I have not posted an update in a few weeks, but only because I have been overwhelmed with the amount of work in which we have been involved. In the past three weeks, I have worked on our massive open source computing project that involves BOINC. Registered under Northgate High School, we are working on using our old technology to give back to the community as a whole. By chaining about 20-30 old computers together under a single organization we hope to unleash this computational power on different scientific applications such as SETI@home, Rosetta@home, and many more.
I have also continued my work on the NHS website and hope to post more updates in the future... While no new changes are visible to the public, I assure everyone, big changes are coming soon. Furthermore, the teacher directory is 95% completed and thanks to teacher feedback will be improved with the addition of social media tabs.
This past Wednesday 10/7, I presented the new online referral form to the staff with the help of Henry (coder of the form) while Matthew and Nathan presented the Powtoon. We drew a round of applause from the crowd and I heard the new form and our plans for the future were well received. To see a quick demonstration of the new referral form and its capabilities click here.
My talks with Google as of yet have failed to get our domain upgraded to GAFE, which is most disappointing... I understand they reserve the right to deny us the upgrade, but the only reason they have given me is that our domain name is not approved.. meaning they do not like it for the purposes of rolling it out to an entire school. Therefore, it looks like as of now we have been completely rejected. I have purchased my own domain and set up an account through Google Apps for Work while I wait for this issue to be resolved.
We still have a lot of projects to complete and deadlines are approaching quickly on some time sensitive assignments that need to be finished so they can quickly be put into use. More details on these projects to appear in the next update...
I have also continued my work on the NHS website and hope to post more updates in the future... While no new changes are visible to the public, I assure everyone, big changes are coming soon. Furthermore, the teacher directory is 95% completed and thanks to teacher feedback will be improved with the addition of social media tabs.
This past Wednesday 10/7, I presented the new online referral form to the staff with the help of Henry (coder of the form) while Matthew and Nathan presented the Powtoon. We drew a round of applause from the crowd and I heard the new form and our plans for the future were well received. To see a quick demonstration of the new referral form and its capabilities click here.
My talks with Google as of yet have failed to get our domain upgraded to GAFE, which is most disappointing... I understand they reserve the right to deny us the upgrade, but the only reason they have given me is that our domain name is not approved.. meaning they do not like it for the purposes of rolling it out to an entire school. Therefore, it looks like as of now we have been completely rejected. I have purchased my own domain and set up an account through Google Apps for Work while I wait for this issue to be resolved.
We still have a lot of projects to complete and deadlines are approaching quickly on some time sensitive assignments that need to be finished so they can quickly be put into use. More details on these projects to appear in the next update...