TOC on del.icio.us, bookmark keeper, Nov. 8 October 21, 2007
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Are you about to panic, thinking you will lose all of your bookmarks when you get that new laptop?!
I’m not–I have my del.icio.us page to keep my bookmarks for me! You can have this, too! Come to my TOC on Thursday November 8th, from 3:15 to 4:15 pm, and you’ll learn all about this social bookmarking website. Social internet use is all the rage with our young people, and you’ll see why it is so useful when you try del.icio.us!
You’ll need a fully charged laptop and internet access. (Airports please work!)
See you there!
TOC on edublogs, revisited -MNorwood October 12, 2007
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Come to a TOC after school on Thursday, October 18th, 2007, 3:15 to 4:15 pm, in room 303. You need to have an established edublogs account and a fully charged laptop. We’ll learn some new tricks and go over a few reminders.
TOC on Edublogs -M. Norwood August 28, 2007
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Come to a TOC after school on Thursday, September 6th, 2007, 3:15 to 4:15 pm, in room 303. You need to have an established edublogs account and a fully charged laptop. We’ll learn some new tricks and go over a few reminders.
Welcome back! August 6, 2007
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Welcome back to Schilling Farms! Hope you had a great summer break!
Tech coaches: Mr. Harris has stepped down as tech coach. At this time, Ms. Hunter will continue as our tech coach. We are assigned a Curriculum Technology Trainer from the board, along with a support person. I am still available to answer your technology questions and help you with technology software and hardware issues, although I am not officially a tech coach.
Power Grade: We anticipate having the Power Grade upgrade disc Thursday August 9th, so be sure to contact Mr. Jones, Ms. Hunter, or me if you didn’t attend the training sessions this past summer. Don’t worry, we’ll get you up to speed in no time!
Edublogs: please send me your edublogs address when you print out your home page, so I can get you posted on our website. Need edublogs help? I’ll post directions here in the near future, and I’ll have a TOC session after school one day in August, probably a Thursday.
Have a great school year!
Starting the school year right! July 31, 2007
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Don’t forget about your computers when you are setting up your room. Remember to take off any coverings, and leave space around each CPU for air to circulate. As soon as you have them all set up, run software update (second item under the apple menu on OSX or later; in earlier operating systems, choose about this computer under the apple menu).
You might want to repair disc permissions as well:
-Open a finder window and choose Applications.
-Find the Utilities folder and open it, then double click the icon for Disk Utility.
-Choose your computer in the list at the left
-Click the First Aid tab (if it is not selected)
-Choose verify permissions, and allow the computer to process
-When complete, click repair permissions
-Allow the computer to complete the process
-Close Disk Utility, you’re done!
Summertime! June 12, 2007
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Hope you are having a great summer!
Check the Shelby County Schools website staff development link for this summer’s flex hour technology sessions.
I’ll be teaching 3 different sessions about blogging. The dates are June 28, July 10, and July 11 for my sessions, but make sure you check the SCS website–there are lots of sessions offered. Sign up now before they are all full!
See you soon, and have a GREAT vacation! 
learn to edublog–coming soon! May 4, 2007
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watch for more information about edublog and blogging. It may be the easiest way to post our agendas and information yet!
L. Jarrett TOC April 18 April 2, 2007
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Bring a fully charged laptop.
This one is all about pod casting. Join us in the library at 3:15 pm!
TOC by L. Jarrett on March 28 March 28, 2007
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TOC Wednesday, March 28, in library at 3:15
Subject–Atomic Learning (not science related)
This site contains tutorials for almost all the programs we use–AppleWorks, PowerGrade, Works, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. You can use the tutorials for yourself or you can have your students use it if you are doing a project using these programs. It also offers lesson plans exercises using these programs. Great site.
Setting up Q4 and S2 March 21, 2007
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This is the Website with the directions for setting up Q4:
http://www.scsk12.org/psinfo/teachers.html
You can also find this link on the right side of this page under Blog Roll–>
Middle School Directions:
Directions for setting up Q4 begin on page 5 of the Q3, Q4 and S2 Setup for Elementary and Middle Schools document. Page 8 of this document covers the State Writing Assessment setup for 8th grade English teachers. Page 9 of this document gives directions for S2 setup, which can be done at any time.
Q4 can be setup at any time. However, the directions will instruct teachers to change their date range on the Display Preference tab. After they do this they will not be able to see the Q3 assignments. They will be able to see the Q3 average on their spreadsheet unless they uncheck the Show on Spreadsheet option for Q3.
