March 1, 2011

Tuesday: Wow, I'm posting early. I have an assignment and I didn't want to forget to tell each one of you. There is a website that allows you to create accounts, load a client on a machine, and then take control of another pc from yours. So I want each of you to go to https://secure.logmein.com/ and create an account. I will help you walk through the steps to load the client on a pc in the lab and then you demonstrate that you can take control of that pc and work on it. I wante everyone to know this exists so that if you are trying to help a friend or relative, you can use this tool to work on their pc or help them with a problem without physically being at their house. Ask me for assistance when you are working on this. I have a webinar again tomorrow at 9 a.m. on EOC's. Have a good day!

February 28, 2011

Monday: Hope everyone had a good weekend. I am working on some EOC state reporting for all you seniors. We have to verify that each of you took the required EOC tests or else you cannot graduate. We have some errors and guess who's job it is to figure those out. :) I'll let you know what you need to do during your hour and you blog what you did!!

February 25, 2011

Friday: I am home with a sick child so look at your phones for texts from me. I will be checking my e-mail from home. Leave your articles on my desk. They are DUE today!!! Have a good weekend.

February 24, 2011

Thursday: This morning I went to a workshop for teens on Internet Crimes given by the Cyber Crimes Task force for Mid-Missouri. I was pretty amazed at how easily you can become a sex offender with a cell phone. I am hoping to bring this person into our school to give a talk. I hope the HS students will listen and take note.

I am also working on purchasing enough netbooks to have a mobile lab. I'm hoping to get this project underway soon and have these here in March.

February 23, 2011

Wednesday: I've already spent over an hour at the Elem. running some scans on Mrs. Winslow's pc as her e-mail and some other things aren't running very well. I have some core date odds and ends to finish up and will look at the school web site today. Don't forget that your articles are due on Friday. No excuses!!!

Tuesday Update

The article's due tomorrow may be turned in by Friday, but NO LATER!!! Due this Friday, typed and stapled to the article that you have printed.

February 22, 2011

Tuesday: We are still helping Mrs. Schmidt with her class projects during 2, 4, & 6th hour. The others are filling in and helping with whatever is needed. Don't forget your articles that are due tomorrow. Have a great day!

February 21, 2011

Monday: Hope everyone enjoyed their 3-day weekend. Congratulations to Caleb and his success at the state wrestling tournament. Watch out because he is now eating the licorice and animal crackers in my office. :)

I am going to try to finish the MOSIS ID update information today. I don't have a lot on the agenda right now so don't forget your articles that are due on Wednesday.

February 17, 2010

Thursday: So I forgot to blog. I worked on a DESE MOSIS upload that keeps track of every students ID number, grade, school, etc... What did you do?

February 16, 2011

Wednesday: I am going to work on some PowerSchool updates and things that aren't crucial but I should get done. I'm in between core data reports and things seem to be running rather smoothly lately. Knock on wood. Let me know what you ended up doing today.

February 15, 2011

Tuesday: Be sure to find an article soon for your project. I have been helping with registration some and doing odds and ends. I hope to clean my desk some time today. :)

February 14, 2011

Monday: Happy Valentine's Day! I hope all of you will tell your parents Happy V'day and that you love them.

Please be sure to read Friday's post because I added an assignment. Also, we are going to help Mrs. Schmidt at the Elementary do a flip video project. Right now she needs someone 2nd, 4th, and 6th periods, so you guys will be going for sure. The others will take care of whatever problems we have. Today I am working on updating the transcript form for seniors for Mrs. Shanley. Hopefully that all goes well. :)

February 11, 2011

Friday: I have an assignment for everyone. You are to find an article on the web about schools using technology in innovative ways. I want you to go to the on-line resources offered by MoreNet first at http://infotrac.galegroup.com/. You can search multiple or all sources here for technology in education, schools using technology, etc... Try different search terms. You will notice there are different tabs at the top with magazines, journals, books, and news that all have different resources for you to look at. Once you find a good article, PRINT it. The article must be about one school or district that is using technology and what the benefits of it are. You will type a summary of the article and must include the school name and location, what the technology is they are using (be specific) and the benefits the school is seeing from using this technology. If they list obstacles or problems they are having, you should include those also but the primary focus should be on a good outcome, otherwise pick a different article. Staple your summary to the top of the article and hand these in by February 23, 2011. If you have questions, ask!

February 10, 2011

Thursday: I forgot to blog--I was deep into fixing some core data and working on the school board web pages. What did you do?

February 8, 2011

Tuesday: I have a webinar today at 10:00 a.m. on administering the School Messenger service because they changed their web site. So, it is a phone and computer conference so you'll have to be quiet if you stop by during that time. (1 hour) I am working on creating new bell schedules and attendance conversions for all the buildings since we had a 1:15 release last week. Then I have to recalculate attendance and make changes to students who left the buildings early that day. Mr. Jones doesn't realize the work he caused me by not calling school off at 1 or 1:30 because those schedules were already in the system. Ugh! We also need to finish the computers on the counter and work on the web pages for the school board.

February 7, 2011

Monday: Most of you either helped with a big web page project I'm working on for the school board or reformatting a computer for one of the teachers. Post what you spent your hour on.

February 5, 2011

Friday: Whohoo, it is already Friday but of course we have to make up the 3 days we missed some time. :( I am looking through e-mails to make sure I have met everyone's requests and working on some web page updates. Let me know what you ended up doing today. Have a safe weekend in this snowy weather.