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Is it correct to say, if we go with Oncourse, we would be keeping Blackboard, but if we go with PowerSchool classroom, we could use their Unified Classroom in its place- so that teaching and learning could all happen in one spot?

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Here are all the programs we currently have teachers logging into
PowerSchool
Oncourse
Blackboard
Office 365
RealTime
Aimsweb
STAR/AR
Teacher Web Pages/ Schoolwires
Teacher Evaluation System (iObservation)
Source for Teachers
Study Island (at Middle Level)
Web based learning activities of their choosing
(I might be forgetting something)

I want to know which program can narrow this down the greatest. I am kind of confused about all the different pieces each program mentions and what they actually could replace. Could we create some sort of actual chart of the potential here (using actually released products of each system, not ones that have yet to be released)? Totally realizing that this large amount of changes wouldn't be  necessarily all changed at once.

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Would either of these assessment pieces in these software allow us to create banks of software that could potentially replace replace STAR tests? Would we be able to use this in a way to get reliable data of any kind that could be used for IEPs, placement discussions, progress reporting, SGO decisions?

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Currently teachers and parents are not integrated into the PS discipline logs. Would we be able to change out how this is handled if we switch to Oncourse so that it is the stream-lined process they suggest? Or would be continue to do this on paper with an administrator just entering information into the system?

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Is Special Ed looking to make a change into a unified system? Could we use either piece instead of Aimsweb in addition to potentially replacing Realtime?
If we adopt Oncourse, would we abandon our teacher webpage system (not the entire website, but the webpage system)? Does PowerSchool have a piece we could use for that?

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PowerSchool is much more "user friendly" than OnCourse. I eagerly await to see what the new components will look like.

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If we were to go with PowerSchool, would we aim to switch to their lesson planner next school year?

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http://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/10/10-tips-smarter-edtech-purchasing/http://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/10/10-tips-smarter-edtech-purchasing/

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I think it would be prudent to wait until spring when powerschool has all their pieces available to view. Then we could make an informed decision and avoid making an expensive mistake. Currently working with oncourse and powerschool is like night and day. Power school is easy to read, easy to navigate and intuitive. Oncourse is none of these. If the LMS piece is as difficult and cumbersome to use as the lesson plans the teachers will be unable to use it and If the parent piece of oncourse is as difficult to use as the teacher piece we will get a tremendous amount of push back from our parents who know and love powerschool.

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These were two different presentations. OnCourse focused on big data visualization and state reporting which is great for administration. They failed to even show the LMS component. Their digital learning strategy does not seem to meet our needs  PowerSchool was much more focused on the teacher experience and showed how they can be a much more robust platform (integrates with various Office 365 products) as a one stop source for teaching and learning. OnCourse seems to be great for the visualization and reporting aspect but would not meet the needs of forming a digital learning strategy.   Changing a SIS is a massive move and if it is done everyone (including parents)needs to see how it makes teaching and learning better.

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Questions/topics from the audience that I remember:

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Questions/topics from the audience that I remember:

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Flash or Java plug-ins; direct user support; use of 365 log-in; ability to import PARCC sample questions or make PARCC-like assessments; ability to alter ready-made assessments

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Tough to compare apples to apples not knowing what the yet to be released Power School components will offer us. Power School could take any shortcomings of the OnCourse system into account and provide a product that would serve us better.

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Tough to compare apples to apples not knowing what the yet to be released Power School components will offer us. Power School could take any shortcomings of the OnCourse system into account and provide a product that would serve us better.

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I thought PowerSchool was cleaner and easier to work with. It looked like it would require little training. The Oncourse looked like more training would be required but without actually seeing the new PowerSchool components or being able to try them both out, it will be hard to make a decision.

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I thought PowerSchool was cleaner and easier to work with. It looked like it would require little training. The Oncourse looked like more training would be required but without actually seeing the new PowerSchool components or being able to try them both out, it will be hard to make a decision.

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It seems there are  many programs that are serving the same function. Blackboard, Onenote and now the Powerschool classroom. Should we streamline our effort and  just use one of these? I feel that staff should all be using the same format to run their classrooms to make it easier for students to interact with the interface and so expectations can be aligned with these online platforms. Also then staff will not have to recreate their sites on all of these different platforms every other year.

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How can we make an informed decision if we do not know how the upcoming Power school components will work? In all reality, if we do not wait, then the decision is made in favor of oncourse.

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How can we make an informed decision if we do not know how the upcoming Power school components will work? In all reality, if we do not wait, then the decision is made in favor of oncourse.

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What is the timeline of when PowerSchool will have the various components?

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What is the timeline of when PowerSchool will have the various components?

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I believe they said they were shooting for next September.