The Joy Of Our ESIS Program

You've all heard me talk about ESIS before. Well, it came through again with flying colors. We gave out interims today and when my 04 class came in they all began complaining that they did not have a grade for Anatomy. I had previously checked ESIS after inputting grades and they were all fine. So I went back into ESIS and the program had erased that class's grades! Before you accuse me of not saving the grades let me point out that the interims had my comments printed for the class but no grades! It was rather humorous seeing "outstanding work" next to a blank grade. I went back into ESIS and put the grades in again. I then had to write the grades into each interim and initial them. I don't know where these grades disappeared to but at least the other two classes were ok. I just love ESIS!!

ESIS

ESIS is a terribly flawed program that our county bought for an initial cost of $200,000. Our school is required to use it this year to justify this purchase. It sometimes erases grades and is very clumsy and slow to use. Humor is a good response to silly things so I made this video cheering ESIS. It is like a 60's LSD trip so enjoy! It's only a minute long.

Update note: I was forced to remove this video by the district school administration. See my blog on March 7, 2008 for more information about this.

The Magic Of ESIS

ESIS is a grade and attendance program that our county's schools are now forced to use. It constantly crashes and hangs up. Sometimes grades inputted simply disappear.

Initial cost : $200000
Number of experts in the county who can explain this Canadian program : 0
Kickback amounts under the table : $??????
Moments when it actually works : Priceless!