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Thought for the Week
Be not afraid of growing slowly,
be afraid only of standing still.
-- Chinese Proverb |
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Want/Need FIVE Computers in Your Classroom.....Apply NOW!
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 I-TEC
Classroom Grants for 2005-2006 are Due February 15...
I-TEC - Implementing a Technology-Enriched Curriculum
A Project of the Calcasieu Parish School System Technology
Department
You have the expertise, your students need the access, but
how are you going to get five brand new computers in your
classroom - connected to the Internet with a LCD projector
to display work, etc??? Well, short of winning the lottery,
the next best way is to apply for the Calcasieu Parish
Technology Department I-TEC Grant. Fill out the application,
cross your fingers and wait to be called to say you WON!!!
If you have always wanted to apply for this grant….but just
could not find the time….well this year the grant is due
February 15. So you will finally have the time to write this
very easy to complete grant!
Visit this web link
http://www.cpsb.org/resources/itec/application.doc and
print out the application, NOW! Don't wait; the applications
must be received no later than noon on February 15.
Interviews will be held during the week of February 21st.
Questions? Please contact:
Sheryl Abshire
District Administrative Coordinator of Technology
Calcasieu Parish Public Schools
600 South Shattuck Street
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601
337.437.6150
337.437.1249 fax
sheryl.abshire@cpsb.org |
Attention Teachers - $250 Scholarships Available
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 Last
Day to Register for the Spring Semester - February 4
$250 Scholarships Available for full-time classroom teachers
Region V TLTC Graduate Credit Courses:
Spring Quarter: February 26, 2005-May 6, 2005
Summer Quarter: May 28, 2005-August 19, 2005
Limited Registration!
Apply now at the Region V website
http://www.cpsb.org/regionv. Click on "Course
Registration."
- EDCI 489C: Special
Topics Project Based Learning in Action
- ECT 442: Special
Topics Curriculum Enhancement through Technology
Tuition for each course is
$365.00 plus a $20.00 application fee. * A limited number of
$250.00 scholarships are available for full-time classroom
teachers within Region V. Scholarships are based on
first-come first-serve.
For more information, email
Kim Leblanc (kim.leblanc@cpsb.org)
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Win $30,000 for your School
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 Grant
Opportunity from HP! Form a Team of 5 teachers at your
school and apply for $30,000.
Deadline: February 15, 2005
Each of the five teachers on
the school’s project team will receive:
- an HP Tablet PC with
Microsoft® Windows® XP Tablet PC Edition.
- an HP multimedia
projector
- an HP digital camera
- a $500 stipend
- customized
professional development opportunities to support the
use of technology in their teaching and support from a
mentor with experience integrating technology in the
K-12 environment
The team will share use of
an HP all-in-one printer/copier/scanner machine.
HP believes that technology, when used effectively in
teaching, can have a positive impact on student learning. To
find out more visit:
http://grants.hp.com/us/programs/tech_teaching/index.html |
Top
5 Reasons NOT to use Incredimail
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 We have recently encountered
people having email problems that are using the free
Incredimail product on the web. CPSB Tech Support Center
will only support one email client and that is Microsoft
Outlook version 97, 2000, XP, and 2003. We do not support
Outlook Express or any other third party email clients such
as Incredimail. So as a reminder, here are the top 5 reasons
you should not use Incredimail:
- People will be happy to
get messages from you that don’t have annoying smiley faces
across the bottom.
- You won’t have to wonder
whether Incredimail is tracking your email use.
- Email wasn’t designed for
presentations; leave the animations to PowerPoint.
- Those smiley faces are now
blocked by Outlook 2003 so lots of people won’t see them
anyway.
- The Incredimail
website is now blocked by the district to prevent people
from installing the software because of the support
issues that have arisen.
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Differentiated Learning Ideas
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 Looking
for ways to “Differentiate” in your classroom? Try
designing a “Tiered” lesson plan for your students.
Click on the link to view examples of “tiered” lesson plans.
http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/exceptional/gt/tiered_curriculum |
New Look for Unitedstreaming
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 On
January 24, unitedstreaming will have new features
designed to enhance usability and enable more effective
classroom integration. New or enhanced features include
- New Interface
Navigate easily and quickly throughout
unitedstreaming with the new user interface.
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New Videos
Over 470 new video clips and 4700 video clips!
Videos from United Learning and National Parks
Foundation Discovery Network Videos including:
- The Jeff
Corwin Experience and Greatest Discoveries
with Bill Nye
- Over 1,200
Editable videos
New Features
New Log in page -- with
dynamic flash HotBox Feature that highlights:
- Weekly Teacher Feature
- New Videos
Learning Resources
Calendar
Teacher Feature Tool
Present new topics to your students with this great tool
that provides weekly teaching feature video clips along
with lesson plans and student activities.
Writing Prompts
Inspire students to write by using these powerful
composition tools, which combine photographic images
with text-based writing prompts. The prompts allow
students to employ a wide range of strategies as they
write.
Clip Art Gallery
Choose from over 1,200 images designed especially for
classroom use in areas closely reflective of curriculum
standards and can easily be inserted into Word,
PowerPoint, or other documents.
Video Clip Search Feature
Search down to the individual clip level with simple
word searches.
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Musiclopedia
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Musiclopedia a portal for music
research. Instruments, Orchestras, Genres and many of other
relevant resources make this a valuable stop.
http://www.musiclopedia.com |
Be Part of the Quest with GIS Project Today
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 It's
not to late to get a GPS for your classroom or up to five
for your school. Register to be part of the Quest with GIS
project today. For more information, view the flyer at
http://www.cpsb.org/regionv/giday.pdf. For questions,
contact Pam Nicholson at
pam.nicholson@cpsb.org. |
Word Tip
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 While
clicking and dragging is useful for selecting blocks of
text, it can be cumbersome for finer selections, such as
selecting individual characters or text that extends across
multiple screens. Word's Extend Selection keyboard shortcut
can help you make these selections more efficiently.
To activate this feature,
follow these steps:
- Move the cursor to the
beginning of the text you want to select.
- Press [F8]. (This
highlights the EXT button in the status bar.)
- Use the keyboard or
the mouse to move the cursor to the end of the
selection.
- Press [Esc]. (This
deselects the EXT button in the status bar.)
To select a line, press the
up or down arrow keys. To select text to the end of the
line, press [End]; press [Home] to select text to the
beginning of a line. You can also press [Page Up], [Page
Down], [Ctrl][Home], or [Ctrl][End] to move the cursor to
the end of the selection.
You can also press [F8]
only to select text.
- To select a word, move
the cursor to the word, and press [F8] twice.
- To select a sentence,
press [F8] three times.
- To select a paragraph,
press [F8] four times.
- To select a section,
press [F8] five times.
- To select the entire
document, press [F8] six times.
- To shrink a selection,
press [Shift][F8].
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Have a (Healthy) Heart
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How can students best ensure
they have healthy hearts? Being informed about diet,
exercise, and nutrition is a start. Find out more on heart
health, and link to articles and resources on heart disease.
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2000/04/front.110400.cardiac.jhtml |
Palm Tip - Using Memos
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 The
Memos application on the Palm handheld is a great resource
for storing little notes and details quickly. After a while,
your list of memos can get pretty extensive. A great way to
organize them is to place them in categories. To assign a
memo to a category, open the memo, tap Details, and select a
category name. To add a new category, simply tap Edit
Categories > New and enter a category name. Finally tap OK.
The new category will appear on the category list; click OK
once again. Another great way to organize your memos
is to place a symbol such as a plus (+) or asterisk (*)
before a category name so it appears first on your category
list.
Fun fact: Each memo can hold the equivalent of about 2,500
words, or about six single-spaced typewritten pages! |
KidsPlanet
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Learn the details of animal
wildlife at this great site that allows you to play games,
write letters to our state representatives addressing the
conservation of wildlife and energy, plus much more at
KidsPlanet.
http://www.kidsplanet.org |
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 533
infected computers out of a total of
9360 OfficeScan clients.
 The
latest OfficeScan pattern as of
1-25-2005 is pattern
2.369.00. 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)
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