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| Friday, September 3, 2010 9:38 AM -0700 | By: David Smith |
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| The media lab is ready for use. Here are the specifics on it. I will need to issue the usernames/passwords for the students when they use it the first time so let me know when you book it. Location: Room 335 (Third floor next to the middle stairw |
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| Welcome back all students! |
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| Monday, August 30, 2010 1:59 PM -0700 | By: David Smith |
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| I will be posting some news later this week but until then - welcome back! |
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| King Tut's Discovery online... |
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| Monday, August 16, 2010 10:31 AM -0700 | By: David Smith |
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| Check out this documentation and photos of the process of discovering King Tut's tomb!! http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4tut.html |
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| iPad blog... |
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| Wednesday, August 11, 2010 11:41 AM -0700 | By: David Smith |
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| I came across a blog put together by Vassar college in which users can post their experiences or best apps on the iPad in an educational environment. One of our Alumni went to Vassar so I took a look and it is a nice collection of postings - check i |
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| Updating my web resources - send in links if you have them... |
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| Monday, June 28, 2010 9:00 AM -0700 | By: David Smith |
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| http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/ http://www.funbrain.com/ http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/index.html http://www.educause.edu/ http://www.cafegenius.com/ http://www.brainpop.com/ http://www.eduref.org/ http://www.thinkquest.org/en/ http: |
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| Have a great summer! |
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| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 3:07 PM -0700 | By: David Smith |
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| See you August 30, 2010!! |
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| Adobe Flash security vulnerability |
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| Monday, June 7, 2010 7:47 AM -0700 | By: David Smith |
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| http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-01.html † A critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris operating systems, and the authplay.dll component that |
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| | Data Backup | | | | | Tuesday, June 1, 2010 9:25 AM -0700 | By: David Smith |
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Data Backup Procedure
The purpose of this document is to outline the process for backing up data currently being stored on the computer.This process should be repeated frequently and as frequently as deemed necessary by the primary user of the workstation. It is recommended that the primary user save all work to one location on the computer to facilitate the backup process. It is suggested that at least one copy of the backup be stored off-site (i.e. home.)
Data Backup Procedure
1. Obtain blank CD from front desk. (CD-R type)
2. Insert CD into iBook using standard procedure.
3. Enter desired name of CD when dialog box appears (e.g. YourName_Databackup_060404).
4. Drag all documents/data to disk image on desktop and allow copy to complete.
5. Open CD by double-clicking on CD disk image.
6. Review documents to ensure data was effectively copied.
7. Drag disk image to dock to the burn disk icon (normally where you drag to eject disk.)
8. Click ‘Burn’ when prompted.
9. When burning is complete - drag disk image to eject icon on dock.
10. Label CD with same name as above
11. Store CD is safe/secure location.
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| Security concerns for Mac users... |
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| Tuesday, June 1, 2010 8:26 AM -0700 | By: David Smith |
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| Intego reports a "very serious security threat" making use of common Mac software distribution channels: [ http://www.intego.com/news/osx-opinionspy-spyware-installed-by-freely-distributed-mac-applications.as ]OSX/OpinionSpy Spyware Install |
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| Thin Clients deployed |
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| Friday, May 14, 2010 4:11 PM -0700 | By: David Smith |
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| Minus the set which was set of 7 for the Media Library room and the second one allocated to Middle School, I have deployed all the thin clients as per the accepted proposals. All thin clients allow for both Middle and High School students to log int |
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| Spring Break!! |
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| Friday, April 2, 2010 5:37 PM -0700 | By: David Smith |
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| Have a great break everyone and see you on April 12! Remember it is a full day of school on the 12th! |
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| Virtual choir... |
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| Thursday, March 25, 2010 9:24 AM -0700 | By: David Smith |
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| “He used his blog, his Facebook page, and YouTube to audition hundreds of singers to virtually perform his newest choral work, “Lux Aurumque.” The chosen 185 vocalists, from 12 different countries, were sent the sheet music and each individuall |
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| Sys admin |
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| Tuesday, March 23, 2010 12:50 PM -0700 | By: David Smith |
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| [Image:sysadmin.jpg] |
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| Nice product - bad name |
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| Wednesday, January 27, 2010 10:55 AM -0800 | By: David Smith |
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| [Image:60513475-bdb6bb1bcb83782a5842314cd59a37e7.4b6085a4-full.jpg] |
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| Tablet tweets... |
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| Wednesday, January 27, 2010 10:01 AM -0800 | By: David Smith |
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| Refreshing those rss feeds of the Apple event today... |
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| Online library catalog... |
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| Tuesday, January 26, 2010 11:19 AM -0800 | By: David Smith |
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| A faculty member forwarded on a link to a site dedicated to encoding public domain texts for download. I was familiar with Project Gutenberg doing a similar service but here is another one. http://librivox.org |
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| Verizon foundations new educational site? |
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| Tuesday, January 26, 2010 8:38 AM -0800 | By: David Smith |
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| I got a note today about a new educational resource site - sponsored by Verizon foundation. I am always a bit weary of corporate sponsored resources - especially educational ones - but would be interested in getting reports from you.... On behalf |
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| 395 Million year old footprints found |
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| Thursday, January 7, 2010 9:12 AM -0800 | By: David Smith |
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| http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01/07/tetrapods.poland.evolution.discovery/index.html |
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| Thin clients arrived.... |
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| Friday, December 18, 2009 4:11 PM -0800 | By: David Smith |
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| I will be working on getting a functional test network of the thin clients to work out the kinks and see how to best deploy the machines. I wish you all Happy holidays! |
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| New planet discovered... |
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| Wednesday, December 16, 2009 1:52 PM -0800 | By: David Smith |
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| http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1947868,00.html?cnn=yes |
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