Year: 2015
Upcoming Edcamps
There are two Edcamps coming up on October 24th: Liberty-Benton Local Schools :: edcampFindlay edcamp | Cedarville University, a Christian College What is an Edcamp? An edcamp is a free one-day professional development experience led by the participants. Sessions are planned the morning of the conference, and are selected by the participants to attend or […]
Chromebook repair directions for KHS and KMS
The directions for Chromebook repairs for KHS and KMS are now available. Please let me know if there are any issues or concerns. […]
Application updates for Mac OS X – 10/01/15
The following applications have been updated: Google Chrome Adobe Flash Firefox ESR Your machine will automatically update at the log in screen. If Managed Software Update pops up, click the install button to install the updates. Apple provided software is also updated. […]
Approving Youtube videos
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, […]
District master sharing account – team documents
As we become more and more reliant on Google and Google Drive, we start to run the risk of losing documents when staff leave the district or change grade levels/departments. The person who owns the document doesn’t realize that if they trash the document, then they trash it for everyone with whom the document is […]
How PowerPoint is killing critical thought.
From The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/23/powerpoint-thought-students-bullet-points-information This could apply to Notebook, or Google slides as well. […]