Purchasing+Resources

Interested in what others are using in their technology infrastructure or educational repertoire. Find out here and add to the growing list:

Curriculum Mapping Software
Rubicon Atlas

Document Management Systems
PMwiki Drupal

Emergency Broadcast Dialers
Alert Now

**HelpDesk Tools**
My Tech Desk - http://www.mytechdesk.org/product/ - Shelly Wille of Hill Brook and Peter Zingg [pzingg@kentfieldschools.org], Steve Taffee, Castilleja School WebHelpDesk - http://downloads.webhelpdesk.com - - Nazario Ayala [nayala@menloschool.org} 1) Offsite hosting on WHD server: 2 Seat 12 Month Service: $1530 plus one-time setup fee of $120 2) WHD Software for the Xserve to run on the LAN: $1000 plus $500 a year maintenance contract SpiceWorks - http://www.spiceworks.com - Ben Y. Thomasian [bthomasian@phillipsbrooks.org] Altiris HelpDesk module - Richard Kassissieh [kassissiehr@catlin.edu] ZenDesk - http://www.zendesk.com - Steve Searson [steve@stmatthewsday.org]

HVAC/Air Conditioning Maintenance vendors
Innovative Mechanical - recommended by Ed Chen, The Bay School of San Francisco

**Laptop Podiums**
Tuffy - recommended by Park Day School

PC Remote Desktop Software
VNC

Photo/Media Catalog Software
iPhoto

Plagiarism check Software
TurnItIn

Projectors
Epson InFocus - recommended by LiveOak School BoxLight; rated: great; used by: tech@WoodsidePriory.com

Scheduling Software
Now Up-To-Date (Shared Calendars & Web-publish, Mac/PC)

Training Vendors
LearnIT

Virtualization Software
VMWare Fusion Parallels

Yearbook Production Tools
InDesign

Yearbooks! This software is both Mac and Windows based. The software is free to use when coupled with Memory Book Studio (Deposit of about $200-$300 is required however).

Coupled with the desktop software I use Memory Book Studio to publish the completed yearbook. Turnaround time is can be as little as four weeks (although they prefer six). You can also order in any quantity and are not bound by a specific amount. You can also reorder in quantities as little as one book. Prices are also very good. A perfect bound softcover book of 96 pages and in full color is about $20 (2010 prices) and hardcover is about $30. I have found them very easy to work with and the tech support for any software glitches is excellant. I have used them at Saint James School for the past couple of years having tried several "on demand" type publishing services previously.