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Thought for the Week
"To know what to leave out and
what to put in, just where and just how, ah, that is to have
been educated in the knowledge of simplicity."
-- Frank Lloyd Wright |
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Participate in High-Tech Hide & Seek Day
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 If
you have a sense of adventure, come join us for this
exciting event. Participants will embark on a hunt that will
get them hooked on the latest sport known as “Geocaching”!
Join the world-wide craze of Geocaching by exploring the
caches in our local area through this amazing race!
- Teams are made up of 2
teachers (Must be from the same school)
- Each team will receive one
GPS to keep for classroom use.
- Both team members must
register at the Region V TLTC site (www.cpsb.org/regionv
- click on Course Registration in the left frame—if you do
not have an account, you must create one before registering)
Special prizes will be
awarded! ***Limited enrollment—Sign up early***
Date: Saturday, April 23,
2005
Time: 8:30 am to 3:00 pm
Location: Calcasieu Parish Technology Training Center
Registration Deadline: April 8th |
Earn 3 Hours of Online Graduate Credit
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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.
For more information, email Kim Leblanc (kim.leblanc@cpsb.org)
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Adding Charts to Word is EASY!
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 Did
you know that Word allows users to insert several different
types of customizable charts into your documents? It's very
simple. Place your cursor where you want to create a chart
in your document, then go to the menu bar and select
Insert>Picture>Chart. A chart will appear with an open
datasheet. Now you will be using Microsoft Graph so you will
notice the menu bar change. Simply update the chart's
datasheet with your own numerical values, headings, etc.,
and your chart is instantly updated. When finished, close
the datasheet. |
McGruff Activities
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 Need
a website to help kids learn about safety tips and crime
prevention? McGruff, the Crime Dog, and mascot of the
National Crime Prevention Council is interested in helping
you "take a bite out of crime" with an interactive website.
There are comic strips to read, coloring, games, and great
safety tips. A special section for adults provides
information about safety subjects for kids.
http://www.mcgruff.org |
Windows XP Taskbar Management
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 The
Windows XP Taskbar is easy to customize to individual
preferences. When working with several files at once, you
have the option to group similar taskbar buttons to help you
stay organized. Click "Start" and "Control Panel".
Click "Appearance & Themes" then double-click the "Taskbar
And Start Menu" icon. The "Taskbar and Start Menu"
Properties dialog box will open, giving you options to
change the appearance and functionality of the Taskbar. By
selecting the option to Group similar taskbar buttons, the
computer will sort files so that you have only one button
per program. For example, if you have several Microsoft Word
documents open, they will be grouped together on one Taskbar
button. Click that button, and a menu of your open documents
will appear. Makes toggling a breeze. |
Quickly Return to the Location of the Last Edit in Word
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When
you need to review the last edit made to a very large
document, you don't need to scroll and read through the
entire document to find it. Word automatically remembers the
last three locations where you've entered or modified text.
To return to the location of your last edit, press
[Shift]+[F5]. Word moves the cursor to that location. You
can press [Shift]+[F5] up to three times to move the cursor
to the location of the last three edits. Pressing the
keyboard combination a fourth time moves the cursor back to
its original location. This method works well when you want
to check a few edits. However, it doesn't replace Word's
Track Changes feature for documents with extensive edits or
more than one reviewer. |
Automatically Save Your Files
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 You
can tell PowerPoint to periodically save a presentation you
are working on in the event the program stops responding or
you lose electrical power. PowerPoint saves the changes in a
recovery file according to the time interval specified in
the "AutoRecover" option. To turn on the "AutoRecover"
option and specify the time interval for automatic saving,
click "Options" on the Tools menu, click the "Save" tab,
select the “Save AutoRecover info every” check box, specify
the period of time, and then click OK. |
Interactive Word Plays
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This site has many word play
tools; crosswords, word jumbles, dictionary skills,
anagrams, and word morph. Great practice in the English
language. Grades 1-12
http://www.wordplays.com |
Laser Printers VS Inkjet Printers
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 Not
sure if you need a laser printer or an inkjet printer?
Read the comparisons below to help you decide.
Speed: Laser printers are, in general, faster than inkjet
printers. Laser printers are typically capable of handling
higher volume printing than the inkjet printers. For
organizations requiring large volume and rapid printing,
laser printers are perfect. Some laser printers print upward
of 30 pages per minutes (ppm).
Color: If you want color printing capability, your two
choices are inkjet printers and color laser printers. Inkjet
printers print vivid hues and are a fraction of the cost of
a color laser printers. Inkjet printers can produce high
quality graphics, stationary, banners, greeting cards, text
and large photo prints. For most people that require color
printing capability, inkjet printers will be the most cost
effective solution.
Cost: There are two different cost factors to consider when
purchasing a printer. The first is upfront cost. This is the
price you will pay for the printer. Laser printers generally
have a higher upfront cost than inkjet printers. Prices for
laser printers will range from $300 to well over $1000,
while prices for inkjet printers range from $100-$300. The
second cost to consider is operating cost. This is where
laser printers shine. They typically offer greater printing
duty cycle (volume of pages printed per month) and longer
life ink/toner products, giving them a much lower operating
cost than inkjet printers. Operating costs for printers is
typically measured in cost-per-page (CPP). Laser printers
typically have operating costs of a few pennies per page.
Inkjet printers can have operating costs of $0.05-$0.10 per
page for black and white pages and $0.10-$0.20 for color
pages (even higher for photo pages!). |
The Great Plant Escape
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 The
Great Plant Escape is an elementary program for 4th and 5th
grade students. Each of the lessons in this program is
interdisciplinary, designed to introduce students to plant
science and increase their understanding of how foods grow.
Activities enhance student's math, science, language arts,
social studies, music and art. You have many options in this
program. Choose any or all of the suggested activities for
your class. Many activities are for students to work
independently and some are for group work.
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/tg/index.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 535
infected computers out of a total of
9858 OfficeScan clients.
The
latest OfficeScan pattern as of
3-22-2005 is pattern
2.506.00. 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)
Marvelous
Reads for March:
http://www.galeschools.com/monthly_reads/mar05.htm
Looking for websites for Women’s History Month? Try this link.
Title:
EASTER EGG LETTER MATCHING GAME:
http://www.kizclub.com/activities/eggmatch.pdf
Have your students color these alphabet eggs in bright spring colors
before cutting them out. Each top half of the egg is then "cracked",
or cut along a jagged line. You will then mix them up, while your
students have to locate and match the correct lowercase to uppercase
letters; perfect for a spring time or Easter learning activity in
the kindergarten or first grade classroom. For more advanced
students, add phonics activities, where they must match beginning
letters to the "at" family, for example.
BOOK UNITS FOR KINDERGARTEN:
http://www.mrsbonthuisclass.com/Book%20Units.htm
Do you need some terrific ideas for teaching "Brown Bear, Brown
Bear, What Do You See?", or perhaps for "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom"?
This kindergarten teacher is sharing her units, on these and other
great kindergarten classics.
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