills PTA Google account setup#2014-02-01_12:00_photos.40sagamorehillspta.org|Create a <code>photos@sagamorehillspta.org</code> Google account]] --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 12:00, 01 February 2015 (EST)
'''<code>sagamorehillspta.org</code>''' is registered with [[#Dreamhost|Dreamhost]]. It was first registered 2011-07 by [mailto:vkornylak@gmail.com Vera Kornylak].
* '''[[Sagamore online history#Online|''Older'' done to dos]]'''

''Historic:'' '''<code>ptasagamorehills.org</code>''' served a website as early as [http://web.archive.org/web/20080107214534/http://ptasagamorehills.org/ 2008-07] and no later than [http://web.archive.org/web/20110903155051/http://ptasagamorehills.org/ 2011-09], then redirected to <code>sagamorehillspta.org</code>, and expired 2012-09 (is no longer a registered domain name).


==Eamil==
==Services==


==Email Distribution List==
===Email Distribution List===


The PTA uses [[#Constant Contact|their Constant Contact account]] to distribute the weekly ''Wildcat Update Newsletter'' and any other announcements via email.
The PTA uses [[#Constant Contact|their Constant Contact account]] to distribute the weekly ''Wildcat Update Newsletter'' and any other announcements via email.


===Sign-up Sheets===
==Calendar==


Doing sign-up sheets online is handy, and we seem to have a couple options in use.
Calendars are hosted through the [[Sagamore Hills PTA Google account]], owned by [[Sagamore Hills PTA Google account#admin.40sagamorehillspta.org|admin@sagamorehillspta.org]] and editable by the [[Sagamore Hills PTA Google account#admin.40sagamorehillspta.org|sagamorehillspta@sagamorehillspta.org group]]. There are:


* [[#Bringit|Bringit]]
;Sagamore Hills Elementary School
* [[#SignUpGenius|SignUpGenius]]
: The most general calendar full of Sagamore events
: (calendar id: sagamorehillspta.org_oj8q0h49li5ovc3dp8f114ngr8@group.calendar.google.com)
; PTA
: Like Board meetings
: (calendar id: sagamorehillspta.org_s7rl2pce7ls9c4s5qbboav4qa4@group.calendar.google.com)
;Sagamore Garden
: (Is that name right?) For those interested in garden happenings
: (calendar id: sagamorehillspta.org_2ier8kd4ndl76artqmtugl5624@group.calendar.google.com)
See the [[Sagamore calendar implementation]].


==Website==
===Website===


Sagamore Hills Elementary School has multiple websites. [http://list.9.0ne.org/list/listinfo/sagamore.online Discuss them on the mailing list].
Sagamore Hills Elementary School has multiple websites. [http://list.9.0ne.org/list/listinfo/sagamore.online Discuss them on the mailing list].


===DeKalb County Schools===
====DeKalb County Schools====


See [[Sagamore Hills district website|the Sagamore Hills district website page]].
See [[Sagamore Hills district website|the Sagamore Hills district website page]].


===PTA===
====PTA====


See [[Sagamore Hills PTA website|the Sagamore Hills PTA website page]].
See [[Sagamore Hills PTA website|the Sagamore Hills PTA website page]].


===Parents===
====Parents====


The [http://www.9.0ne.org/ community edited Parents website (this site)] contains [[Sagamore Hills Elementary School|a page for the school]] and [[:Category:Sagamore Hills Elementary School|other pages about the school]].
The [http://www.9.0ne.org/ ''community edited'' Parents website (this site)] contains [[Sagamore Hills Elementary School|a page for the school]] and [[:Category:Sagamore Hills Elementary School|other pages about the school]].

===Calendar===

See the [[Sagamore calendar implementation]].

===Domain===

'''<code>sagamorehillspta.org</code>''' is registered with [[#Dreamhost|Dreamhost]] and points to the [[Sagamore Hills PTA website]]. It was first registered 2011-07 by [[Vera Kornylak]].

'''<code>sagamorehillselementary.com</code>''' is [http://list.9.0ne.org/archive/sagamore.online/2014-March/000190.html somehow] in [[John Lenz]]'s hands, currently (2014-04) pointing to the [[Sagamore Hills district website]].

''Historic:'' '''<code>ptasagamorehills.org</code>''' served the [[Sagamore Hills PTA website#History]] as early as 2008-07, no later than 2011-09, and expired 2012-09 (is no longer a registered domain name).


==Vendors==
==Vendors==
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===Facebook===
===Facebook===

See [[Sagamore Facebook]]


===Twitter===
===Twitter===
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===Bringit===
===Bringit===


[https://bringit.bz/ Sign Up Sheets]
* http://sagamorevolunteers.pleasebringit.com/

* https://sagamorehills.bringit.bz/dashboard/a61e28 , new (>2014) version of Bringit, credentials in the password file
* '''http://sagamorevolunteers.pleasebringit.com/''' old (<=2014) ([https://www.google.com/search?q=site:sagamorevolunteers.pleasebringit.com&filter=0 let Google find the sheets]) -Login known by [[Dave Barker]], [[Audrey Farquharson]], …
* http://volunteerforopenhouse.pleasebringit.com/ , a one off from 2012 (http://volunteerforopenhouse.pleasebringit.com/public/mGFCyw6nEwo)?
* http://volunteerforopenhouse.pleasebringit.com/ , a one off from 2012 (http://volunteerforopenhouse.pleasebringit.com/public/mGFCyw6nEwo)?
* https://jefeild.bringit.bz/ , Johnna Feild?
* https://jefeild.bringit.bz/ , Johnna Feild?

===SignUpGenius===

[http://www.signupgenius.com/ SignUpGenius]

* [[Ms. Menendez 2013-2014]]
** [http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4BADA72EA13-mystery Mystery Readers]
** [http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4BADA72EA13-accelerated Accelerated Reader Volunteering]

===Patch===

Account, [http://patch.com/users/sagamore-hills-elementary-pta Sagamore Hills Elementary PTA], login with sagamoreelementarypta@gmail.com , with 4 posts as of 2013-11.

==Vendors not used==

Vendors we're not using, but take note of past evaluations or for future possiblities

===Evaluated vendors===

* 👍 [[Sagamore MySchoolAnywhere]]
* 👎 [[Sagamore SchoolCollabo]]

===Not-evaluated vendors===

* http://membershiptoolkit.com/
* http://www.pay4schoolstuff.com/
* http://www.ptoffice.com/
* http://digitalpto.com/






Latest revision as of 02:04, 24 February 2016

This is a place to document the online efforts of Sagamore Hills Elementary School and its PTA.

Collaboration[edit]

To Do[edit]

Done[edit]

  • Make the authoritative calendar pdf linked from the PTA calendar page an unchanging address hosted by us, like hosted (and updated) on the Sagamore Google Drive --Dave (talk) 14:22, 12 September 2014 (EDT)
    • ✓ The "print" option on the calendar page now provides an (ugly) always-up-to-date PDF created directly from the electronic calendar. The "regular" print calendar that's printed and handed out occasionally is still a Word document on the Google Drive, maintained and synced by others. --Dave (talk) 15:51, 12 December 2015 (EST)
  • Email addresses at sagamorehillspta.org, to forward to appropriate people over time? Like board@, online@, advertise@, etc.?
  • Consider using MailChimp instead of Constant Contact -Dave (talk) 12:31, 20 August 2013 (EDT)
    • ✓ Move made Fall 2015 when Dave Barker became PTA Communications. Constant Contact makes a complete export impossible. The contact were exported and saved to the Drive (and imported into MailChimp). The account is no longer paid for (it was on Nancy Shober's card), but it still possible to log in (just not send). --Dave (talk) 16:10, 12 December 2015 (EST)
  • BringIt Signup Sheets (http://sagamorevolunteers.pleasebringit.com/):
    • Should we move over to their "new" signup sheets at bringit.bz?
      • Newness at https://sagamorehills.bringit.bz/ , credentials in the Password file. It wants a credit card to maintain being able to copy sheets (free version looses that and adds ads) --Dave (talk) 12:00, 26 October 2014 (EDT)
    • Should we just use Google Forms instead (possible, advantages?)?
    • ✓ Old signup sheets were copied over to the new (by Nancy Shober) and the account closed. The new one is being billed monthly to Kristie McMahan. Nobody else has mentioned interest in Google Forms or other replacements. --Dave (talk) 15:37, 12 December 2015 (EST)
  • Create a photos@sagamorehillspta.org Google account --Dave (talk) 12:00, 01 February 2015 (EST)
  • Older done to dos

Services[edit]

Email Distribution List[edit]

The PTA uses their Constant Contact account to distribute the weekly Wildcat Update Newsletter and any other announcements via email.

Sign-up Sheets[edit]

Doing sign-up sheets online is handy, and we seem to have a couple options in use.

Website[edit]

Sagamore Hills Elementary School has multiple websites. Discuss them on the mailing list.

DeKalb County Schools[edit]

See the Sagamore Hills district website page.

PTA[edit]

See the Sagamore Hills PTA website page.

Parents[edit]

The community edited Parents website (this site) contains a page for the school and other pages about the school.

Calendar[edit]

See the Sagamore calendar implementation.

Domain[edit]

sagamorehillspta.org is registered with Dreamhost and points to the Sagamore Hills PTA website. It was first registered 2011-07 by Vera Kornylak.

sagamorehillselementary.com is somehow in John Lenz's hands, currently (2014-04) pointing to the Sagamore Hills district website.

Historic: ptasagamorehills.org served the Sagamore Hills PTA website#History as early as 2008-07, no later than 2011-09, and expired 2012-09 (is no longer a registered domain name).

Vendors[edit]

Sagamore Hills and its PTA uses online services from the following vendors.

Constant Contact[edit]

Constant Contact powers the email distribution list. The PTA's account, sagamorehillspta, is charged $25 per month for services: Email Marketing and MyLibrary Plus.

Dreamhost[edit]

See the Sagamore Hills PTA Dreamhost account page.

DeKalb County Schools[edit]

DeKalb County Schools hosts a Sagamore website.

Google[edit]

See the Sagamore Hills PTA Google account page.

Facebook[edit]

See Sagamore Facebook

Twitter[edit]

Bringit[edit]

Sign Up Sheets

SignUpGenius[edit]

SignUpGenius

Patch[edit]

Account, Sagamore Hills Elementary PTA, login with sagamoreelementarypta@gmail.com , with 4 posts as of 2013-11.

Vendors not used[edit]

Vendors we're not using, but take note of past evaluations or for future possiblities

Evaluated vendors[edit]

Not-evaluated vendors[edit]

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