From the Director...                

Technology Department Update News  

Time has certainly passed by quickly.  As we approach the end of first semester, I would like to share the following information with you.  Read more...

How-to

Why re-invent the wheel?  If you’ve already created your PowerPoint slides and have a great slide that you want to use in a Word document (such as a graph, chart, etc.), you don’t have to re-do the information.  Instead, just embed a copy of the entire slide in your Word document.  Read more...

There are several places to look to turn off Word's various automatic features.  Read more...

Basic picture editing is easy with Microsoft Office Picture Manager.  Read more...

A few weeks ago, I was talking to my mom, and she asked me to help her with a simple, but trivia-type, question. Do you know where to find the degree symbol in the computer?  After some investigating, I found it in the symbol chart.   Read more...

Best Practices

The proliferation of Web 2.0 tools on the web offers numerous ways of collaborating with students and colleagues.  One of the most exciting and valuable tools I have seen recently is Diigo, especially with the introduction of Diigo for Educator accounts. Read more...

The Pew Internet and American Life project recently conducted a survey about the impact of technological tools on the 2008 election.  The research showed that 46% of Americans have used the Internet, e-mail or cell phone text messaging to get news about the campaign, share their views and mobilize others.  Read more...

The draft standards for Educational Technology are now available for comment. The standards are based on the ISTE NETS standards and focus on 21st Century Learning Skills. You can respond by online survey, e-mail, fax or phone with your ideas and feedback. Read more...

Educational Internet Websites

Here are some outstanding educational tools available for teachers and students.  Read more...

Repair Rundown

One of the great features about Internet Explorer 7 is tabbed browsing. Read more...

ClaudioVisuals

Remember to clean and maintain your video projector regularly. It’s a good idea to do this on a monthly basis. Video projectors, especially the ones hanging from the ceiling, get dirty and must be cleaned.  Read how...

Graphics and Printing

The following are the programs that are acceptable for submission to Graphics and Printing.  For Macintosh and PCs: Microsoft Publisher 98 and below and Adobe PageMaker.  Read more...

Network

If you are using computers with two different versions of Microsoft Office, for instance Office 2003 and Office 2007, you must save the file in the lower version.  Read more...

Learn how to properly delete files from your computer.  Read more...

MIS

We are deep into the process of implementing our new Student Data Management System called TEMS. and we need your input! Read more...
 

November 2008

 
  
 

From the Director

How-to
Best Practices
Educational Internet Websites
Repair Rundown
ClaudioVisuals
Graphic and Printing
Network
MIS News

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