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Issue 29,
Volume
3
April 3, 2003
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Thought for the Week
"In prosperity our friends know
us; in adversity we know our friends."
-- John Churton Collins |
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Attention Teachers
(Grades 2-7) TECH CAMP 2003 is Coming!! |
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 Tech
Camp 2003 is quickly
approaching. Teachers please inform parents and students that camp
will be held June 16th
– 20th and is open to
students who will enter grades 3rd – 8th during the
2003-2004
school year. The inclusive fee of $225.00 covers tuition, the GPS
(Global Positioning System), field trip,
daily snacks, and a T-shirt. The $75.00 per child
deposit has been extended to May 1,
2003 and the remaining
$150.00 balance is due by June 2,
2003. Tuition is
non-refundable, no exceptions. Checks or money orders should be made
payable to Calcasieu Parish Schools. For more information contact
Charmaine Gorham, Tech Center Secretary at 491.1797 or email
charmaine.gorham@cpsb.org.
Deadline for Tech
Camp Registration has been extended to MAY 1st!
For more, visit:
www.cpsb.org/techcamp. |
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Introduction
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 The CPSB Tech Support Center would like to
introduce our newest staff member. Mike Gray will now be our Help
Desk Coordinator and Technician. Mike is a graduate of McNeese State
University with a degree in Computer Information Technology. For the
past two and a half years he has been providing help desk support
for a local telecommunications company. The district is fortunate to get someone with Mike’s experience
to assist CPSB employees with their tech questions.
“No
question is a silly question in the help desk business. Please feel
free to ask me any of your tech questions and I will do my best to
provide you with a resolution.” --Mike Gray
You can reach Mike via the CPSB Help
Desk at tech.help@cpsb.org |
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Region V Class -
Registration Still Open! |
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4/7/2003
4- 6 p.m.
Region V Lab B |
 Intermediate
PowerPoint XP
Create professional presentations by using templates,
animation, the Slide Design task pane, and more. Add
art from the Clip Gallery, insert sounds, movies, and
add pictures using the new picture compression
feature. With PowerPoint you will be producing your
own slides, handouts, speaker’s notes, and outline,
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Keep Track of Read
Receipts in Outlook 2002 |
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Perhaps you
manage many people and you need to know who's reading your
mail and when. Processing and organizing these messages can
be tricky if you try to do it by hand. Instead of
manually moving each "read" or "not read" receipt to its own
folder, use the Microsoft Outlook® 2002 Rules Wizard to help
you automatically process and organize these messages.
To create a rule for read receipts
- On the Tools menu, click Rules Wizard.
- In the Rules Wizard dialog box, click
New.
- In the next dialog box, select Start creating a
rule from a template.
- Select Move messages based on content.
- In the Rule description box, click
specific words.
- In the text box, type Read:, click Add,
and then click OK. If this is a rule for "not read"
receipts, type Not read:.
- In the Rule description box, click
specified.
- Under Choose a folder, locate the folder where
you want the "read" (or "not read") receipts to go to, and
select it. Then click OK. You can also click
New to create a special folder for this purpose
(instead of choosing an existing folder).
- Click Finish, and then click OK.
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Clear The
Microsoft Internet Explorer Autocomplete History |
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 The
AutoComplete history for forms, etc. can get full (or
corrupted). To clear the AutoComplete history, run Microsoft
Internet Explorer 5 (or greater) and choose Tools|Internet
Options. When the dialog opens, click the Content tab. Click
AutoComplete button to open the AutoComplete options. Now
you can click Clear Forms to clear your AutoComplete
history. A dialog box will open asking if you want to clear
all the forms. Click OK to continue. Click OK to close the
AutoComplete Settings dialog box. Back in Internet Options,
click OK.
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A Message From
Author, Jan Brett |
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"Our hearts and prayers are
with our armed forces and their families. My husband and I
are grateful for the sacrifices that America's military
make. We think of all of the families at home waiting for
their loved ones to return and we are proud and thankful to
the military for their dedication. This week I've added a
Together We Stand stationery for your students to use to
send letters to the troops." -- Jan Brett
The link to the new page is at:
http://www.janbrett.com/friendly_letter_together_we_stand.htm
Prek- 3 |
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 Long
recognized as one of the premier saxophonists of the 20th
century, John Coltrane produced a remarkable amount of
material, both as a band leader and a sideman. This site
beautifully combines the music, the man, and his legacy.
Starting with the basics, it offers a comprehensive
discography, a brief biography, and a nice audio sampler of
Trane's music. Beyond that, you'll find information on the
John Coltrane Foundation, which works to provide opportunities
for talented young musicians to learn and play. Finally, there
are links to related artists and selected jazz resources from
academia,
the music business, and beyond. It's an impressive site, and
rightly so, since it honors the life and work of a truly
legendary artist.
http://www.johncoltrane.com |
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Getting Real with
Technology |
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This article presents theTMPI process - Train, Map, Plan,
Implement - for integrating technology into the curriculum.
This article is designed for teachers, administrators, and
those staff/curriculum developers who want to assist
teachers in successfully meeting the needs of tomorrow's
students. This innovative four-step plan is tried and true -
and with favorable results. With the use of this plan,
boredom and discipline problems have decreased, and students
report more enthusiasm and motivation.
http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/WCE/archives/zajbal.html
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Top Ten Viruses Found on CPSB Computers |
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Here are the top ten viruses
found on CPSB computers in the past 7 days. The stats are
based on 30 infected computers
out of a total of 2996 OfficeScan
clients.
 The information shows the name
of the virus, the number of infected files found, and the
percentage of the virus from the total.
ALL school board employees need to
ensure that their Dell, Compaq, HP, IBM or other PC classroom
computers stay virus free. Go to the following link to download the district copy of OfficeScan:
http://teacherlink.cpsb.org/officescan and your computer
will automatically be updated daily to scan for the latest
viruses. You must install the software using Internet Explorer
4.0 or later (Netscape will not work!!!!!) Please answer "Yes"
to all prompts as the software installs. If you have any
questions, please contact the CPSB Help Desk at
tech.help@cpsb.org.
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Best on
the Net!! -- Visit this site for hundreds of websites for teachers! We would love to hear from you
about the best educational sites you have found on the web. Please
submit, via email, the sites you feel merit inclusion. Send to
tech.connect@cpsb.org. Please include the URL and a short sentence
about the site.
Featured Sites: (These sites were
submitted by teachers in Calcasieu Parish)
MarcoPolo
Calendar :
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/teacher/marcopolo_calendar.aspx
This website will allow teachers to Access information on historic
events and associated MarcoPolo lessons and resources.
"Read, Write, Think":
http://www.readwritethink.org/index.asp
"Read, Write, Think" is a partnership between the International
Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English
(NCTE), and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation. It provides educators
and students access to the highest quality practices and resources in
reading and language arts instruction.
Tom Snyder -
FREE Time Line: 20th Century Korea:
http://www.tomsnyder.com/classroom/timelineronline/ftldp.html
North Korea has made headlines frequently since it admitted owning
nuclear weapons. How much do your students know about this nation
today? Or the history behind the division of Korea? Keep them informed
with a free time line on the history of 20th century Korea, and help
them learn the history of this fascinating part of the world.
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