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Thought for the Week
"The whole art of teaching is only
the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds
for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards."
-- Anatole France |
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Tech Support Help Desk Update
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During the week of
8/15/2004 the CPSB Help Desk received 465 help
requests sent into
tech.help@cpsb.org. Of these issues, the Tech Support
staff was able to close 375 for an 81%
resolution rate for the week. Please see the graph of the
week’s statistics below. Of course these numbers do not
include the phone or walk-in help requests handled during
this same time period, only email.
 Of
note is that on 8/18/2004 we received 110
requests in one day which set a new one day record for the
department. In fact, we have received in one week more help
requests that we usually get in a month. If you have
submitted an issue to
tech.help, we ask for your patience as we are getting to
all the ongoing help requests as fast as we can.
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Register for PalmQuest Now!!
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Join in on the Fun!! --
Registration is Limited!! (First Come—First Served)
Overview
PalmQuest is an integration project for classroom
teachers. This handheld institute will provide
classroom teachers with an overview and working
knowledge of the functionality of a Palm handheld to
support student learning.
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General
Information
Registration: $500
Includes:
- Palm Zire 72 with
built-in digital camera
- Software: Palm
Desktop, Inspiration for Palm, and GoKnow Software
- 64 mb expansion
card
- Online course
- Course materials
- Lodging and meals
for institute
(St. Charles Retreat Center, Moss Bluff, LA)
Dates:
- Session I —
- Oct.
13 & 14
(Face-to-Face)
- Oct. 18—Nov.
30 (Online Course)
- Nov. 30
(Follow-up 1/2 day Face-to-Face)
- Session 2 —
- Nov. 4 & 5
(Face-to-Face)
- Nov. 8—Dec. 10
(Online Course)
- Dec. 10
(Follow-up 1/2 day Face-to-Face)
Instructors: Region
V TLTC Staff |
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Using Office Scan Virus Log
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Do you really have the virus
that pops up on your screen or not? Office scan will always
let you know if your computer has a virus by displaying a
"pop-up" message. Office Scan may have deleted the
virus or it may still be on your computer. The message
usually seen is “unable to perform the delete action…” but
you can not see the rest of the message. If you encounter
this issue, read the "Checking OfficeScan Virus Log"
handout. This handout explains how to read your virus
logs. The handout can be found at:
http://teacherlink.cpsb.org/tech_help/guides/OfficeScan/Checking_OfficeScan_Virus_Log.pdf
For further information please email
tech.help@cpsb.org |
School Information Partnership
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 The
School Information Partnership is a public-private
collaboration designed to empower parents, educators and
policymakers to use the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) data to
make informed decisions and improve school results. Standard
& Poor's created a website which includes interactive
analytical tools from Standard & Poor's School Evaluation
Services and the National Center for Educational
Accountability's Just for the Kids. For schools, districts
and states across the nation, the website will display
available data required to be publicly reported under NCLB.
This initiative is funded by The Broad Foundation and U.S.
Department of Education.
http://www.schoolresults.org |
Summer Olympics
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 Teachers,
are you looking for a unit on the Summer Olympics? This site
has reading comprehensions, biographies, health, critical
thinking, math, Greece, story starters and borders, country
crosswords, and mazes!! Use the following site to GO FOR THE
GOLD!! Click on Summer Olympics.
http://www.edhelper.com |
Zoomtoit
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 Zoomtoit
is a Useful Curriculum Site for Elementary Teachers and
Students. This site has lots of useful direct
curriculum links of activities & materials. This was put
together by Dr. Brian Szumlas, an administrator and author
from Calgary.
http://www.zoomtoit.com |
Websites for the Pre-K Teacher
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THE MANY USES OF ZIP-LOCK BAGS
IN PRESCHOOL:
http://www.redshift.com/~bonajo/preschool_activities.htm#Dolly
Find several creative activities here to show you how to
make useful preschool learning tools with simple items and
zip-lock storage bags. Activities include sorting, counting,
cutting, beading, tracing, and more.
USING POCKET CHARTS IN THE PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM:
http://mrsbonthuisclass.com/pocketcharts.htm
These pocket chart classroom activities are very creative.
Try the Giving Tree, or use a pocket chart for your changing
classroom calendar.
PROBLEM SOLVING TECHNIQUES FOR PRESCHOOLERS:
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/products/I.want.my.way/I.Want.It.My.Way.html
Help young children understand that they have some choices
for resolving their conflicts, while assisting them in
gaining skills that will last throughout their school years.
PRINTABLE STICKER REWARD BOOKMARKS:
http://www.createdbyteachers.com/stickerbookmarksept.html
Download and print these back-to-school September-themed
bookmarks for your students. Use them with small circle
stickers for good behavior, work well done, books read, etc. |
Digital Cameras in the Classroom
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 Teachers
are adopting digital cameras and digital imaging software
for more than art and computer classes; they are using these
tools across subject areas and grade levels. This site
provides practical ideas for using digital cameras in the
classroom.
http://www.kannapolis.k12.nc.us/Schools/CentralOffice/digicam.htm |
Create Forms for Easier Data Entry
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 Entering
a large amount of data into an Excel spreadsheet can be very
time consuming. Using data entry forms makes this task
easier. A data entry form is a dialog box that gives you a
convenient way to enter a complete row of information at one
time. To use a data entry form to edit a list:
- Click a cell in the
labeled row you want to add the record to.
- On the Data menu, click
Form.
- Click OK. A data entry
dialog box appears, with field labels that correspond with
the column labels in your list.
To add a new record
- Click New.
- Type the information
for the new record.
- When you finish typing
data, press the ENTER key to add the record.
- When you finish adding
records, click Close to add the new record and close the
data form.
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Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies
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 Can't
quite get a grip on all this talk about the Mode, Median,
and Mean, try this site. It's a great Introduction to
statistics!
http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol8/challenge_vol8.html |
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 720
infected computers out of a total of
8371 OfficeScan clients.
 The
latest OfficeScan pattern as of
8-25-2004 is pattern
2.162.00. 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, 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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