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Tech PD classes now available
Technology Professional Development classes have been scheduled. A majority of the classes take place on Wednesdays after school from 3:45pm-4:45pm. There will also be several classes scheduled for a three hour block on Saturdays. These classes will be more indepth than the Wednesday classes. For a list of classes and to sign up to attend, visit…
Latest updates
The Internet Firewall/Web Filtering/SPAM Filtering machine has been moved to a faster machine to increase reliability. Since the move (three weeks ago) there has only been approximately 10 minutes total of downtime. I’ve written some software to keep track of downtime of the various servers in the district and Internet connectivity. You can see the…
Google Talk and GMail tips
On my Tech Fair Day 2012 course in Moodle I had listed some resources for using Google Talk and GMail. You can still enroll yourself in the course, but I’m also going to list those resources here to help you use Google Talk and GMail tips. Google Talk Go Google: Spare Tickets – YouTube –…
Sharing with Google Docs
Here is a video from Google on using Google Documents to share.

Don’t save files on the Desktop!
The staff and students of the University of Wellington learned this lesson when maintenance on the computers and network went terribly wrong: A grad student reported that not “only files on the desktop were gone” but “my whole computer had been reset, too,” which would be consistent with an AD operation removing her user…
Of Bits and Bytes first issue now available
The first issue of what I will be offering as a monthly newsletter on educational technology issues is now available. Staff members will receive a paper copy in their mailbox, and everyone can download a copy here. If you are interested in writing an article or are doing engaging and innovative work in your classroom…