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Thought for the Week
When anger rises, think of the
consequences. -- Confucius |
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NEW I-TEC Grant
Recipients – Congratulations!
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The
Calcasieu Parish Technology Department is
delighted to announce the recipients of the 2004
-2005 I-TEC Model Classroom teacher grants. The
purpose of the I-TEC Classroom Program
(Implementing a Technology-Enriched Curriculum) is
to recognize exemplary teaching in K-12 schools
which model the effective use of technology
resources to support standards-based learning.
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Congratulations
to the following teachers:
- Michelle Jean-Louis –
St. John Elementary
- Lee Long – RW Vincent
Elementary
- Terri Johnson –
DeQuincy Elementary
- Sara White – Maplewood
Middle
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Lesson Plan Winner
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 Michelle
LeBlanc's 7-8th grade class from Vinton Middle School use
Inspiration software and unitedstreaming to explore
landforms! Congratulations to Michelle LeBlanc who submitted
the winning lesson plan in the Inspiration software lesson
plan challenge. To view the lesson plan that was submitted,
visit
http://view.exacttarget.com/?ffcd16-fec21c7175620275-fe291670776d0c7e731074#community. |
Changing Over to Outlook for Email
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Reminder to those that are changing over their outlook
settings:
- To find out what version
of Outlook you have, open Outlook then click "Help", then
"About Microsoft Outlook"
- If your Outlook 2000
instructions are not working please go to
How to Configure Outlook (2000) located in "Tech
Guides", for the revised instructions.
- If you are logging in as
"CirculationXX", Outlook will NOT work. You MUST log in
using your firstname.lastname for exchange to work.
For further questions please email
tech.help@cpsb.org
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Print Documents in Reverse
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 Many
ink-jet printers typically stack multipage documents with
the first page on the bottom, which forces you to collate
the copies in the correct page order. This can be a
time-consuming process, particularly if you're on your way
to a meeting.
However, you can configure
the printer to print the pages in descending order to avoid
this scenario. Follow these steps:
- Go to File | Print.
- Click the Options
button.
- Select the Reverse
Print Order check box, and click OK twice.
This change applies to the
current document. If you want to make this a permanent
change and you intend to use the same printer for all of
your print jobs, go to Tool | Options, and select the
Reverse Print Order check box on the Print tab. This applies
the change to all documents. |
Formatting Text In Excel
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 If
you are looking for a different way to format your text in
Excel, then this may be the answer:
- Choose alignment
- Orientation
- And, vertically change the
direction of text.
This is useful in a
document where you are trying to have several headings
across the page, as in a grade book, attendance sheet, etc.
but using standard horizontal text makes the columns too
wide and/or takes up too much room on the page. |
Your Sky
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 Visit
Your Sky, the interactive planetarium of the Web. At
this site, you can produce maps in various forms for any
time and date, viewpoint, and observing location. If you
enter the orbital elements of an asteroid or comet, Your Sky
will compute its current position and plot it on the map.
Grades 6-12
The URL:
http://fourmilab.ch/yoursky |
Quickly Add Contacts in Outlook
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 Outlook
has a quick way to add an email sender's name to your
Contact list. Drag and drop the message onto the Contacts
button in the Navigation pane, which will open a new Contact
window, including all of the contact's info. Then you can
make changes or additions to the contact's info. Finally,
click the Save and Close button. |
Math League Help Topics
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This is a help resource for 4th
through 8th grades. Visit this site, filled with helpful
problem-solving tips, it's a great resource when things get
tough.
http://www.mathleague.com/help/help.htm |
Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun
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 Jacob
Richman, the creator of the educational Web site "Learning
Vocabulary Can Be Fun", has just released a new free game on
his site called Interactive Crossword Puzzles. The
interactive system has 21 topics to choose from with a
database of more than 3,000 words and clues. It also
features real-time scoring in which points are awarded for
correct words and deducted for letter hints. In addition,
the game’s “check feature” can be used to see if the words
you filled in are correct as you play the game. The
crossword puzzles join other vocabulary-building games on
the site, including Hangman, WordSearch and Match Game.
http://www.vocabulary.co.il |
Check Out the Smithsonian National Zoological Park
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 Visit
the Smithsonian National Zoological Park via the web.
Students will find many things to explore. Students can
learn about the major animals found there. This would make a
great site to include in a webquest for information on the
diverse world of animals.
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/default.cfm |
Visit Future State
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 Future
State is the U.S. State Department's website for youth. It
offers lesson plans on terrorism, Vietnam, and the Cuban
Missile Crisis and information about more than 50
international issues. "Careers Representing America," games,
and "Meet the Secretary of State" are among the features.
Links are provided for learning about current events,
geography, and the environment. (Department of State)
http://www.future.state.gov |
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 355
infected computers out of a total of
9603 OfficeScan clients.
 The
latest OfficeScan pattern as of
3-01-2005 is pattern
2.450.00. 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)
SPRING
SCIENCE:
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2002/03/032502_spring.jhtml
It's the universal time of renewal, the vernal equinox, or spring.
Learn how cultures the world over have celebrated important spring
rites, how history has marked spring, how we continue meaningful
traditions today, and how science and the revolution of our Earth
can explain the change of seasons.
THE INSIDE STORY OF MY BODY:
http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/cur/mybody/content.htm
Elementary students will learn about major bones of the human body,
the digestive system, the muscular system, the nervous system, and
the circulatory system. Students will make pretzel skeletons,
measure their bones, make their own stethoscope, measure their
pulses, answer some mystery riddles, learn about smell and taste,
and more in this activity-rich cross-curricular unit.
GIGGLEPOTZ.COM:
Looking for a few new bulletin board ideas? This site has lots of
examples arranged in categories.
http://www.gigglepotz.com/bulletin.htm
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