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Thought for the Week
Self-development is a higher duty
than self-sacrifice.
-- Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
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Urgent Email Notice from the Tech Support Center
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Required Switchover of
Outlook Settings Needed to Continue to use CPSB Email
As you are probably aware,
the CPSB network is undergoing a multi-year project to
increase network security. This is being done to ensure the
integrity of the devices and data on our network and bring
it in line with industry and educational institution network
standards.
As part of this process, we
are increasing on the security that our email server uses to
take internal emails sent from our users. This will help
reduce spam generated by computers infected with viruses
within system or other unauthorized email servers. To
increase this security, it will require that any CPSB users
currently using Outlook for their email to change their mail
settings and if they are not using Outlook to start doing
so. This switchover will occur on
March 7, 2005. After that date, any Outlook
email program not configured correctly will not be able to
send email to the system email server.
Please review the following
email situations to see what you need to do to ensure that
you can continue to send email after March 7, 2005:
- Web-Based Outlook
on our website - you do NOT need to do anything. (That
is, you click on the “Employee Email” link on the CPSB
web page or use your browser to go to
http://mail.cpsb.org
- Microsoft Outlook
(not Express) - you MUST change your email settings. To
do this, please click on the link below that matches the
version of Outlook that you use:
- Microsoft Outlook
Express - you MUST change your email client over to
Microsoft Outlook as Express will no longer be
compatible with our system. For instructions on how to
setup Outlook, use the links below:
- Apple Macintosh
user and have been using Outlook Express to check
your mail, at this time you MUST switch to using the
web-based Outlook client on your computer.
- If you are using a
third party email program (ex. Incredimail), you MUST
stop using that program and setup Outlook on your
computer. We cannot offer any assistance with moving
messages from these programs over to Outlook because
these third party programs are not supported by the
district. Follow the Outlook instructions shown above.
If you have trouble with
the links above, you can also get to them by going to
http://help.cpsb.org and
clicking on the “Tech Guides” link and looking in the “Email
(Microsoft Outlook)” section.
If you are having
difficulty with setting up Outlook or making the mail
settings change, you can ask for assistance from the tech
contact person at your school or department. The contacts
are aware of the situation and are ready to offer
assistance. You can also contact the Help Desk at
tech.help@cpsb.org
for assistance as well.
Remember that the email
security settings will be activated on
March 7, 2005. If you have
not made the needed changes by that date, your email program
will no longer be able to send mail.
If you have any questions
regarding this memo, please contact the Tech Support Center
at tech.help@cpsb.org |
Is Your Hard Drive About to Crash???
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 This
is ONLY concerning a Dell Computers. Dell
computers use Self-Monitoring Analysis and Report (SMART)
Technology. The SMART technology is designed to warn you
when a disk drive has become unreliable. If you
receive a message similar to the one below, you may be able
to get logged in to the computer to back up your data but
this is not always the case. If you receive this SMART error
message, back up your data if possible and bring the
computer in for repair.
Error Message:
- SMART has detected a
problem with a Hard Disk Drive
- Back up data
immediately
- Contact your Help Desk
or Tech Support Immediately
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Louisiana Gumbo: A Recipe for Empowerment
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 Register
Now! Workshop on teaching with primary sources using the
LOUISiana Digital Library.
Louisiana Gumbo: A Recipe for Empowerment, is a grant funded
by the Institute for Museum and Library Services which will
digitize vintage jazz radio broadcasts, interviews and
performances; musical instruments; Acadian textiles,
costumes, flags, parade bulletins and posters; historical
paintings and maps; photographs; documents; and science and
technology artifacts held by the State Library of Louisiana,
the Louisiana State Museum, and the Historic New Orleans
Collection, and make them available via the web on the
LOUISiana Digital Library. Accompanying standards-based
instructional materials for K-12 teachers will be created
and accessible via the LCET Making Connections website. The
LOUISiana Gumbo project is sponsoring workshops in the 8
regional training centers throughout 2005.
Workshops are free and open to all K-12 educators. Workshop
is scheduled in Region V on April 23, 2005.
The Workshop brochure and application are available at
LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network website (www.louislibraries.org)
under News and Announcements. |
Spell Check Tips
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 Spell
check is one of the handiest tools in any application
(especially for those we are spell-challenged. You may
not know that there are several other quick keys you can use
in conjunction with spell check. Here are some simple
key strokes that you may find useful:
- To start the spell
check press F7
- Alt+i = ignore once
- Alt+g = ignore rule
- Alta = add to
Dictionary (useful for frequently used words not in the
Dictionary)
- Alt+c = Change to
first suggestion in the list
- Alt+l = Change all
words spelt this way to the first suggestion in the list
- Alt+r = Add to
Autocorrect (the mistake will be automatically corrected
when it occurs)
- Alt+o = Options
- Escape = Cancel
- Alt+u = undo
- Press TAB to move to
the list of suggestions and down arrow to move down the
list, then ALT+c to choose the word you want
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LEAP Resources for Teachers
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Looking for some great resources
for LEAP? Click on the following link!
http://www.rapides.k12.la.us/VI/LEAPresources.htm |
Create Text Boxes in Word
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 People
often use text boxes to highlight a specific part of their
document. But when you want to use a text box, there's no
need to retype the text. Follow these steps:
- Copy the text you want
to include in the text box to the location where you
want to insert the text box.
- Select the copied text
and go to Insert | Text Box.
Word inserts a text box
displayed with a crosshatch border and eight handles around
the selected text, so you can resize or move it within the
document. Any remaining document text automatically wraps
around it. The selected text retains the format of the
original. As with any text box, you can reformat the text by
selecting it, right-clicking the selection, and choosing
Font. |
Powers of Persuasion
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 Posters
are the focus of this online exhibit, based on a more
extensive exhibit that was presented in the National
Archives Building in Washington, DC, from May 1994 to
February 1995. It explores the strategies of persuasion as
evidenced in the form and content of World War II posters.
Quotes from official manuals and public leaders articulate
how the Government sought to rally public opinion in support
of the war's aims; quotes from popular songs and sayings
attest to the success of the campaign that helped to sustain
the war effort throughout the world-shaking events of World
War II.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_home.html |
Become an FFFBI Agent
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 As
agents for the fictional Fin, Fur and Feather Bureau of
Investigation (FFFBI), students ages 8-13 are invited to
participate in imaginative online missions designed to
enhance their geographical knowledge and increase their
understanding of foreign cultures.
Go to
http://www.fffbi.com/nationalgeographic to view the
National Geographic sponsored site. |
Power Point Tip
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 Select
objects hidden by other objects - Very often we layer
objects on top of each other for some effect, such as when
setting up a custom animation of more than one item.
However, it can be a challenge if you have to edit one of
the hidden objects when you've already set overlapping
objects in place. You may have tried to move these
overlapping objects in the past, and struggled to pile
things back in place the way they were before. When an
object is obscured by other items on the slide, you can
still select it by using the [Tab] key. Just press [Tab]
repeatedly and PowerPoint will cycle through every object,
including text boxes and hidden objects, on the slide. |
Studying Greek Mythology?
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This is a great site for
research and fact finding about Greek Myths:
http://www.entrenet.com/~groedmed/greekm/myth.html |
Microsoft Office Tip – Turning off the Task Pane
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 Task
panes are extremely helpful in the latest Microsoft Office
suite. However, you may not want the task pane to
automatically open when you start up one a new document
(sometimes is just gets in the way). To stop the Task Pane
from starting automatically, click on Tools|Options in the
menu bar. In the Options dialog, click on the "View" tab.
Deselect "Startup Task Pane" checkbox location under the
Show category. Click "OK". |
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 663
infected computers out of a total of
9568 OfficeScan clients.
 The
latest OfficeScan pattern as of
2-23-2005 is pattern
2.438.00. 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)
I CAN DO IT!
http://www.punkyschildcare.com/preschool/activity.html
I can do it all by myself, is the theme for this cross-curricular
unit for preschoolers. Introduce thematic content through your math
centers, reading, songs, and more.
LETTER AND WORD ACTIVITIES:
http://www.alphabet-soup.net/alphabite.html
Pick a letter, any letter... Go on a letter hunt, label your
classroom with beginning letters, and more with these letter
learning activities for literacy strategies.
INTERACTIVE MULTIPLICATION:
http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm
Several online games support learning and reinforcement of
multiplication skills, including Batter's Up, Farm Stand, Matho,
Flying Math, and more.
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