[K12OSN] I need some software to automate the recess buzzers

Petre Scheie petre at maltzen.net
Wed Nov 2 22:09:36 UTC 2005


It's the calendar component for Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird.

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird.html

Doug Simpson wrote:
> What's Sunbird?
> 
> DS
> 
> Andrew Fisk wrote:
> 
>> This may be a really silly idea, but how about using Sunbird with 
>> different alarms for different events -- at it would be be easy for 
>> anyone to schedule (or delete) either a one time event or a recurring 
>> event.
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> Spitfire Computer Services
>>
>> 441 Beaver Street
>>
>> Suite 202
>>
>> Sewickley, PA 15143
>>
>> Phone (412) 749-0162
>>
>> Fax: (412) 749-0203
>>
>> andy at spitcomp.com <mailto:andy at spitcomp.com>
>>
>> www.spitcomp.com
>>
>>
>> On Nov 2, 2005, at 11:44 AM, Tim Litwiller wrote:
>>
>>> To update the requirements - it would have to be easy for the 
>>> teachers to add a buzzer or actually I think a voice announcement at 
>>> a certain time. So it doesn't have to be running a buzzer so much as 
>>> output sound to a loudspeaker. When it needs to sound like a buzzer 
>>> we can play the buzzer sound or when we need a firedrill it could 
>>> play the fire alarm sound.
>>>
>>> But the biggest requirement would be that it would be easy for a 
>>> teacher to open the scheduler and add/remove/quiet the next occurance 
>>> of the buzzer.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tim Litwiller wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'd like to setup a computer at a small school - ( that currently 
>>>> has no computers) and they also need some way to automate the 
>>>> beginning and end of day and recess buzzers.  Is there some software 
>>>> that is available to run on a K12LTSP that could do this?  I'm 
>>>> hoping that by having a ltsp server maybe they will start with doing 
>>>> typeing classes with some terminals and work them into more as they 
>>>> get used to the idea.
>>>>
>>>
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