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

Andrew Fisk andy at spitcomp.com
Wed Nov 2 22:11:26 UTC 2005


The calendar project from the fine folks at mozilla -- works with  
firefox and thunderbird -- I would guess tha Evolution would work  
just as well and would save reiventing the wheel.


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
www.spitcomp.com

On Nov 2, 2005, at 3:57 PM, 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
>> 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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