Embedding a Google Calendar
Solving the Printing Problems
To fix our recent rash of printing problems you will need to take the following steps:
1. Unplug the power cable to your deskejt printer, wait 30 seconds and plug it back in.
2. When printing to a laser, change the paper type to “plain” instead of “bond.” The bond paper setting requires you to go to the printer and click “OK” several times to get the job to begin printing.
If you are unsure how to change this setting, please view the short video by clicking on the screen below.
Vocabulary
Check out this week’s vocabulary list. Test is Friday!
Computer to TV Instructions - ATI Catalyst Control Center
Getting your computer to connect to your TV is not difficult when you know the steps. This video covers all the information you need to complete this when your computer has an ATI graphics card.
Laptop Cart Basics
Having the laptop carts can be a little overwhelming at times if you are not familiar with how to get them started. Here is a quick video that covers what to plug in, what to look for and what to do when things don’t work!
Accepting Meetings in Lotus Notes
One of the features in Lotus Notes is the ability to send out meetings notices to be added to your calendar. It is important to know how to accept or decline those meetings so the sender knows your status. This is a two minute video that highlights this feature and explains the importance of responding to each notice.
Video on Accepting Meetings in Lotus Notes:
eCampus Compliance Courses
Here is a list of the 2008-2009 eCampus courses that teacher’s must complete:
- 3150.10857 RRISD - WBT - 2008 Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) Training
- 3152.10858 RRISD - WBT - 2008 Child Abuse & Neglect Awareness Training
- 3153.10873 RRISD - WBT - 2008 Child Find
- 3154.11643 RRISD - WBT - 2008 Diabetes in the School Setting
- RRISD - WBT - 2008 Secondary HAZCOM Training
- 3156.10872 RRISD - WBT - 2008 Safety & Health Training
- 3158.10861 RRISD - WBT - 2008 Sexual Harassment Training
All of these courses can be found and completed through ecampus.
Having a Blog as a Teacher Web Page
So why have a blog instead of using the tried and true TeacherWeb? The question really might be - why not?
Blogs provide interaction between the reader and the writer. The comment area allows the readers to ask questions or give feedback on the post. Comments should be set to be moderated before they are allowed to appear on the page to avoid having personal info posted for all to read.
Blogs can be subscribed to so that any time a new entry is made the subscribers are notified. No need to fill out a separate form to make that happen. Caution: Emails are not sent out instantly, there is a time delay so test this out before relying on it.
Entries are listed chronologically and can be tagged for key words so the reader can easily navigate to the topics they are interested in.
Files: Space to house the files can be considerable larger than offered by TeacherWeb at this point. You can also post video and audio files rather easily for your students to access. Using plug-ins like drop.io you can also provide a way for students to turn in work to you online, without worrying about what email the work was sent to you in.
The look can be customized and be as colorful or as simple as you would like. The sidebars can be customized to contain just the info you want including pictures from Flickr, feeds from new sites, etc.
This diagram shows the ”Antaomy of a Blog”
Want to see examples of teacher Blogs:
Here is a teacher in our district who started using blogs a few weeks ago and has already replaced his TeacherWeb page with a blog: http://www.mrcookscorner.blogspot.com/.
Here is a wiki that lists MANY teacher blogs:
http://supportblogging.com/Links+to+School+Bloggers#toc5
Purpose of this Blog
I am trying to develop an example of what having a Teacher Blog as opposed to teacher web would look like. If you have a moment , could you take a look a look around and tell me what else you would like to see or not see? This blog is what I would use for my job in place of Teacher Web.
Benefits of this type of situation:
- we are self-hosting so we can have control over many aspects, such as the total size limits for uploads
- the address would be easy to remember for parents
- info is search-able
What are your initial thoughts on this? Any feedback would be welcomed as I am trying something new and am in uncharted waters for me.
Celebrations and Announcements
The purpose of this page is to post the latest info on campus about technology. Beginning next year I also intend to spotlight different teachers for various efforts in the realm of technology. This includes:
Teacher Site of the Week. Who has a cool teacher site for communication with students and parents? it could be a blog, a wiki, a TeacherWeb, etc. We would like to recognize that effort by choosing a page to highlight each week and rewarding that teacher with a small token, a certificate, and an entry into a monthly gift card drawing. You can nominate a fellow teacher at any time!
Technology All-Star Team: Who is doing something cool? Who stretched themselves with technology farther than anyone else? We would like to share what people are doing on campus with those who you may not work with directly everyday. I get my best ideas from other people. The token of appreciation in this category is still under research. Ideas?
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Technology Ideas:
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