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Gregg
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Weekly Tech Tip - Jan. 31, 2013
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Weekly Tech Tip - Jan. 22, 2013
This week's tip has to do with email. I know it has been discussed before. I just wanted to give a few more tips.
I have been getting lots of invites to join SkillPages as well as other folks across the ESU system. I believe this to be somewhat legitimate, but if you do not want to join, then please just delete the email. As I've read about Skillpages, it occurs that it automatically takes and populates emails for the person who joined.
So, if I choose to join SkillPages, it will take and populate an invite to all my contacts. Here is a short description of how SkillPages works - something I found while reading about SkillPages.
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SkillPages Invitation Emails
4th December 2012
The ICT Department has become aware of a number of unsolicited messages inviting colleagues to join the SkillPages network, similar to the example below:
The ICT Department has blocked delivery of these messages to University e-mail accounts, but messages may still be delivered to private e-mail accounts. A side effect of accepting the invitation is each of the contacts in your address book will subsequently receive a similar invitation purporting to have been sent by you. This is not an illegal act, as by initially accepting the invitation you are consenting to your contacts being used in this way. Should you receive such a message, our advice would be not to respond and to delete the message.
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So, as the saying goes, if you suspect something inaccurate, then please delete the email. If you suspect that your account has been compromised, then please change your password. Your accounts (email, social networks, etc) are only as good as your usernames and passwords. Your passwords should contain uppercase and lowercase letters as well as special symbols, if allowed.
Until next week,
Gregg
4th December 2012
The ICT Department has become aware of a number of unsolicited messages inviting colleagues to join the SkillPages network, similar to the example below:
The ICT Department has blocked delivery of these messages to University e-mail accounts, but messages may still be delivered to private e-mail accounts. A side effect of accepting the invitation is each of the contacts in your address book will subsequently receive a similar invitation purporting to have been sent by you. This is not an illegal act, as by initially accepting the invitation you are consenting to your contacts being used in this way. Should you receive such a message, our advice would be not to respond and to delete the message.
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So, as the saying goes, if you suspect something inaccurate, then please delete the email. If you suspect that your account has been compromised, then please change your password. Your accounts (email, social networks, etc) are only as good as your usernames and passwords. Your passwords should contain uppercase and lowercase letters as well as special symbols, if allowed.
Until next week,
Gregg
Monday, January 14, 2013
Weekly Tech Tip - Jan. 14, 2013
This week's tech tip comes from a magazine that I frequently receive. Tech and Learning (www.techlearning.com) recently published the "Top 100 sites of 2012." So, take some time to sift through this site as you think about incorporating technology into your curriculum.
http://www.techlearning.com/magazine/0007/top-100-sites-of-2012/53330
When you click the link, you will get an advertisement from the magazine, it will send you to the page in a few seconds or you can click the link to "Continue to Page."
As always if you have any questions, please let me know.
Thanks and wishing you all a wonderful 2013,
Gregg
Monday, December 17, 2012
Weekly Tech Tip - Dec. 17, 2012
This weekly tech tip comes from the NETA big deal book - a digital subscription that I get.
3DToad - A website that stores 3D images. Viewers can zoon in and out and rotate images 360 degrees. The galleries include images from history, geology, chemistry, skeltons, fossils, and much more.
Teaching Kids News - A news site that is written on level that students can comprehend. Each story also includes a ste of discussion questions, writing prompts, reading prompts, and vocab words.
Education Closet - Lessons for free that focus on arts integration, common core standards, 21st Century Learning Skills, and technology.
I hope you find these web sites useful.
I wish each and everyone of you a very Merry Christmas!
Until next year,
Gregg
Monday, December 10, 2012
Weekly Tech Tip - Dec. 10, 2012
Looking for music to calm students, enhance some movement, just some sing alongs, or some relaxing music at your desk. Well, then this tech tip is for you.
As I was reading one of my journals, "Learning and Leading with Technology", I came across an article that featured websites with free music. As with any website, you should take some time to sift through it and read the "About" section or find out more about why these sites are listed as "free music sites". You can also use this music with student projects, such as creating videos or using them in the background of a slideshow.
Please check them out - some great music for any age group
Another article that is worth mentioning was a website referring to student interactive storybook apps. These are great for an iPad, as we have lots of those going out within our service area.
Until next time,
Enjoy,
Gregg
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Weekly Tech Tip - Nov. 28, 2012
What is Google+? Google+ is a soical networking tool, much like Facebook. For our domain, that would not be the intended use. What it offers for you and for others, is the ability to create what is called a hangout. A hangout will use your microphone and web camera (if you have one) and will allow you to have a virtual meeting.
So, instead of traveling many miles to confer with others inside ESU 4, you can use this as a resource for video and audio. More importantly, you can also share your screen.
If you would like for me to help you out with this, let me know. I can invite you to a hangout and show you how it works.
In order to get started, you would have to create a profile. If you go to http://plus.google.com, it will walk you through the steps. After you are done creating your profile and have finished setting up your account, then you will see a +You button when you login to the ESU 4 domain. Please note, that this account is still managed by ESU 4. And, if you want to connect with others, they must also have Google+ enabled.
Here is a little help tutorial on using google+
Enjoy,
Gregg
Monday, November 19, 2012
Weekly Tech Tip - Nov. 19, 2012
I've been having some webinars on using websites with different grade levels. Last week, I was able to organize some of my favorite elementary web pages. These are links to other web sites I feel can be of benefit for those who work with elementary students. I placed all those on my blog and that link can be found here:
And...while I am talking about websites, each of our cadres are listed on the home page. Each cadre, we share web resources with those that come to our workshop. These are all wiki pages that are created for anyone who wants to view them. So, go to our homepage and check out our wikipages. You might also find some great resources there.
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