[Casper] Do We Need The JumpStart

[NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org]

Keith,
I agree that the JumpStart gets you the help you need to start off on the
right foot.  A lot of our JumpStart was the best practice advice and tips
that aren't in the manual--get things setup right the first time.  You may
want to look at the money spent on JumpStart as a savings so that you and
your group don't spend that much more time trying to figure it out on your
own.
The trainers are great, too!

Nathaniel Lindley

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Learning Systems Specialist
Educational Technology
Saint Paul Public Schools
Saint Paul, Minnesota
nathaniel.lindley at spps.org
phone:  651-603-4929



                                                                           
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Keith,

There is so much in the system and what you can do the jumpstart is quite
important in my opinion. There is nothing that beats professional
development opportunities. There may not be budget, but people should spend
more on those types of expenses which are more like investments, really.

Craig Ernst
Learning Spaces Support
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University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Learning and Technology Services
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Eau Claire, WI 54701
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On 7/18/07 2:56 PM, "Keith E Gatling" <kgatling at mph.net> wrote:

      Hello.

      I'm the computer instructor at the Manlius Pebble Hill School in
      DeWitt NY, just outside of Syracuse. This past fall a colleague at
      the
      Horace Mann School in NYC suggested that we look into Casper as a way
      of configuring and administering our 100+ Macs, and a few weeks ago
      we
      finally had them do a WebX demo of it for us.

      We were impressed. We especially liked their JumpStart option.

      The problem is that our budget for this year doesn't allow for the
      licenses, the physical server and the JumpStart. We can probably pull
      off the first two with a little finagling, but not the JumpStart too.

      So my question to all of you who have done this before is: Do we
      really need the JumpStart, or can three reasonably intelligent people
      who understand what RTFM means (and a student intern who eats,
      sleeps,
      and breathes networking) successfully figure out how to get this all
      set up in a month's time.

      Thanks for any insight you can give us here.
      --
      keg

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