Toms+Tech+Tips+(TTT)

__**Here is a list of TTT's from the most recent all the way back to October 2007-** __


 * Once or twice every two weeks Tom sends out Tech Tips to the teachers of STSD. Below is a compilation of all of the tips sent to date:**

Shopping Online? Be Secure!** The next time you are "shopping" on the internet take a look at the browser window/address bar at the top of the screen. Most web site addresses will start with http:// which stands for "hypertext transfer protocol" (don't worry, you won't be tested on that). Sometimes you will see https:// Notice the extra S? **The added S stands for secure!** Before you hit "send" or "submit" on that credit card number, banking login or any form that has personal information on the internet, check to make sure there is an S up there. If not, consider that unsecured lines (http://) can be "eavesdropped" by outside parties. It is not likely, but possible that someone can be watching and you wouldn't want that "secret" password stolen (especially if you use only one).
 * TTT #33 2-1-09

**TTT #32 12-22-08 Technology Classes** Are you interested in learning to use technology in your classroom? Barb Stager at NPHS took a course through Penn State this fall and highly recommends the program. The course she took required her to commute to Williamsport once a week for 10 weeks. Here is a link to the info-http://www.outreach.psu.edu/cape/TICKET/ and here is Barbs e-mail if you'd like to ask her about it-bstager@southerntioga.org

The Flip Video Camera**
 * TTT #31 12-11-08

Last spring I purchased a Flip video recorder. It is a very nice little digital video camera, here are the details: Wal Mart has them as low as $130It is small, slightly larger than a cell phoneIt records up to 60 minutes of video, good qualityRuns on 2 AA batteries2 buttons-1 to turn on, 1 to recordHas a limited zoomAudio is excellent up close, not so good at a distanceHas a USB arm that "Flips" out to upload your videos to your computerHas a playback viewerComes with cord to attach to TV for viewingOptional purchase of a desktop tripod ($15)Includes editing software For more info visit [|www.theflip.com]

Free Rice Has Added Subjects** Free Rice started as a vocabulary quiz, if you click "change subjects" you can find Art, Chemistry, English, Geography, Foreign Language and Math. Check it out! [|www.freerice.com] and they still send rice to the United Nations World Food Program. Great activity for students who "finish early".
 * TTT #30 12-3-08

How Do They Learn? How Do You Teach?**
 * TTT #29 11-10-08

I heard a great quote last week - "If they don't learn the way we teach, we must teach the way they learn" I was discussing personality types with some friends last week and realized that maybe it is worth my time to share with you some things I have studied in a recent graduate class....if you are interested of course. Consider this: How do you learn? Do you teach the way you learn? How do your students learn? If it is different than the way you teach, what happens? How can this be applied to differentiated instruction? Could this explain why some students do well in your class while others do not? _ Here are a few online quizes that will tell you some things about yourself. Go ahead and check them out, they are fun. Would it help to know the results for your students? Feel free to share with me what you discover. According to Jung/Meyers/Briggs, are you Extraverted or Introverted, Sensing or Intuition (N), Thinking or Feeling, Judging or Perceiving. I am INFP. Take the quiz and find your Type at http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htmAccording According to Keirsey, are you an Idealist, Gaurdian, Rational, or Artisan. Take the quiz and find out more here http://www.keirsey.com/ I am an idealist. According to Kolb, are you a Converger, Diverger, Assimilator, or Accomodator? Take the 12 question quiz here http://www.dentistry.bham.ac.uk/ecourse/kolb/test1.aspI I am Accomodator/Converger And finally....are you a Visual, Aural, Verbal, Physical, Logical, Social or Solitary learner? Take this test - http://www.learning-styles-online.com/inventory/questions.asp?cookieset=y //THIS ONE MAY BE THE MOST USEFUL FOR YOUR STUDENTS TO TAKE.// I am an Aural learner, hence my musical abilities.Interesting? Be sure to put aside some time for this if you are interested and consider how it can help you get through to the challenging students in your classroom. Be sure to thank a vet tomorrow and enjoy the day :-)P.S. I just heard about a guy named Howard Gardner, I wonder what he thinks about learners?

TTT #28 10-28-08 Web Sites for Visual Teachers and Learners

Here are two sites for those of you who learn and teach with visual aids: [|www.mywebspiration.com] Once you create an account, you can design graphic organizers, convert them to timelines, share them with collaborators and print them. I showed this to my groups at the October 6th in-service for Marzano chapter 6. You will need updated flash player, works best on my computer with mozilla firefox, if not try internet explorer. http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/classic/ is a site called Createagraph. Create your own graphs, have students create graphs of lab results. Thanks to Craig Haflett for sharing this one. "If you always do what you always did you'll always get what you always got"

TTT #27 9-20-08 Reading Web site ALL grade levels and all subjects! Have you seen this one? Excellent resource for developing lessons towards improved reading and writing! Go to [|www.readwritethink.org] bookmark it! On the left click the orange with "lessons" in it Use the lesson plan selector at the top of the page to narrow your search. Pick one that fits your needs. Warning Put aside more than a minute for this visit, you may get stuck here! //"It takes a village to raise a child"// //- African Proverb//

TTT #26 9-22-08 The New Word and Saving Hi everyone, this year the computer labs are equipped with new computers. These computers have microsoft word 2007 installed on them. __Quick Tip: __ if you are working in word 2007, you have to "save as type" //word 97-2003 document// to be able to later open and edit in the "old" version of word. __Longer version of the tip: __ Our teacher desktops, and most home computers, are still running a version of microsoft word that was released prior to 2007(lets call it "old word"). Here's the problem:"New word" documents won't open in "old word". This creates a problem when a person saves a document in the computer lab or on a CFF computer. The document is automatically, by default, saved as a Word 2007 document. If the person tries to reopen the document at home, on a teacher desktop, or on any of the old computer lab computers, the document won't open. Now what?? Here's the solution:"Old word" documents will open in "new word". If you are working in "new word (word 2007)" and want to be able to open the document in "old word" follow these steps: in Word 2007 with document open click save as the save as window opens, select a location for the file to be saved in the upper location text box (i.e. network folder, USB drive, desktop, my documents etc.) in the first lower text box type a name for the file (this is a normal typical procedure) under that text box is another text box that says "Save as Type" on the left. Click the down arrow to the right of that box. select "word 97-2003 document" click save. The file is now saved and formated so that you can open it in the "old word" and that's the //word// for today!

TTT #25 9-15-08 Connect to a Printer Hi everyone and welcome back to another school year. Back by popular demand I will continue to send regular tech. tips throughout the year to help you become a "techie". The tips will have TTT in the subject (Toms Tech Tips) along with a short description for the tip. Feedback is welcome. Amy Mahonski recently sent instructions to the faculty at MHS that are worth sharing. Thanks Amy. In this tip we will learn how to connect a printer to your computer, but first things first. To do this procedure, you need to be an administrator of your computer. As far as I know most of you should be. However, if you start the process and receive a message about needing to be an administrator please see your building tech and politely ask if they could make you an administrator of your own computer. Please understand that when connecting to a printer on a computer you are only connecting for yourself. If someone else is logged on they may not have access to the printers that are associated with your identity. Here are the simple steps: left click "start"left click "run" (look for it)in the box type for your school. look for the name of the printer you want (you may have to physically visit the printer to get the number off of it i.e. hp8150)double (left) click on the printer you want Open a word document, left click "print". At the top of the printer window is a drop-down box. Click the down arrow and look for the printer you just added. It should be there. Select it, then click "OK" or "Print" at the bottom. Go get your document!

TTT #24 6-6-08 Clean Your Computer Well, it is that time of the year! My house is a mess, I can't find my sneakers, cell phone or Tee-Ball folder. I've been so busy that I've been dropping stuff everywhere and now I'm in a constant state of disarray. I need to get to my annual spring clean up ritual ASAP. Do you know that your computer gets the same way? In fact, it becomes slow and inefficient over time. Twice per year, Christmas break and summer break, I clean/reorganize my computer along with the rest of my house. Take some time this week to clean your computers (school and home). Here are the steps for improving the efficiency of your computers: (visual learners may scroll down for video link of instructions) 1) Run a Disc Cleanup. Click //start// hover over //all programs// hover //accessories// hover //system tools// click //disc clean up// it will begin to calculateThis could take up to five minutes. When that is done you will get a report of how much space you can save. Click //OK// and it will clean up. When it is done the window should disappear. Next...... 2) Run the Disc Defragmenter. It is right under the clean up tool. Do you remember where? Click //start// hover over //all programs// hover //accessories// hover //system tools// click //Disc Defragmenter// click //analyze// it will run for a minute then tell you if you need to defragment or not. If it says yes, click //Defragment// if it says no click //close,// X out, you are done. Wait for the defrag to finish running. This could take over an hour, make sure you plan to do this at a time when you can walk away from your computer and come back later (Good time to clean the garage, or at least start). When it is done you can view the report (if you really want, and understand it) or just click close and you are done. 3) This is also a good time to clean out your recycle bin. Double click the Recycle Bin on your desktop (or garbage can) look at what is in there, if anything, and make sure there is nothing there that you want to keep. Click //Empty the Recycle Bin// and these items will be gone for good. If you find something you want to keep, right click on it and restore it to another folder somewhere. 4) For the advanced users: When you get to //System Tools// look for //Scheduled Tasks,// open and double click //add task.// You can schedule your computer to automatically run these apps at any time of any day if you know your computer will be on (late night, while you are sleeping). 5) Cookies (not chips ahoy Kalen), can slow down a computer. I run ad-aware (free download) at home to clean up cookies. There are many programs that can do that. Many anti-virus programs automatically do that. There are also browser settings that can be applied. If you don't know about this, don't sweat it. If you do, make it a part of your routine. Probably should do it first in line. 6) Finally, restart your computer. Visual learner? click this link to watch a video overview of the above steps: http://streaming.iu17.org/stioga/Clean%20Computer%20Tech%20Tip.wmv**

Skype** Skype is a **free** software download, [|www.skype.com], that can be used to communicate with other skype users anytime anywhere in the world for free! Your communication choices are: 1)IM/chat/typed word 2) voice over computer (need a mic) 3) video and voice over computer (need a webcam, $20 for skype cam and headset at wal-mart) all for __free__ Why??? Educational=Bring a guest speaker from anywhere right into your room! Playing clinic for the music students? Meet the author? Artist in residence? Foreign language exchange with class in another country? Poet interview? Science experiment demo? Free? Social=network with your friends, start a chat, IM another teacher in the district with a curriculum question. Home=Skype with your parents in Florida. They can see and talk to their grandchildren for free! An LHS student uses Skype to talk to his brother in Iraq. A teacher uses Skype to chat with his daughter in Germany. Check it out - [|www.skype.com] Skype requires that you download the software (for free) and create an account (very easy). Search for friends and other users and connect.
 * TTT #23 5-5-08

3,2,1 Strategy** When having students watch a video, speech, presentation etc. Have them do a 3,2,1 exercise while they listen/watch. Old version=with pencil and paper, as you listen/watch, write 3 things you learned, 2 interesting facts and 1 question you have. New version=in your blog or wiki or google doc, as you listen/watch, type 3 things you learned, 2 interesting facts and 1 question you have. At the end of the presentation, have a sharing session, or reply session (blogs) or have the students turn in the 3,2,1 paper. Dana Delker has been encouraging this and it seems to be a very effective way of keeping kids focused during presentations. It is quick and easy. Once they know about it all you have to say is "get out a sheet of paper and do a 3,2,1 while we watch this video on Beethoven"!
 * TTT #22 4-25-08

Create Memorable Web Passwords** Try creating an algorithm. For example, combine your spouse’s name with her birthday or anniversary date, or any other important date that she expects you to remember, then add the first three letters of the website you’re creating the password for. So if I'm creating a password for Amazon, it might look something like this: lori428ama. This will make all of your passwords different but memorable, and you'll remember her birthday. 2 for the $ of 1.
 * TTT #21 4-9-08

Nice MSWord Feature** Open a word document click "tools" (top) click "options" (bottom) click "spelling and grammar" click white box to left of "Show readability Statistics" so it has a check in it click "OK" at the bottom, run spell check on the document (push the F7 key to run spell check, or click the abc button) When the spell check is done you will see a readability statistics window open. Look what is there: word counts, averages and statistics. This will always pop up unless you reverse the above steps. The Flesch Reading Ease tells how difficult the document is to read:
 * TTT #20 4-2-08

TIME Magazine generally scores around 52 on this chart. 0-30 is best understood by college graduates. The Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level Score tells you what grade level the writing is on. It stops at 12th grade. How can this be useful? Have your students perform this before submitting papers. If the grade level is lower than the one they are in, encourage them to rewrite or search for synonyms to raise the level. Give them extra credit for every grade above their own they attain. Be creative! Hope you find this useful.
 * 90-100 || Very easy ||
 * 80-89 || Easy ||
 * 70-79 || Fairly easy ||
 * 60-69 || Standard ||
 * 50-59 || Fairly difficult ||
 * 30-49 || Difficult ||
 * 0-29 || Very confusing ||

TTT #19 3-24-08 Improved Google searching Go to [|www.google.com]

In the search window type the word: bass

The results are 1-shopping for fishing 2-membership to BASS fishing group 3-wikipedia Bass guitar page 4-wikipedia Bass as a fish page 5-Bass the shoe maker and for the fun of it 6-Bass the beer maker. Yikes! Not exactly what I was looking for. To save time I can refine my search to get more of what I am looking for so…..

Try this:

Bass +fish Adding a plus helps refine the search to fish. Bass –fish Adding a minus sign removes fish from the search. “Bass guitar” Adding quotes puts words together in the search. This is good for name searches like “George Washington” or lyric searches like “the long and winding road”.

Also know that when searching, capitol letters don’t make a difference. Google assumes all letters as lower case. Google will also generally ignore small words like “a” “the” “and” etc. Just use keywords: //president united states// instead of //the president of the// //united states////.// You will mostly get the same results.

Delete Multiple e-mails at once** While looking at your inbox click on an e-mail, it should turn blue (selected/highlighted) skip down five e-mails later, hold the shift key and click another e-mail. It and all in between should be highlighted. If you click delete, they will all be moved to your deleted items folder. Try it out. Repeat the process except this time hold Ctrl (control) key instead of shift key and see what happens. This allows you to select random e-mails throughout your inbox, then delete or folder them. This same concept also works in Excel, itunes, media player, and I'm guessing many other similar programs. I use this frequently for foldering items. Although at times frustrating, technology can help you be more organized and efficient!
 * TTT #18 3-12-08

SLAMS Video** Hi everyone, Dana Delker is our reading coach at NPHS and LHS. Using some of the NPHS basketball team, she created this fun video introducing the SLAMS concept for answering open ended PSSA questions, complete with a quiz and blooper footage. It is 6 1/2 minutes long, fun and informative. Fun activity for i-block. Good job Dana! Enjoy! http://streaming.iu17.org/stioga/Slams_0001.wmv**
 * TTT #17 2-28-08

TTT #16 2-18-08 Outlook Express Tips
 * Try these- click "from", click it again, click "subject", again, click "recieved" again. great for finding that missing e-mail. select/left click an e-mail (click once so it turns blue), hold ctrl and select another e-mail 3 down. Do the same but hold shift instead. great for foldering. These help me stay organized with my e-mails. Remember, one of the goals of technology is to save time making life a little easier.**

TTT #15 1-28-08 Quick Time Saver
 * Open a word document and minimize, open a web page. hold 'alt' key and press 'tab' key, let go, there's your word doc., do it again and you are back to your web page. We used this at the wiki clinic I presented two weeks ago. Great for notetaking. add as many windows as you want and "alt tab" through them all. Did you get it?**

TTT #14 1-16-08 Do You Know Google
 * Google offers a whole lot more than a search engine: By creating an account with google you can use many web-based applications offered by google accessing them from any computer anywhere in the world. You can also share with other google users. Google Documents (a.k.a. google docs) allows you to save word processing, spreadsheet and presentation files all in one place. Google mail (gmail) is a free web-based e-mail service. Google Calendar, post and share your calendar. Google for Educators, lots to see here. go to [|www.google.com] click the tabs in the upper left area. The tab that says "more" shows these and many more google offerings. You will need to create an account with google to take full advantage of everything google has to offer.**

TTT #13 1-9-08 What is a Wiki?
 * Like a blog, a wiki is an excellent web 2.0 tool (read and write). Click this link to see an excellent 4 minute video explanation: "Wikis in Plain English" http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=977cd0cefdafc40175a9 Want to see a Wiki? Ann and Toms wiki - [|www.stsdcffcoach.wikispaces.com] when you get there look in the left menu for a link to "Toms wikis", click to open that page and feel free to peruse other wikis. Uses-Teachers will create Teacher wikis with pages for each class they teach. Within those pages they post homework, discussions, notes, etc. Nice idea for absent students. Students can create and use wikis to collaborate on projects with other students (not necessarily from their class. Could be from other countries?)**

TTT #12 1-2-08 Blogs
 * Maybe you've heard the term "blog" and wondered what it is. "blog" is short for "web log". Many people maintain a blog. Some use it as a personal diary (they can be private or public), a journal, a soapbox, a place for Tech Tips (hmmm...), etc. Other people can subscribe to blogs and be notified of new posts via e-mail. Other people can also read a blog and post a response to it. Teaching uses include: Bell Ringers, creative writing assignments, debates, discussion posting, ice breakers, etc. Examples= A 7th grade social studies teacher friend had her students post a response to "What was Napoleans greatest mistake?". This was a weekend assignment. They had to post by Sat. night then reply to at least two other posts. Neat idea! Teacher review on Monday. Mark Ahlness a teacher in Washington (I think), maintains "Room Twelve". This site is a blog space where his students (3rd grade) have to reply to weekly questions. follow this link to see:http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=41233&blog_id=&listclass=15709 on the right side of the screen is a list of kids in the class, click one and read. Not bad for 3rd grade? Could you incorporate blogs into your curriculum?**

TTT #11 12-19-07 Change Desktop Background
 * 1) Right click anywhere on your screen,** not **on a program shortcut. A window will open. Left click the last item "properties". A window will open, left click the desktop tab. Scroll down through the list of pictures available. When you left click a picture it will show you the picture. Use browse to find pictures you have saved on your computer (if you want a pic. of the fam. on your desktop), choose your background, click OK at the bottom and you are done.** If you get a display window disabled error**, you are not allowed to do this on your school computer, try steps 2-4 below. This step should work fine at home. Notice there was also a tab there for screen saver...go ahead....check it out. 2) In the my pictures folder, if you right click on a picture it will list the option of "set to desktop background" should work in most picture programs. 3) In internet explorer right click any picture on the web to get the option to "set to desktop background" 4) In Mozilla Firefox do the same as step 3, you might get a more advanced settings box. Warning-if #1 does not work at school and you try 2-4, you may not be able to get back to the image you started with such as //Blue Screen//.**

TTT #10 12-18-07 E-mail Use
 * A good idea? The last few years I have maintained an e-mail address book of the parents of the students in the LHS band. This has been a very helpful tool for reminding parents of upcoming events. One week prior to a concert I will send an e-mail reminder to the parents with details about the upcoming concert. After the concert I will send a congratulations e-mail. Much easier than cleaning paper announcements off of the floor (usually in the percussion section). Would an e-mail reminder "Math test Thursday" be helpful to your students? This year only a handful of band students did NOT have e-mail at home. We're almost there! Check with the school secretary for e-mail addresses. I think they are on the green cards. If you decide to do this for your classes, you may want to create a signature for your e-mails (like mine below, //Tools, options, signatures// in Outlook Express ), and you may want to review some computer netiquette rules. Google search //netiquette// for more. Sometimes a little goes a long way!....and as always, e-mail me if you would like help with this.**

TTT #9 12-17-07
 * In this tip you will learn two things. First how to create a** desktop shortcut**, and second how to find your** computer calculator**.If you are a visual learner and would like to watch this tip in action watch the video tutorial of this tip (3 1/2 minutes long) in the Toms video links page, or you can read the tip, then watch the video. Keep a pencil handy to take notes during the video.On your computer screen are icons (small pictures with words under them). These are desktop shortcuts. When you click on them, the associated program opens. Your computer has many other programs installed on it that are not "shortcutted" on your desktop. For example, your computer has a calculator installed on it. I have a shortcut to my calculator on my desktop so that I can easily access it when I need it. Here are the steps to create the desktop shortcut to your calculator://left click "start" in the bottom left corner of your screen.////Do not click, but place your arrow over "all programs" in the bottom left corner. A list of programs will appear.////Slide your arrow to the right into the program box and slide up so that the arrow hovers over "accessories". It will highlight. Again do not click yet. Another window will open.////Slide to the right and down to hover over "calculator". It will highlight. RIGHT CLICK! (there's that right click I told you about) A new window will open with options.////Slide your arrow right and down to hover over "send to". It will highlight and a new window will open with options.////Slide over and down to hover over "desktop (create shortcut)" left click once.////You have successfully created a desktop shortcut to your calculator.////Click anywhere on the right side of the screen to make all of the windows close. Look for your calculator on your desktop. Left click to open it and start doing some math.//If this is your first time doing this you will probably make a few mistakes. Just start over, you'll get it. You can use the same process to create shortcuts to any program installed on your computer. I create shortcuts for programs that I frequently use such as Mozilla, Internet Explorer, Windows Movie Maker, itunes, Gradequik, MSWord, MSExcel. You can also create shortcuts to commonly used files. I will often shortcut fundraising spreadsheets so that I can quickly access them for updates.If you would like to remove a shortcut, right click over the shortcut icon, and click delete. A box should open that says "are you sure you want to send calculator to the recycle bin?" click yes and the shortcut will disappear. Don't fret, the program (calculator) is still on your computer, you have only erased the shortcut to it.**

TTT #8 11-20-07 Child Safety and the Web Protect children from others: Protect children from each other: Protect children from themselves:
 * As educators, our highest priority is child safety. As you use the web with children (your own included) remember to observe the following:**
 * Pedophiles use the internet to glean information about potential victims. Teach your children to be careful about what they post about themselves on the web. Teach them not to talk to starngers on the web.**
 * Cyber bullying occurs when students use the internet to post harmful pictures or text about other students. Teach your children that bullying in any manner is unacceptable behavior.**
 * Students must be careful about pictures and text that they post on the internet about themselves. Pictures and words posted on the internet can be used against them. Colleges will not accept a student if they find questionable pictures on the web. Many college applications request that the applicant take down any social web site that they belong to such as myspace.**

TTT #7 11-8-07 wikipedia says:"Web 2.0 **refers to a perceived second generation of web-based communities and hosted services — such as social-networking sites, wikis and folksonomies — which aim to facilitate collaboration and sharing between users" another way of thinking of this is: WEB 1.0 is Read only and WEB 2.0 is Read and Write. Web 2.0 sites allow multiple users to interact and collaborate within the site. Thanks to everyone who replied to last weeks TTT with great keyboard shortcuts! If you would like to see them, double click the link to "more shortcuts" in tip #6 below.**
 * What is web 2.0?**

TTT #6 11-1-07 Keyboard Shortcuts?
 * My favorite is control C and control V. If you highlight anything on your screen, then hold down Ctrl (control), then push C with another finger, you have copied whatever was highlighted. You can now go to a new document and hold Ctrl, push V and paste in whatever you copied. Great for moving text (web addresses) quickly from one place to another. Anyone else have a good keyboard shortcut they use?

Thanks to everyone who shared shortcuts with me. If you would like to see more shortcuts and who shared them click the link below:

More Shortcuts**

TTT #5 10-25-07


 * Your mouse has a left click button (the one we all always use) and a (for some mysterious?)** right click button**. If you have never clicked the right click button, try it sometime. You can place your mouse arrow over just about anything on your screen, right click, and a small box will open with selections to choose from. Go ahead explore a little.....You can also highlight text or pictures, right click on them and copy them to paste later (also from right click). I use this a lot with web addresses. Don't forget, "reply all" is a great way to share. Oh...to close the right click window, left click anywhere else on your screen and it should go away. Have fun!!**

TTT #4 10-19-07

As we move into the 21st century incorporating technology into our teaching, remember that the technology is just another tool to help you be more effective. Teaching is still teaching and sometimes a pencil and paper is all that you need!**
 * " I like my new cell phone, my computer works just fine, my i-pod is perfect, but Lord, I miss my mind!" ~Author Unknown

TTT #3 10-15-07


 * Do you have sound on your computer? This tip deals with finding the volume button on your computer desktop. Click the link below.**

Computer Volume:


 * [[file:TTT #3.doc]]**

TTT #2 10-10-07

Forgot Your Password?

Tom Nelson CFF Technology Coach Instrumental Music Teacher Southern Tioga School District tnelson@southerntioga.org
 * Has anyone? I found myself forgetting passwords and logins. I thought about old age......I created a login data base for all of my login and password information. You could create one simply in Word or Excel. I'm currently up to 23 login's and they are not all the same. This has been helpful for me this year. Let me know if you'd like to see a sample in Excel. WARNING!! if you store your list on your computer, don't forget the password to get into the computer, and if you print one, hide it well enough that noone finds it (but make sure you can)!! Happy Hump Day!

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TTT #1 10-5-07


 * Would you like to send an** e-mail to everyone** in a building? mhs@southerntioga.orgwlm@southerntioga.orgnphs@southerntioga.orgbes@southerntioga.orglhs@southerntioga.orgles@southerntioga.org any of these addresses placed in the to: line of an e-mail will go to everyone in those buildings. if you e-mail to everyone@southerntioga.org guess where that goes? of course!! to every single person in the district with an e-mail account. Includes janitors, secretary's, administration etc. Kalen Honeyfield has created these groups through our server. If you aren't recieving e-mail on these lists, e-mail kalen and he will fix the problem. This may hold true for teachers who work in multiple buildings and only recieve mail for one building. It may also hold true if you've changed your name. Kalen is responsible for our web site and our e-mail. He is very knowledgeable about this and he is a great resource! khoneyfield@southerntioga.org Hit Reply if you'd like to share an idea about this with me, or better yet hit Reply All and share with everyone. Look at the bright side! Tom