Technology report 11/12/15 – 11/18/15
Helpdesk Report

By now, you’ve probably seen this message when you go to print: I’ve set up Papercut’s Mobility server to replace Google Cloudprint. What does that mean for you? It means, to print, you’ll now select kcs-copier from the list: You will have to sign in to Papercut Mobility Print the first time you use it….
This class will show you how to setup a blog for your classroom and allow your students to publish their work or comment on other published work. What you are looking at right now is a blog. A blog consists of posts, such as this one, or static pages, like the ESAL link at the…
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…
Edit: Updated graphics as of December 2020. Previously, Google had given school districts and other organizations the ability to filter search results and Youtube. Unfortunately, there are some organizations that were using this ability to spy on the users for marketing purposes, so Google is now forcing all searches and Youtube to go over SSL,…
I get several requests a day to unblock a website. For those that do have an educational value I unblock them as soon as I can. Some have no educational value and do not get unblocked. Why are sites filtered? Congress passed the Child Online Protection Act, which became effective in April of 2000. To…