Automatically filter student email out of your inbox
Set up GMail so that email from students bypass your inbox. […]
Server upgrades for the web server
With the increased usage of Moodle, our web server has been taking a pretty good hit in the performance department. To alleviate the stress on the server, I’ve installed the Varnish caching software in front of the webserver. […]
Using Google Chrome on older machines
As you may have seen, we’ve started converting machines older than 2006 into Google Chrome Browsers. These machines running Google Chrome are as fast as the Google Chromebooks, run Flash with sound, and are a great way to repurpose and use these older machines. […]
Create PDF forms for free, online. Go paperless with documents you already have
I had this extension installed in Chrome for awhile, PDFescape, but today was the first time I ‘ve really had a chance to look at it. It allows you to type on PDFs or create forms out of PDFs. Once created, these PDFs can be filled out by students online through the PDFescape website, Apple […]
Teaching blogging to Espy K & 1st grade teachers
Working with the Espy’s Kindergarten and 1st grade teachers with blogging. […]
Look out, there’s a new tablet in town and it’s HOT!
Announcing the Kindle Fire Amazon announced a few new Kindles today, the most important, in my mind, is the Kindle Fire. It is a 7″ tablet running a specialized version of Android. The shocker was the price, $199. With todays announcement, every school district that is looking at mobile devices will need to take a […]
Texting the Help Desk, Tech Alerts, and Using the Help Desk
Three new pages have been created to help the technology department help you with the integration and resolution of technology issues in the district: Learn how to text Help Desk Requests from your cellphone. Sign up to receive technology alerts! You’ll no longer be out of the loop with building or district wide technology issues. […]
Student tech survey results part 1
In March and April a student technology survey was sent home to completed by the students and parents to help the district gauge where we are with home technology. Six hundred and fifty responses were received, allowing a confidence interval of 3.1 at a 95% confidence level (survey results are +-3.1%). Preliminary results: Homes with […]
Help Desk report for April, 2011
YTD Requests (2006/2007 – 2010/2011) 2006/2007: 2127 2007/2008: 2169 2008/2009: 2776 2009/2010: 3243 2010/2011: 3235 Tags used adobe, afp, ARRA, budget, cafeteria, camera, certificates, copier, dasl, display, dns, dvd, dvr, emac, email, fax, filemakerpro, filemanagement, filter, filtering, firefox, flash, fonts, google, googledocs, googleforms, harddrive, hp2420, hp4050, hp4100, ibook, ical, ie, iep, imacg3, imovie, installation, internet, […]
PC Routers at HC and ES
Over Spring Break I installed (re-purposed) the old mail and web server as squid caching servers for Hardin Central and Espy. By putting this hardware it place it will: Take the load of routing off of the file servers. Transparently cache data in the buildings. What this means is when a person visits a site, […]