Help desk report 10/8/15 – 10/14/15

Tech Department Notes The district is now 1:1 with devices in grades K-12. K-6 classrooms now have a computer for each student. There is still work to do on the logistics of using the technology. The department is in the process of purchasing Reflector licenses for the computers in the district that are used with…
The snow on Friday wasn’t an issue with the KCS tech, however, the thunderstorms and lightening on Sunday night were. Here is a recap of what happened: Fiber connection to WOCO went down. This connection was pretty much down starting around midnight until 6:45am Monday morning. Because of this, the Kenton City Schools website was…
YTD Requests (2006/2007 – 2010/2011) 2006/2007: 1913 2007/2008: 1922 2008/2009: 2538 2009/2010: 2891 2010/2011: 2934 Tags used .2, adobereader, afp, alumni, ARRA, backups, battery, bookmarks, cafeteria, calendar, camera, chrome, copier, dasl, datalink, dns, dropbox, dvd, easygradepro, emac, email, esber, excel, fax, filemakerpro, filemanagement, filter, filtering, firefox, flash, fonts, gallery, garageband, googledocs, googleforms, gradecard, graphics, helpdesk,…
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…
Google has added the ability to schedule the sending of emails. This feature allows you to schedule when emails are sent, letting you compose the emails now while you are thinking about it without worry about a notification being sent to the receiver until the email is actually sent. Why schedule? Work-life balance and mental…