Summer Apple Sessions

May 31, 2013 Summer Apple Sessions are at Lindsay Elementary School on June 4 and 5. The sessions will be provided by Bruce Ahlborn, Apple Professional Development. All sessions are open to any employee and are limited to the first 20 registrants. Participants will have the opportunity to share completed projects with the group. Sessions will review how projects and applications are correlated to the Danielson framework. Please know there is no monetary compensation provided for participating. READ MORE

Students Create ePubs

Apr 26, 2013 Laptops and iPads provide several options to create books that can be read from a computer or mobile device. Teachers and students are creating books with Pages on laptops or iPads, and with eBook Magic on iPads. Marcia Mifflin’s kindergarten authors created in eBook Magic. The original story was drawn and written on paper. The iPad quickly allowed the student or teacher to take a picture of the work and retype the sentence at the bottom of the page in eBook Magic. READ MORE

District Website Changes

Apr 12, 2013 The District website was upgraded April 8. The “login” button for editing is in the upper right corner and scrolls with the user smoothly down the page. The small edit gear in the upper right allows users to toggle between edit and view. The updated table tool includes the ability to add an image. Calendar events can be repeated by day, week, month and year. Remember a calendar can be easily subscribed to and appear quickly on laptops in a calendar application or mobile device. READ MORE

April Tech After Hours

Mar 29, 2013 The April Tech After Hours will take place on Wednesday, April 10, from 4:00-5:00 pm at Southeast High School in rooms 105-108. Sessions offered this month are: Lion 10.7 on your Laptop, Wikipedia eBooks
, New Options in Google Forms and Keynote. Additional information on current and past sessions is available on the Tech After Hours webpage.
http://www.sps186.org/schools/techservices/?p=53157&b=902 
Please login and register to attend. READ MORE

A Healthy iPad

Mar 14, 2013 A healthy iPad has at least 1 GB of available space and the current version of the iOS. Available space and version are checked in the “Settings” app. Open Settings and select General. The current iOS version for an iPad 2 or greater is 6.1.2. A District iPad is often connected to a sync station for curriculum apps and should be connected regularly to the sync station. The sync station creates a backup of your iPad and updates your District apps. READ MORE

Reducing File Size

Mar 13, 2013 FIle size is expressed in kilobytes (kB), megabytes (MB) or gigabytes(GB). A simple word processed file is about 40 kB, a single JPG image is often 2-10 MB, and a single DVD can hold 4 GB. Pages and Preview provide tools to reduce the size of a file. Files attached to an email message are best kept less than 3 MB. Attachments sent to alldistrict or a building reflector should be less than 1 MB. Pages provides a built-in file reduction tool. READ MORE

Google Translate and the District Information System

Feb 19, 2013 The District Information System, including students’ electronic cumulative folders, can now be easily read in any of the sixty-five languages that Google Translate supports. Students, parents, and teachers can select their preferred language in the Information System under the “Prefs” menu choice. After the translation option is enabled, a new language can be selected. All pages on the District Information System will be translated easily, but may take a moment to reload. READ MORE

February Tech After Hours

Jan 23, 2013 The February Tech After Hours will take place on Wednesday, February 6, from 4:00-5:00 at Graham Elementary School. Sessions offered this month are: Lion 10.7 on your Laptop Learn more about Launchpad, changes in Safari, Mail, Pages, trackpad, AirDrop, Mission Control Video/Educreation/Reflection in the Classroom Need to record a lesson or a presentation in the classroom? We can show you 3 ways to get it done quickly and share it. READ MORE