Sharing with Google Docs
Here is a video from Google on using Google Documents to share.
Computer Troubleshooting
Here are a few troubleshooting tips that you can complete yourself when you are having computer issues: 1. Restart the computer. This does not mean holding in the power button until it turns off, it means to go to the Apple Menu and select Restart Computer. This simple process fixes a majority of problem. Please…
Websites to create newsletters, brochures, albums, and cards
From the NCS-Tech blog: Meet your “Maker†– Newsletters, Brochures, Albums and Postcards Thanks to a tip from my friend and colleague Nancy Sharoff, I am pleased to tell you about these VERY cool and FREE of course services offering fast and easy creation of professional looking newsletters, brochures, photo albums and postcards Who needs…
Online access to student grades
I’m installed a piece of software simply called Online Grades. It allows a teacher to post their gradebook directly from Easy Grade Pro to the web. I’ll be adding a link for students off of their MyCatPage to log them automatically into Online Grades, so you do not have to worry about distributing the student’s…
Google for Educators
Google, at Google For Educators, is now offering educational resources for using Google products in the classroom: Google recognizes the central role that teachers play in breaking down the barriers between people and information, and we support educators who work each day to empower their students and expand the frontiers of human knowledge. This website…
eTech Ohio Technology Summer Summit
I will be presenting a couple of sessions on blogging and wikis at this year’s Technology Summer Summit sponsored by eTech Ohio on June 27th and 28th. Tuesday – June 27theTech Ohio: TT 112 – Blogging in the Schools 12:45pm-2:15pmBlogging is everywhere, and this tutorial will allow the participants to create their own blog. Examples…
Podcasting at Goochland County Public Schools
Take a look at some of the podcasts available at Goochland County Public Schools. Their latest one, with the Advanced Concert Choir at the high school, interviews students in the choir as they prepare for a choir competition that takes place on a cruise in the bahamas!
KCSTech060324 – Podcast
Here is the KCS Technology Corner podcast for March 24, 2006.
Argh! Why is MySpace blocked!
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…