We have just begun using web based AR and it is working out fine right
now. Only been 2 weeks though. I hope we do not have many down times.
A. Chika Ngozi, Library Media Specialist
Heilmann Elementary School
15510 E. State Fair St.
Detroit, MI 48205
313.642.4854 ext. 130
Email: adedagbo.ngozi@detroitk12.org
Website: www.heilmannmediacenter.com
Check into the price of it, when we were looking at it it seemed
Cost prohibitive because it seemed you had to pay per computer
And update EVERY year instead of every other year.
If things have changed please let us all know.
Christe
Christe Hancock, Library Media Specialist
Speegleville Elementary,
101 Maywood, Waco, TX 76712
254-761-5730 Fax 254-848-9751
christe.hancock@midwayisd.org
Hello.
I saw your question about AR on the Web and thought I'd share my
experience with you. I am the librarian in a relatively rural, 6-8
middle school with an approximate enrollment of 715 students. We run
Accelerated Reader for all 6th graders, half of the 7th graders, and
anyone else on a voluntary basis. Prior to this fall we ran AR 5.12
on the Macintosh platform. In November we switched over to the
Web-based setup and I have not regretted it.
Although the new Renaissance Place is designed to make management of
all of the different programs easier, it still works quite well for
just AR. Administration of the program is a little trickier until
you learn it (much like anything else that is new or a change), but I
have found the format to be very reliable.
The only thing I'm a bit annoyed with is the fact that Renaissance
Learning has not fully accomplished online Parent access to
Accelerated Reader yet. I have been hounding them about this because
it was one of the selling features for my Curriculum Director - to
incorporate parental access and involvement.
Please feel free to contact me with any specific questions. I would
endorse the new setup but still have some reservations about the
whole AR program itself. That's another discussion.
Leola Gaugler
Librarian
Selinsgrove Area Middle School Library
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
lgaugler@seal-pa.org
phone 570-374-1144x3228
fax 570-372-2237
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James Johnson
Library/Media Specialist
Oskaloosa Middle School
1704 North 3rd street
Oskaloosa, Iowa 52577
641 673 8308 ex 1725
Fax 641 683 8308
Johnsonj@oskaloosa.k12.ia.us
"The Internet may be the world's greatest library,
but let's face it: all the books are scattered on
the floor." --D.C.Denison
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