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Thought for the Week
"Education is more than filling a
child with facts. It starts with posing questions." -- D.T.
Max |
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Win a $30,000 HP Grant for Your School!
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 The
HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative is designed to
support innovative and effective uses of technology in the
classroom setting. In 2005, HP will grant awards to K-12
public schools that are using a collaborative, team-based
approach to implementing technology integration projects.
The activities of the project must be focused on using
technology to teach, rather than on teaching students to use
technology. The value of the grant award to each school is
at least $30,000. Based on the outcomes of those projects,
some recipients will have the opportunity to receive
additional, higher value grants from HP in 2006.
HP will select teams of five teachers from approximately 75
schools to receive the equipment, professional development
and support they need to effectively integrate technology
into their instruction. Preference will be given to projects
that address mathematics and/or science. Preference will
also be given to schools that serve a high proportion of
low-income students, relative to their district or state’s
free and reduced price lunch percentages. The teams of five
teachers that apply for this grant award must be formed in a
way that supports the goals of their proposed technology
integration projects. Examples include, but are not limited
to: a group of teachers teaching the same subject at a high
school; a group of teachers across one grade level at an
elementary school; a group of middle school teachers
integrating the teaching of science or mathematics with
other academic subjects.
Proposals must be completed in an online grant application
system accessed via the HP Technology for Teaching website
at
www.hp.com/go/hpteach and submitted no later than 5:00
p.m. Pacific time on Tuesday, February 15, 2005. Visit the
HP grant link at
www.hp.com/go/hpteach for all the details. |
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Ways to Build Data-Driven Classrooms
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The No Child Left Behind
legislation has made data-driven instruction a mantra for
most educators. But making data part of instructional
planning can be challenging, especially if teachers are not
used to thinking about assessment and data as a regular part
of the process. Here are some helpful tips by Larry Berger:
http://www.scholastic.com/administrator/octnov04/articles.asp?article=pluggedinways |
New
Teacher Resource
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Are you a new teacher? Then you
need the Beginning Teacher’s Toolbox. Wonderful ideas and
suggestions.!!
http://www.inspiringteachers.com |
Spell Check All the Sheets in At Once in Excel
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 If
a workbook contains several sheets, you probably spell check
each sheet individually. However, if you'd like to spell
check an entire workbook, first right-click on any sheet
tab, and then choose Select All Sheets. Then, simply press
F7 to launch the spell checker.
After spell check is complete REMEMBER to right-click on any
sheet tab and then choose Ungroup Sheets. |
A Packet for Substitute Teachers
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If you have to be out of school
for some reason, here are some great resources to supplement
your lessons. Definitely worth a look! The URL:
http://users.erols.com/interlac/subtch.htm Prek-12 |
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
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 DSOKids
is the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's magical doorway to a
world of musical fun and learning for students, parents and
teachers. The site's mission is to provide attractive,
accessible and child-friendly resources that introduce
symphonic music, the orchestra and its instruments, and to
encourage both adults and young people to explore the world
of the symphony orchestra.
http://www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/teachers.asp |
PaintShop Pro Quick Tip
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For helpful hints in a hurry,
press F10 at anytime and the Learning Center will appear.
Press F10 again to hide the Quick Guides. |
Excel Tip
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Excel
2002 lets you add a picture to a worksheet's header or
footer. For example, suppose you want to create a
header that features your company name and logo.
Follow these steps:
- Open the worksheet,
and go to File | Page Setup.
- On the Header/Footer
tab, click the Custom Header button.
- Put your cursor in the
section you want the company logo to appear, and click
the Insert Picture button.
- Navigate to the
picture you want to insert, select it, and click Insert.
- To make any desired
changes, click the Format Picture button.
- Enter your company's
name in the section where you want it to
appear.
- To make any desired
changes, click the Font button.
- Click OK twice.
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Windows 98 and the CPSB Domain
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 Having
older Windows 98 machines on the network are sometimes the
only option for some schools in our district. This operating
system has some difficulty communicating with our network.
There are a few things that you can do to help the machines
communicate more effectively with the domain. Below are
steps that you can follow to “tweak” the TCP/IP settings on
the Windows 98 computers to help them out:
- Right click on network
neighborhood
- click on properties
- click on the
identification tab
- highlight and copy the
computer name / make sure that the workgroup is CPSB.
- click on the configuration
tab
- click on TCP/IP
- click on properties
- click on the DNS
Configuration Tab
- click on Enable DNS
- paste that computer name
in the HOST name box
- put in CPSB.ORG where it
says domain
- in the box that has ___ .
___ . ___ . ___ type in 10.200.0.240
- click on the add button
- click on the Wins
Configuration Tab
- click on Enable Wins
Resolution
- in the box that has ___ .
___ . ___ . ___ type in 10.200.0.246, click the add button.
- click on OK, to get back
to the system properties
- click on the Client for
Microsoft Networks
- click on properties
- Uncheck the box to login
into an NT domain if it is checked
- make sure that the Windows
NT Domain box reads: cpsb.org.
Click on Apply and Restart
the computer.
These “tweaks” do not fix
the problem always and in some cases the computer may never
fully communicate with the network, that’s the bad news
about the operating system. If you are still having problems
just send an email to
tech.help@cpsb.org for further assistance. |
Setting the Data Location in AR
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This article explains how to set
the "Data Location" in AR. NOTE: This only works for
Windows 2000 or XP, if the computer is on the CPSB domain,
and if you are logging in with a CPSB user account. This
doesn’t mean it will work every time but try this first:
- Open AR Management
- click on one of the
squares
- login with the
password >>>>>>>>> admin
- click on "school" box
- click on the
"preferences" button
- click on "data"
location
- click the "edit"
button
- click on "NEXT"
- click on "use an
existing location" and click on "NEXT"
- click on "select
location"
- click on the plus sign
next to My Network Places
- click on the plus sign
next to Entire Network
- click on the plus sign
next to Microsoft Windows Network
- click on the plus sign
next to CPSB
- scroll down to your
server (ex. ServerXXa where "XX" is the number of your
server)
- click the plus sign
next to your server
- click on "alsdata"
- click on "ok"
- the data location will
now be displayed in the box
- click on "finish" or
"next"
- restart AR.
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Top Ten Viruses Found on CPSB Computers
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top ten viruses found on CPSB computers in the past 7 days.
The stats are based on 814
infected computers out of a total of
9349 OfficeScan clients.
 The
latest OfficeScan pattern as of
10-26-2004 is pattern
2.216.00. Please
check your pattern by placing your cursor over the
OfficeScan icon and viewing the pop-up window that appears.
If your pattern is significantly different than this
(A HIGHER PATTERN NUMBER IS OK), please
email tech.help@cpsb.org
regarding this or any other question you have regarding
OfficeScan.
 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)
Activities for the
Foreign Language Classroom:
http://ivc.uidaho.edu/flbrain/activities.htm
This is a wonderful site for world language teachers and teachers
with ESL/LEP students.
THANKSGIVING SONGS AND POEMS:
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems9.html
A good deal of these songs and poems focus on that terrific
Thanksgiving standby, the turkey. Students can dress as Pilgrims to
recite a poem or act one out; see if a few brave souls are willing
to be the turkeys as well.
GIVING THANKS:
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2001/11/111901_thanksgiving.jhtml
Students will learn about the history of Thanksgiving celebrations
and feasts in America, how different presidents chose to celebrate
it (or not), and how it was tied to a successful harvest. They will
then explore different harvest and Thanksgiving celebrations around
the world, comparing and contrasting different events and
celebrations, and attempting to trace their own cultural traditions
to earlier gatherings.
THANKFUL TURKEY:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/thanksgiving/thankfulturkey
This creative project uses construction paper, glue, and geometric
shapes to create a turkey, where the colorful feathers become little
notes for all the things your students are thankful for.
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