Started the day by working on the HIPPY digital copier. After the holiday break, the machine would not print over LAN. I could web into it and look at all the settings, etc, but I could not print to it. Not sure what was different today, but I shut it down, waited a few minutes, and rebooted. Before trying to print, I waited for the "Initializing Network" to disappear. When I printed to it, everything worked.
This afternoon, I went to Lafayette Schools to present an hour-long talk on Internet Safety. It went "okay" from my own person feelins about it. I certainly see some areas of improvement, and I was actually surprised that my "condensed" version actually took the entire hour! I really thought I would end up short. Nope. A couple of nice discussions and a lot of info certainly made for a packed hour. As I said, several things need to be tweaked in the preso, though.
For those interested, here are my scattered (and rough) notes:
Internet Safety Topics to cover:
1. Internet safety is a lot like 'real world' safety, a lot of the same rules apply:
--- Be careful when talking to strangers
--- Don't give out your address, phone number, school, real full name
--- Tell an adult if you see something that doesn't seem right or makes you uneasy
--- evaluate a source. don't just assume it is legitimate.
2. Just because the slide is broken, we don't keep kids off the playground. Some kids are going to try out the slide anyway! What do we do with them? Check they are okay, dust them off, scold them/punish them, make sure they understand the lesson learned.
3. CIPA - Child Internet Protection Act - Schools and Libraries take measures to help keep kids away from inappropriate and/or harmful content. Can we block everything? No. Should we block everything? No.
4. COPPA - Children's Online Privacy Protect Act - All kids 13 and under are required to have parental permission before signing up to join sites or enter contests - Facebook, Twitter, Club Penguin, Disney, whatever.5. Supervision - We can't be benchwarmers. Put the computers where we can see them. get up, move around. If a kid closes a window, ask what he's doing. If s/he won't say, open the browser and look at the history. What policies are in place? Which are enforced? Do they need to be evaluated?
5a. Establish computer use guidelines, time restrictions, etc. Use a TIMER if you have to.
6. Listen to the student - If a student reports something has happened or is happening, listen to them. Take them seriously. Check it out, or have authorities check it out. Save/forward copies of inappropriate exchanges/conversations. Most email programs will let you paste a picture
directly. Hit the "Print Screen" button (usually in top right corner) then open email and click EDIT then PASTE.
7. Bookmark student sites for easy access - Emily and the "Bunny Club" - Disney game, but also can be an adult web site!
8. Never respond to threatening email or message. Save it, forward it, report it. Do not respond to it.
9. NEVER meet in person. If a "friend" posts a phone number and asks your child to call, that could be a sign. KNOW your kids friends. Once a child calls a number, the person on the other end has the child's number through caller id!
10. Know your child's passwords, email addresses, logins. check their phone regularly. As a parent, you have the right, especially if child is minor. If they are on facebook, friend them on facebook. If they dont like it, tell 'em "tough." Remember, they need us to help them,
protect them.
11. Blogging/posting status/etc - Post where you WERE, not where you are going. I am bad about this. I have tried posting after-the-fact instead of in-the-moment. Kids should never use full names. If using names, stick to first names only. Check privacy settings - monitor
comments, etc.
12. Child email - ZooBuh, Kidsafemail, Hotmail, Google - monitored email.
13. Once it is online, it is ALWAYS online. Think before you post. Don't post or send a photo of yourself without checking with an adult - parents, family, etc. Don't post pictures of family and friends without permission!
14. NEVER give out your password, credit card, etc unless you are the one to initiate the transaction! You will *NEVER* be asked by your bank,
your ISP, by anyone for this information. Even over the phone, do NOT give out your password. If they say they need it to access your account, tell them to change the password on your account and let you know what they changed it to. They do not need your password to change it, if they are legit.
15. (Added after the preso): Colleges, employers, community will look at your online presence. What you post can affect your future. Be smart about what you post, or be prepared to address/answer for your words, photos, etc.
Resources:
Netsmartz.org
iSafe.org
Kidshealth.org
Safekids.com
Disney Internet Safety
Internet Safety Games
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
June 20, 2011
Monday after vacation, I started the day by helping other presenters get their programs started. Then, from 9a-Noon, I taught our early childhood teachers, staff and paraprofessionals how to use their iPads and we checked out all kinds of pre-k apps. It was a lot of fun!
In the afternoon, I demonstrated the iPad to Career and Technical Education teachers. We then looked at Google Apps and Google Docs.
In the afternoon, I demonstrated the iPad to Career and Technical Education teachers. We then looked at Google Apps and Google Docs.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Back to work!
It's back to work after a two-week break!
I got to the office, grabbed the Math Resources hard drive and headed to Fouke. There, I trained about 15-20 users on how to access the information (over 4GBs!) and then I let them explore the drive on their own.
After I got back to the office, I worked with Trish Brown (DL Coordinator) to get a CIV scheduled for Tuesday.
I also installed a new MFP for my boss, among other general duties.
I got to the office, grabbed the Math Resources hard drive and headed to Fouke. There, I trained about 15-20 users on how to access the information (over 4GBs!) and then I let them explore the drive on their own.
After I got back to the office, I worked with Trish Brown (DL Coordinator) to get a CIV scheduled for Tuesday.
I also installed a new MFP for my boss, among other general duties.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Monday and Tuesday
Monday, I spent the morning working on several projects at once. We had a demo of a very cool Okidata LED printer that prints banners, thermal transfers, etc. To top it off, the demo model was being offered up for a quite attractive price, and we snagged it up! I think this will create a wonderful opportunity to add services in the Teacher Center!
While the demo was going on, I spent time running back and forth to meet with the heat/air guy. Evidently, a heating strip (whatever that is) came loose, was knocked loose, something - and it was shorting out the heating unit in one of our offices. The heat/air guy was able to fix the problem and now the heat and air work perfectly!
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, I am taking a training for Windows Server 2008 along with other state tech coordinators. We are learning a lot and having a good time in the process. I love trainings that allow for free conversation and examination of our various situations. We can then bounce ideas off each other and the instructor can help try to solve the problems or offer suggestions!
While the demo was going on, I spent time running back and forth to meet with the heat/air guy. Evidently, a heating strip (whatever that is) came loose, was knocked loose, something - and it was shorting out the heating unit in one of our offices. The heat/air guy was able to fix the problem and now the heat and air work perfectly!
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, I am taking a training for Windows Server 2008 along with other state tech coordinators. We are learning a lot and having a good time in the process. I love trainings that allow for free conversation and examination of our various situations. We can then bounce ideas off each other and the instructor can help try to solve the problems or offer suggestions!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday and Tuesday
Monday, I spent the morning teaching Principals and Instructional Facilitators how to use their new 4th Gen iPod Touches. They all had or created accounts and downloaded a couple free apps. We also played with the cameras, then they were turned over to the other presenters for Classroom Walk Through training (Teachscape).
The rest of Monday was spent catching up on things left since I had taken off the entire previous week.
Tuesday, I worked at Bradley schools. We had several things to take care of.
First, here is a repost of an article I wrote for TechBlog:
Inadvertent Email Rules
The rest of Monday was spent catching up on things left since I had taken off the entire previous week.
Tuesday, I worked at Bradley schools. We had several things to take care of.
First, here is a repost of an article I wrote for TechBlog:
Inadvertent Email Rules
Came across a user that was receiving intermittent emails. Some messages would come through and others would be directed to her "Junk Mail" folder.
The first place I looked (In Exchange) was under "Junk Mail Settings" and I looked through her Blocked Senders list. The only one out of the ordinary was her own email address. I removed that from the blocked list.
The next place I looked was her rules. She had several set up to direct certain messages to junk, and for the most part, these were correct. However, there was one rule that said "Any mail sent only to me, move to the Junk Mail folder." There was the culprit (or one, anyway). That rule essenatially said that if anyone sent a message to her and ONLY her, it was to be tossed aside. Since many of the messages had been sent to multiple people, she would receive those. Direct, one-to-one communications, however, did not make it to her inbox.
I deleted the errant rule. I scrolled through the other rules, and found one more that might have been causing trouble, though the exact nature escapes me now.
When a user says that legitimate email is going to SPAM, JUNK, DELETED ITEMS, that is a good sign that the use has a rule being enforced that he/she did not actually want happening. A little sluething, though, and hopefully you will uncover the bullying rule (and then delete that rule!).
After that, the Superintendent asked me to provide testing for their Continuity of Operations Plan. As it turns out, the tech and I had done an 'inadvertent' test last May, in which we realized the backup we were doing was corrupt. We had a failing test, monitored the situation and adjusted.
So, today, I ran a "loss of data" test, and the backup data was restored perfectly! Excellent!
Next on the list, I ran the Data Doctor on the locally installed Accelerated Reader program in order to prep the data for the move to the cloud. The district is moving their AR to the online version. One less thing to manage and worry about. We hit a couple snags, but eventually zipped up the data and uploaded it to their site. Now, we just wait for the good word.
While uploading the data, the tech and I took some RAM over to the business lab in order to install it in a couple of computers that gone awry.
The last item on the agenda was to download and install Vexira antivirus. They have a very cool central management system and once we figured out what we needed to do in order to get things rolling, it was actually FUN to watch the software getting pushed out to the workstations on the network.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
08/10/2010
8:30a - 9:45a - Worked with Prescott schools during their Pinnacle software update. The update was performed via remote desktop session from tech support with Pinnacle. Ran into a couple snags during the configuration phase, but between the three of us, figured everything out and the software is ready for the 2010 school year rollover!
10:00a-12noon - Taught teachers how to access their new classroom portals, including posting announcement, events, photos, etc. Also discussed adding students and creating groups based on class periods, dropping students into those groups, then setting permissions so students could only participate in their assigned period discussions, etc.
12:00-12:15p - Talked to AT&T about moving the T1 connections. He had mistakenly been told to move the lines TODAY! Whoa! I am glad he called me! He said he would put everything in place and then we would be able to "flip the switch" on Friday to get connectivity to our new building.
1:00p-2:00p - Helped user recover distribution list that had been mistakenly deleted. Talked with Phoebe about the upcoming move, the convo with AT&T, and other issues related to the new building.
2:00p-2:20p - Talked with Bradley administrative assistant regarding her limited access to perform certain functions on her computer. Walked her through the process of adding her to the local admins group. Once done, she had access to all the software she needed to run (signage, Office, etc).
2:40-3:45p - Worked with Bob Cochenour at Western Co-op regarding a business-facing Facebook page. We set up the page then spent a considerable amount of time trying to lock down the page to meet their needs. Evidently, there is some 'super-secret' to getting Facebook to "let" you do that. Apparently, there is a "whitelisting" process that can provide this. Of course, actually getting support from facebook is impossible to find. It amazes me that we, as a society, allow ourselves to post and host personal information on a site that provides no easy means for contacting the people that run the show. There is something not right about that, I think.
During this process, I also helped one of our users with her login and password. I anticipate several folks needing that help as they return to schools after being off in the summer (and not checking email).
3:45p-4:00p - Called Bradley schools to talk with HS Principal regarding the IP addresses for their video systems. Apparently, DLC had to cancel a few of their classes at the last minute. Luckily, ASMSA stepped in and will provide the needed classes. I also gave her the phone number to ArkansasIDEAS because she has a teacher that could not log in. I tried to locate the teacher with the STIN lookup tool that state techs have access to, but she did not appear in the database.
10:00a-12noon - Taught teachers how to access their new classroom portals, including posting announcement, events, photos, etc. Also discussed adding students and creating groups based on class periods, dropping students into those groups, then setting permissions so students could only participate in their assigned period discussions, etc.
12:00-12:15p - Talked to AT&T about moving the T1 connections. He had mistakenly been told to move the lines TODAY! Whoa! I am glad he called me! He said he would put everything in place and then we would be able to "flip the switch" on Friday to get connectivity to our new building.
1:00p-2:00p - Helped user recover distribution list that had been mistakenly deleted. Talked with Phoebe about the upcoming move, the convo with AT&T, and other issues related to the new building.
2:00p-2:20p - Talked with Bradley administrative assistant regarding her limited access to perform certain functions on her computer. Walked her through the process of adding her to the local admins group. Once done, she had access to all the software she needed to run (signage, Office, etc).
2:40-3:45p - Worked with Bob Cochenour at Western Co-op regarding a business-facing Facebook page. We set up the page then spent a considerable amount of time trying to lock down the page to meet their needs. Evidently, there is some 'super-secret' to getting Facebook to "let" you do that. Apparently, there is a "whitelisting" process that can provide this. Of course, actually getting support from facebook is impossible to find. It amazes me that we, as a society, allow ourselves to post and host personal information on a site that provides no easy means for contacting the people that run the show. There is something not right about that, I think.
During this process, I also helped one of our users with her login and password. I anticipate several folks needing that help as they return to schools after being off in the summer (and not checking email).
3:45p-4:00p - Called Bradley schools to talk with HS Principal regarding the IP addresses for their video systems. Apparently, DLC had to cancel a few of their classes at the last minute. Luckily, ASMSA stepped in and will provide the needed classes. I also gave her the phone number to ArkansasIDEAS because she has a teacher that could not log in. I tried to locate the teacher with the STIN lookup tool that state techs have access to, but she did not appear in the database.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
08/05/2010
At 7:00am, I left my house and traveled 15 miles to the Blevins School District. There, I met with the Superintendent briefly to discuss the school's web site situation. He informed me that they were looking into a hosted scenario, most likely going with a particular vendor as the host. We also discussed an upcoming staff development in which a shared folder was needed. I left the office and sought out the school technology coordinator.
At approximately 7:20am, I met with Mr. Allen at the Blevins High School in order to locate the Technology Coordinator (turns outs he had an appointment and would not be in). We talked about the shared folder and the Windows 98 machine that currently runs the ConsoleOne software for adding users, etc. The floors were being waxed, so I did not have access to the appropriate room.
At approximately 7:30am, I met with Mrs. Lee in the Elementary building to discuss the school's potential new web site host. We talked about the teacher who had started to redevelop the site and Mrs. Lee let me know that she would tell the teacher of the impending changes.
Around 8:00am, I left Blevins and drove 15 miles back to Prescott, as I would be presenting a workshop on the school's new Sharepoint-based web site. During the drive, I spoke with the Blevins Technology Coordinator and filled him on my site visit. Since I arrived back in Prescott early, I helped the local technology coordinator with several issues on their web site. I also researched various ways to connect Outlook to their Sharepoint site.
At 9:30am, the Prescott Tech and I walked to the Elementary School to troubleshoot a fiber connectivity issue. Though we could not resolve the issue, we did manage to eliminate possible reasons for the problems.
At 10:00am, the tech and I headed to the lab to conduct the workshop with teachers. During the training, teachers learned how to post announcements, pictures, assignments, etc to their individual pages. They also learned how students will be able to turn in electronic assignments through the web site.
At 12:00pm, I drove from Prescott to Hope (our main office). When I arrived at approx 12:30pm, I helped the various CIV programs get underway, performed a cleanout of the SPAM quarantine system, and met with Phoebe regarding several building-related issues (re: new building).
Throughout the afternoon, I answered phone calls regarding tech support, answered email re: the same.
At approximately 2:15pm, the Supt for Fouke came in and we visited about his technology improvements rolled out this summer. I offered assistance and will be visiting the campus once our office move is complete. While meeting with him, the principal from Genoa came in and we began a discussion regarding podcasting with video. The plan is to have two or three teachers record their lessons as they teach them. After approximatelt 4 1/2 weeks, the teachers (or techs or students, depending on who will do final editing) will be trained on editing the video for distribution. The most likely channel will be Arkansas iTunesU. Both the Supt from Fouke and the Principal from genoa left satisifed with our visit.
From approx 2:45pm - 3:00pm, I wrote out this documentation. The time from 3:00pm - 5:00 (our summer office hours) will be added to this post later in the evening.
3:00pm - 3:35pm, checked email, answered several phone calls and discussed various building-related topics with Distance Learning Coordinator.
3:35pm - 3:50pm, I talked on the phone with Asus tech support regarding an ongoing issue with a 1201N laptop we have. After explaining the various steps (not to mention length of time - in WEEKS) I have taken, the tech agreed that the unit should be sent in for warranty work. While on hold for RMA, I restored the unit to factory specs (thus removing any work-related information). At the completion of the call, I emailed my boss to let her know the status.
Around 4:00pm, I talked with the teacher at Blevins regarding the web page changes, hosting etc. We talked for about 5 minutes and had a brainstorming session. It went pretty well. There is much to do on that front though.
At about 4:05pm, the High School Principal from Bradley met me (along with other personnel) and said she appreciated everything I did and do for her school! Wahoo! It was a wonderful compliment! We don't always get the "atta boys" and I am not one who seeks that kind of thing out, but it's nice to know that people notice what we do!
From 4:15 - 4:25, I spoke with Mrs. Lee at Blevins regarding their choice for web hosting, and I was very pleased with sample sites I had seen. factor in the post e-rate pricing, and I saw it as a win-win all around. I think the teacher that had already created content could easily copy/transfer the info into the hosted solution if they go with it.
LOOKING AHEAD:
Next week should prove to be quite full. I understand there is a meeting with the general contractor about elevator inspection and at the end of the week, we move our data and phone lines. I am very nervous about it as I have never done anything like this before.
At approximately 7:20am, I met with Mr. Allen at the Blevins High School in order to locate the Technology Coordinator (turns outs he had an appointment and would not be in). We talked about the shared folder and the Windows 98 machine that currently runs the ConsoleOne software for adding users, etc. The floors were being waxed, so I did not have access to the appropriate room.
At approximately 7:30am, I met with Mrs. Lee in the Elementary building to discuss the school's potential new web site host. We talked about the teacher who had started to redevelop the site and Mrs. Lee let me know that she would tell the teacher of the impending changes.
Around 8:00am, I left Blevins and drove 15 miles back to Prescott, as I would be presenting a workshop on the school's new Sharepoint-based web site. During the drive, I spoke with the Blevins Technology Coordinator and filled him on my site visit. Since I arrived back in Prescott early, I helped the local technology coordinator with several issues on their web site. I also researched various ways to connect Outlook to their Sharepoint site.
At 9:30am, the Prescott Tech and I walked to the Elementary School to troubleshoot a fiber connectivity issue. Though we could not resolve the issue, we did manage to eliminate possible reasons for the problems.
At 10:00am, the tech and I headed to the lab to conduct the workshop with teachers. During the training, teachers learned how to post announcements, pictures, assignments, etc to their individual pages. They also learned how students will be able to turn in electronic assignments through the web site.
At 12:00pm, I drove from Prescott to Hope (our main office). When I arrived at approx 12:30pm, I helped the various CIV programs get underway, performed a cleanout of the SPAM quarantine system, and met with Phoebe regarding several building-related issues (re: new building).
Throughout the afternoon, I answered phone calls regarding tech support, answered email re: the same.
At approximately 2:15pm, the Supt for Fouke came in and we visited about his technology improvements rolled out this summer. I offered assistance and will be visiting the campus once our office move is complete. While meeting with him, the principal from Genoa came in and we began a discussion regarding podcasting with video. The plan is to have two or three teachers record their lessons as they teach them. After approximatelt 4 1/2 weeks, the teachers (or techs or students, depending on who will do final editing) will be trained on editing the video for distribution. The most likely channel will be Arkansas iTunesU. Both the Supt from Fouke and the Principal from genoa left satisifed with our visit.
From approx 2:45pm - 3:00pm, I wrote out this documentation. The time from 3:00pm - 5:00 (our summer office hours) will be added to this post later in the evening.
3:00pm - 3:35pm, checked email, answered several phone calls and discussed various building-related topics with Distance Learning Coordinator.
3:35pm - 3:50pm, I talked on the phone with Asus tech support regarding an ongoing issue with a 1201N laptop we have. After explaining the various steps (not to mention length of time - in WEEKS) I have taken, the tech agreed that the unit should be sent in for warranty work. While on hold for RMA, I restored the unit to factory specs (thus removing any work-related information). At the completion of the call, I emailed my boss to let her know the status.
Around 4:00pm, I talked with the teacher at Blevins regarding the web page changes, hosting etc. We talked for about 5 minutes and had a brainstorming session. It went pretty well. There is much to do on that front though.
At about 4:05pm, the High School Principal from Bradley met me (along with other personnel) and said she appreciated everything I did and do for her school! Wahoo! It was a wonderful compliment! We don't always get the "atta boys" and I am not one who seeks that kind of thing out, but it's nice to know that people notice what we do!
From 4:15 - 4:25, I spoke with Mrs. Lee at Blevins regarding their choice for web hosting, and I was very pleased with sample sites I had seen. factor in the post e-rate pricing, and I saw it as a win-win all around. I think the teacher that had already created content could easily copy/transfer the info into the hosted solution if they go with it.
LOOKING AHEAD:
Next week should prove to be quite full. I understand there is a meeting with the general contractor about elevator inspection and at the end of the week, we move our data and phone lines. I am very nervous about it as I have never done anything like this before.
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