On 4/18/05 1:13 PM, "Chad Walstrom" <chewie at wookimus.net> wrote: > Blackboard looks like a customized Content Management System; there > are LOTS out there. Zope 2, Zope 3, Plone, Drupal, etc. Good point. It's not always clear whether CMS means "content management system" or "course management system." In the ed-tech world it's usually the latter. The course management systems are really specific types of content management system, but with all the hooks that students and teachers need generally built right in. > I would keep an eye on SchoolTool, which promises to be a great K-12 > administrative tool. As far as teaching apps, search on > freshmeat.net, perhaps. SchoolTool's built on Zope and looks really promising. This is more a school management tool than it is a content/course management system. For a smaller school with modest needs, SchoolTool might be just the ticket. I'm afraid it's not quite ready for the really stringent reporting and tracking requirements that most districts have to face. I know the project lead, and he's definitely got the project going in a good direction. Given enough time they might be able to compete with the "big boys" in that business. FWIW, in Minnesota the "big boys" normally consist of Apple's PowerSchool, Pearson's SASI, a local company Infinite Campus, another local outfit TIES TSIS, and a few other smaller players. It's a very competitive marketplace. -Tim -- Tim Wilson Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA Educational technology guy, Linux and OS X fan, Grad. student, Daddy mailto: wilson at visi.com aim: tis270 blog: http://technosavvy.org/