Bush countdown clock
But the math isn’t really correct. It seems to be counting down until midnight on inauguration day (or the day before, I haven’t checked). Anyone know what time the president really takes over?
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Grade Machine is dead, long live Grade Machine
The grading program I have been using for over ten years, Grade Machine, has been purchased by an educational conglomerate (Pearson), who will discontinue support for it effective August 31, 2008. Does this mean they will take down all the support pages from their web site, or just stop asking questions? It’s hard to know. I’ll post more here if/when I find out.
They have posted a “License editor” that allows users to generate the registration key required to re-install the program (you need the serial number from your purchase). The nice thing about this is that if you have your own copy (I do, since my new school doesn’t use GM), you can change the name that appears on the top of reports. Just enter your serial number, the name you want, and then re-register the program (use menu: Edit then Register). I just used this to add the name of my school to my name (I had not included my school name when I purchased it just in case I change schools later).
I have backed up a copy of the License editor you can download download from here. This is an important piece of software if you or your school opts to keep using Grade Machine and ever want to change the name on reports.
I have worked with several other grade programs over the years, and found Grade Machine to be one of the best (they all have their problems, but GM seems to have the least).
So, are you a Grade Machine user? Do you want to keep using it even after Pearson stops support? If so, add a comment to this post. If enough people post saying they want to keep using it, I’ll try to set up a place on the web where we can do pee-to-peer support when problems arise.
