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Thought for the Week
"Our lives begin to end the day we
become silent about things that matter." -- Martin Luther
King, Jr. |
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Region V TLTC Announces Regional LACUE Award Winners!
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  The
Louisiana Association of Computer Using Educators recognizes
those educators who have effectively integrated the use of
computers into the educational process yearly at the state
conference. This year the LACUE Conference is December 1 -3
in Alexandria –
www.lacue.org . CPSB is especially proud to have two
winners at the regional level,
Tom Finnie –
Principal at LeBlanc Middle is the Region V LACUE
Administrator of the Year and
Kathy Istre –
SPARK teacher at Dolby Elementary is Region V Educator of
the Year. Congratulations to the following Region V
Educators who will compete statewide in the following
categories:
Elementary Teacher of the Year - Julie Turnage (Our Lady
Queen of Heaven)
Middle/Junior High Teacher of the Year - Cathy Smith (Northside
Junior High)
Secondary Teacher of the Year - Debbie Fontenot (Elton High)
Post Secondary Teacher of the Year - Dr. Xhang (McNeese)
Administrator of the Year - Tom Finnie (Leblanc Middle)
Educator of the Year - Kathie Istre (Dolby Elementary)
Special - Brian Ford (Prien Lake Elementary) |
Needing Assistance with Grant Writing?
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 Often
it is helpful to review winning proposals before writing
your own. The eSchool News article entitled, “How to Cash in
on Others’ Success,” provides tips for locating and
reviewing successful grant proposals. You will need to
create a free account to retrieve the article.
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showstory.cfm?ArticleID=4860 |
Palm Calculator
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 Sometimes
in the Palm Calculator you may question if you entered all
the data correctly. One way to see the information you
entered is to tap the menu icon (in the lower left), then
'Options' and 'Recent Calculations'. Also, remember
that you don't have to use the Calculator's onscreen buttons
to enter numbers -- Graffiti works fine too! |
I Know That.Com
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 Ten
popular topics come alive in the multimedia Science Lab at
iKnowthat.com!
Have your children go to one of the "lab stations" and start
exploring! Learning science is much more fun when you're
doing it! In the Science Lab, your children can learn
about earthquakes, volcanoes, the solar system, the human
body, sound, atoms, cells, vision, gravity, and matter.
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Science+Lab |
T.H.E. Journal Online
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 Visit
T.H.E. Journal Online for the latest trends and applications
in the educational technology market... and to get your FREE
subscription to the magazine!
http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/subscription/default.cfm |
Quickly Jump From Place to Place in Your Word Document
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 While
revising a document, you'll eventually tire of reaching over
to the mouse to scroll up and down. The familiar arrow keys,
along with [Home], [End], [Page Up], and [Page Down], are
handy, but there are other shortcuts that may better suit
your needs.
If you'd like to quickly move to the top of a specific page,
press F5 or [Ctrl]G ([command]G on the Mac). This opens the
"Go To" dialog box, where you specify the page you want. You
can also jump to a particular section, bookmark, table, or
other object in the "Go To" dialog box. This shortcut is
especially handy when you're dealing with a long document.
Use [Ctrl][Up Arrow] and [Ctrl][Down Arrow] to move to the
previous or subsequent paragraph. Similarly, use [Ctrl][Left
Arrow] and [Ctrl][Right Arrow] to move left or right in
one-word increments. (On the Mac, use the [command] key in
place of [Ctrl].)
To move to the beginning of a document, press [Ctrl][Home].
[Ctrl][End] takes you directly to the end of the document.
Pressing [Ctrl][Page Down] and [Ctrl][Page Up] takes you to
the beginning of the following page or previous page.
(Again, on the Mac, use the [command] key in place of
[Ctrl].)
If you edit one part of your document, and then move to
another part of the document to continue editing, you can
easily return to the previous place you were editing. To do
this, press
[Shift]F5 or [Alt][Ctrl]Z ([option][command]Z on the Mac).
This command takes you to the last place you typed text, not
necessarily the last place you clicked the mouse. |
Do I Have "Administrative" Rights to My Computer
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 On
Windows XP and 2000 you have to register your computer to
have administrative rights. If you are not sure how to
register your computer please refer the following document:
http://teacherlink.cpsb.org/tech_help/guides/Forms/Computer_Registration.pdf
When your computer comes in
for repair and if the computer has to be imaged for any
reason you will need to re-register your computer to make
sure you have administrative rights.
An easy way to tell if you have administrative rights is to
try add a printer. If the "Local Printer Attached to this
Computer" is grayed out then you DO NOT have
administrative rights and will need to register your
computer. If it is not grayed out then you DO have
the rights.
Why is this important?
You must have administrative rights to your computer to
install software and make other changes to your computer. |
Automatically Insert Symbols
in MS Word
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When "AutoCorrect" is turned on,
you can automatically insert symbols that are included in
the built-in list of AutoCorrect entries— for example,
copyright © and faces
J.
Type a predefined AutoCorrect name in the following list and
watch Microsoft Word automatically replace it with the
appropriate symbol. For example, type --> to insert
à.
If text is not replaced with a symbol, you may need to turn
on the "AutoCorrect" feature. On the "Tools" menu, click
"AutoCorrect Options", and then click the "AutoCorrect" tab.
Select the "Replace text as you type" check box. Below
are examples of symbols that are automatically created:
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Pop Up Ad Headaches
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 Advertising
"pop ups" have become a nuisance with today’s increased
usage of the Internet. These ads come in a variety of ways
from embedded files to pop up windows promising everything
under the sun. The best way to keep a handle on these types
of "spyware" and "adware" programs is to run maintenance on
your computers on a regular basis. The two most commonly
used programs out there are AdAware SE and Spybot.
Both are free for personal use. A scan of your
computer(s) with one of these programs should be done a
regular basis. You can follow the links below to
download these free programs:
AdawareSe –
www.lavasoft.de
Sypbot -
http://beam.to/spybotsd
Please keep in mind that
updating your windows operating system will also aid in
maintaining the integrity of your system. |
Tech Support Center Statistics for October 2004
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As part of the Tech Support
Center’s quality goals we are monitoring the amount of work
processed through the center and tracking the data over
time. The data shown here is for the repair and help desk
functions of the department for October of 2004.
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Repair Section |
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Equipment Delivered
for Repair - |
179
units |
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Equipment Repairs
Performed - |
183
units |
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Help Desk Section |
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Issues Opened -
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859
issues |
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Issues Closed -
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971
issues |
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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 1188
infected computers out of a total of
9432 OfficeScan clients.
 The
latest OfficeScan pattern as of
11-09-2004 is pattern
2.240.00. 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
LOWER 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)
EXPLORING
NATIVE AMERICAN CRAFTS:
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110072/crafts/native_american_crafts.htm
This Thinkquest group has put together a great little site on
various crafts from Native American peoples. Try the armor with
popsicle sticks and leather string, Kachina dolls with wooden
spools, medicine bags, corn husk masks, a parfleche, and more.
CREATE A NATIVE AMERICAN BULLETIN BOARD:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/bulletinboards/na.shtml
It would be nice to add a strong theme of Native American cultures
at Thanksgiving time, and you can easily do so with your elementary
classes by following the crafts and directions here to compose a
full display on your bulletin board.
EASTERN WOODLAND INDIANS:
http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/lessons/01_3_BecomingExpert.pdf
Teachers can use or adapt this lesson plan to teach elementary
students about the various Eastern Woodlands tribes, including
geography, culture, food, housing, government, technology, and
values. Options are included for individual research projects as
well. Rubrics are also included.
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