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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…
Increased security of school data on your smartphone
You may have noticed some additional restrictions on your smartphone regarding using your school Google account on your phone. A side effect of setting up Android apps on Chromebooks was the implementation of restrictions before you can use your school Google account on the phone. iPhone users The Google apps (Gmail, Google Calendar, Drive, etc.)…
Help desk report for 2/4 – 2/10
Software updates LibreOffice 5.1.3 Handbrake 0.10.5 x86_64 GoogleChrome 48.0.2564.109 OracleJava8 1.8.73.02 Firefox 38.6.1 AdobeFlashPlayer 20.0.0.306 Help desk report helpdesk_in_depth-Feb-4-Feb-10
Upcoming PD Opportunities – Gmail, Screencasting, exit tickets, 1:1 classes
Here is a list of upcoming classes being offered at Northwood. Click here to register. If you have any questions, let me know! WEDNESDAY CLASSES, 3:45PM TO 4:45PM: 1/24/18 Gmail tips & tricks Gmail can be used as a powerful organizer, this class will cover several tips and tricks that you can use with Gmail. 2/7/18…
Shortening web addresses with go.kcs.me
A URL shortener is a service that takes a long web address and makes it shorter and easier to share. If you’ve every used or seen bit.ly or tinyurl.com, you’ve used an URL shortener. I had written an URL shortener several years ago, and remnants of it still exist under kcs.me. It worked ok, but…
Get technology alerts
When disaster strikes with technology, it usually disrupts communications. This makes it harder to keep people up to date on the status of the downtime. Then as I’m trying to fix the problem, every text or phone call slows down the repair as I respond to requests for updates. When planning a technology alert system,…