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Issue 9,
Volume 5
October
14, 2004
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Thought for the Week
"Education is the most powerful
weapon which you can use to change the world." -- Nelson
Mandela |
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LACUE 2004 Awards
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 The
Louisiana Association of Computer Using Educators wishes
to again recognize those educators who have effectively
integrated the use of computers into the educational
process. Regional winners will be selected in each
category by a committee representing the Region V TLTC.
These outstanding
professionals can be nominated in the following
classifications:
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Elementary
Teacher of the Year (K-6)
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Middle/Junior
High Teacher of the Year (6-9)
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Secondary Teacher
of the Year (9-12)
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Post Secondary
Teacher of the Year
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Administrator of
the Year (Non-classroom Personnel)
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Educator of the
Year
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Special
Each nominee should
be an educator who is using computer-based technology in
an innovative fashion. The first four awards will be
given to educators who have made their contributions in
a classroom setting. Award five will be given to a
person in a non-classroom setting (including state
administrators). Award six will be given to the most
outstanding nominee regardless of their level of
instruction. Award seven will be given to an outstanding
volunteer, parent, or student who significantly
contributes to a school’s technology program.
Nominations will be
accepted from teachers, students, administration,
parents, etc. The awards program is open to all
educators associated with private, public, and parochial
schools located within the state of Louisiana.
Download the
Nomination Form at:
www.cpsb.org/regionv/lacueawards.doc
Regional winners will be announced no later than
November 10, 2004. State winners will be announced
December 2, 2004 at LACUE meeting.
Send completed
Nomination Forms by October 20, 2004 to: Kim Leblanc
By email at:
kim.leblanc@cpsb.org -OR-
By mail at: 600 S. Shattuck St.
Lake Charles, LA 70601
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Just in Time Teaching Ideas - Election 2004
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 Politics
and government issues come to life in the classroom as
teachers and students join kid reporters on the campaign
trails. For ideas visit:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/election2004/index.asp |
CNN
News for Students
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Looking for the best news for
your classroom? Check out
CNN News for Students!
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/fyi/index.html |
Keep Office Up-to-Date
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 Be
sure to visit Office Updates for clip art, downloads,
patches, templates and other resources for Microsoft Office
programs.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdate/default.aspx |
janbrett.com
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 This
site has wonderful support materials for most of Jan Brett's
books. You can also preview here knew videos. If you write
in she will also mail you a great teacher pack to be used in
your classroom.
www.janbrett.com Prek-5 |
PowerPoint Tip
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 Would
you like to launch hyperlinks faster during a presentation?
When you click on a hyperlink during a presentation,
sometimes you feel like the file's host program takes
forever to launch.
You should prepare for this wait and have material to stall
with so that there's no awkward silence. But there's also
another remedy to the situation. Prior to the start of the
slideshow, open the host application of the file that you
have hyperlinked on one of your slides, such as QuickTime.
Then, when it's time to launch the file or movie, the lag
time is greatly reduced and your presentation appears more
seamless. |
Paint Shop Pro Quick Tip
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 Set
your "Save As" File Format - If you're sick of having to
always select your favorite file format in the "Save As"
dialog, you can set Paint Shop Pro to remember your
preference. Choose File > Preferences > General Program
Preferences. In the Paint Shop Pro 8 Preferences dialog,
click the "Display and Caching" tab and then mark "Re-use
last type" in the file save-as dialog. Now, click OK and the
next time you choose File > Save As, your favorite file
format will be in the "Save As" type field. |
Hide Formula Cells From Users
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 Excel's
Protect Sheet capability can prevent users from changing
cells, and it can hide formulas from view. For example, say
you want to give users the ability to enter data in a
worksheet for analysis, but you want to keep the proprietary
formulas used in the analysis from being visible. By
default, the Protect Sheet feature locks all cells from data
entry. To unlock cells for data input, follow these
steps:
- Select the cells for
data input, and click Format | Cells.
- On the Protection tab,
deselect the Locked check box, and click OK.
To hide formulas from view,
follow these steps:
- Select the formula
cells you want to hide, and go to Format | Cells.
- On the Protection tab,
select the Hidden check box, and click OK.
- Go to Tools |
Protection | Protect Sheet, and click OK. You can also
set a password to prevent others from unprotecting the
sheet.
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Drop Caps in Microsoft Word
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 When
you are writing a story, poem, or report, you can make the
first letter of the paragraph larger than the rest of the
text and drop it down a few lines. A drop cap is an
effective way to jazz up documents, especially for student
work that is posted in the classroom, around the building,
or on the school Web site or that is published a literary
book. Take a look at some books, magazines, and newspapers
in the classroom or around the house. You'll notice that
many publications use the drop cap. To insert a drop
cap:
- Start Microsoft Word.
Then either open a document that you've already created,
or start a new one.
- Highlight the first
letter of a paragraph, and then select Drop Cap from the
Format menu.
- Select either Dropped
or In margin.
- Choose a different
font if you want the letter to stand out even more from
the surrounding text.
- Decide how many lines
you want this letter to drop, such as 3.
- Control the distance
from the text (0.1" works well), and then click OK.
Experiment with different
fonts for the drop cap. Some fonts are really fancy and
contain many twists that work nicely in a drop cap. |
Adding a Page Break in Word
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 Sometimes
when you create a document, you want the page to end at a
certain location and continue on the next page. This is
called a "Page Break". To insert a Page Break, just
hold down the "Crtl" key and press "Enter" (or go to the
menu bar, click on Insert, Break, under Break Types, select
Page Break, then 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 854
infected computers out of a total of
9208 OfficeScan clients.
 The
latest OfficeScan pattern as of
10-12-2004 is pattern
2.196.00. 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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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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