2.2+School+administration

School administration often use a School Information System (SIS) (sometimes called a Student Information System) to store and manage large quantities of data about their staff, students and school. School information systems generally include features for: [//Information Technology in a Global Society by Stuart Gray, School administration, page 233//]
 * School administration **
 * Storing students' personal data, including photographs and home contact details
 * Storing students' medical data for emergency use
 * Storing academic data including grades, grade averages, and past results
 * Storing attendance data on a lesson by lesson or daily basis
 * Storing discipline records
 * Arranging and recording meetings with parents
 * Allowing parents to pay some costs online (for example, dinner money or extra curricular club fees)
 * Creating and managing student and teacher timetables and room allocation
 * Producing reports about progress
 * Recording of books and other equipment borrowed from the school
 * Sharing of relevant data with parents

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 * Record-keeping of staff and finances **
 * SIMS website || Some case studies showing how effective SIMS can be on schools and academies ||
 * Libraries **
 * media type="youtube" key="jMus6tZifGY" height="315" width="420" || How Stanford University's library became digitised for easier use. ||
 * [[image:http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/5516153_700b.jpg caption="Digital Library at Bucharest Metro Station"]] ||  ||
 * media type="youtube" key="DKH-ghh6sy4" height="315" width="560" || An online library for students of University of Canterbury ||
 * Student records **


 * EDI (Electronic data interchange) **
 * media type="youtube" key="6UlXLpwAWHM" height="315" width="420" || How the transfer of data between networks is with and without Electronic data interchange. ||
 * Strike 'will not delay A-levels' || How an EDI system has been used to distribute A-levels result ||

Positive and negative social/ethical impacts of technology on school administrations
 * = Positive ||= Negative ||
 * = Different levels of access for different users ||= Privacy of the students and their personal information ||
 * = Commercial SIS applications are customisable and extendable ||= Security of the databases ||
 * = All school data stored in one location ||= Cost of hardware and software of the SIS ||
 * = Quick acces to information ||= Reliability of the SIS ||
 * = Reduce duplication of information ||= Integrity of data on databases ||
 * = Easy to produce reports for external use ||= Unauthorised access ||
 * = Easy to transfer information ||= Requires staff training ||
 * = Finances can be better monitored ||= Cost of managing the system ||