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Dec 1, 2007 1:16 pm
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Hello-- We're wondering if anyone out there has 4th and/or 5th grade students trouble-shooting simple computer issues? If so, would you please send info on...
Mills, Mary
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Dec 1, 2007 11:24 pm
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Mary, I am sending this on to Erica Peto of Kent SD. She has done this and has even written a book on the subject. Erica, This (tictech) listserv is in the...
Robert D. Sharp
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Dec 2, 2007 6:06 am
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Can anybody tell me what I should tell our school nurse, who is asking for help with her (very slow) computer? Thanks - Mark Mark Ahlness mahlness@... ...
We had a similar issue here at Van Asselt. We were told that any new computers had to come out of the building budget. We ended up getting a donated computer...
Howard, Nancy
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Dec 3, 2007 4:51 pm
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Hi Mark, Make sure that she is saving work to "My Documents" and not on her desktop, as everything on the desktop must come from the server. Also verify...
Hello-- Have any of you ever attended an ISTE conference? Is it worth it? Are there usable things to bring back that I could share with my staff? Anyone out...
Mills, Mary
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Dec 3, 2007 11:15 pm
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... new computers had to come out of the building budget. Thanks to those who responded, on and off list. We will do what we can for our nurse. I must say I...
... it? Are ... Mary, I attended one NECC in person, a few years ago in Seattle - and it was amazing. But it does not even compare to what I've experienced ...
Mark... I think that you are off base here. A network analyst, replied to your first email saying that you can request a donation computer for your nurse...
Johnson-Palmer, Janice
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Dec 4, 2007 8:27 pm
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Mark, I think this is part of the larger question of sustainability in technology. We have great new technology coming in (we just got our new iMacs and...
Hello -- I had a bit of water in the basement from the Dec. 1 storm. During the clean-and-purge process, I discovered that I was keeping things I really don't...
Hi Kurt, I believe you can call Microsoft at a phone number that's provided if/when the key is rejected. You should be able to give away the software, as long...
I've been using classblogmeister and wikispaces with several classes. Now I have a teacher who wants to be able to paste photos onto a blog or wiki and have...
Gustafson, Chris
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Dec 18, 2007 9:40 pm
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Chris, In Wikispaces, click on edit, click on the small tree, and then upload your pic from there. I believe your pic has to be a certain size, but I don't...
jsoong@...
Dec 18, 2007 11:18 pm
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Chris, Wikispaces (I think) will let you do a simple copy/paste to a page. Then there is also an uploading tool. The language is different from html. ..which...
I just posted the following to my blog. I can't wait for my analyst to set it up so my kids can use it from class! :) http://tinyurl.com/2wq7uc OK, the little...
For the good of the order, and because this is a local/global story, below is what I posted last night on my blog, at http://tinyurl.com/2vj6w3 Go there to see...
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Jan 1, 2008 1:13 pm
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Normally, I'd just email April, but since she is gone and I do not know who is dealing with this now, I send it on here. There is at least one other teacher in...
I've been told those subject lines (see below) will now get past the filter. Please let anybody using Classblogmeister know. Thanks - Mark _____ From:...
Dear Tic-Tech, When I visited my alma mater late last year, I was intrigued to see that, campus-wide, they were transitioning from Microsoft Exchange Server to...
Justin, I always like it when people are looking at saving monies. I am just wondering about security issues etc. etc.. Legalities in terms of having to access...
jsoong@...
Jan 16, 2008 2:14 am
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Peggy, Privacy, as I found in my last job is one thing that drives a school district email system. If "all employees" were on an internet based email system...
Robert D. Sharp
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Jan 16, 2008 3:25 am
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Justin, Interesting conversation, thanks for bringing it up. In my mind this discussion on email parallels the priority part of the web 1.0/2.0 debate: web...
So--the only real issue is that we'd only be able to access our e-mail on computers that have no student access, since all our federal funds are tied to tough...
Mills, Mary
mamills@...
Jan 16, 2008 4:28 am
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Good question, Mary. I don't have an answer to it though as my past district refused to get into email for students. They felt that students could sign up for...
Robert D. Sharp
RobertDS1@...
Jan 16, 2008 6:41 pm
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Since Mark had done an excellent job in bringing the educational value of blogging to light on this site, I ran across this dissertation done on how teachers...
jsoong@...
Jan 16, 2008 6:42 pm
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No, this would be the district email system, just like we have now, except it would be managed by Google and would use their interface. It would not be...
I have to say I'm reassured by the fact that Google is actively promoting this service to schools (for free), and not just tolerating their use of it. I'd...