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New Materials Preview:
Please
join us for a preview of new
materials. The first third of
the order is in and processed.
We placed the order on special
shelving for your browsing
convenience. We have a printed
annotated bibliography in the Media
Center and an online copy by
subject. Click below to find
new materials in you curriculum
area. These books were ordered
from your requests.
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Poster Printer:
The Media and
Technology Advisory Committee
decided that teachers will be
allowed 5 free posters per
semester. Additional posters
will cost
$5.00 per glossy print and $3.00
per plain paper print. Students will be required
to pay the same rates for any
posters printed. Teachers who do
not print posters may give their
poster “credits” to other teachers
who may have higher usage.
Color Printer:
It was decided that color printing
will be free for teachers unless
usage grows to be a problem. |
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Media Center Brochure
Please
remember that your Media Center
Brochure has confidential
information in it. This should
be kept in your desk drawer away
from students. |
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New Desktop Computers:
We have
received 57 desktop computers, enough to
build two additional labs for your
classes. These labs will be housed in E144 and G122.
They will be scheduled through the Media
Center. The day or period you plan to use
the lab, you will check out the room key. This key must be returned at the
end of the day or period (whichever is
relevant to your situation). Student
accountability will be required.
Please have students sign the Computer Log prior to use. This form will be filed
in the Media Center. There are 36
computers in the Media Center, 27 computers
in the Media Center Lab, and 25 in E114 and
G122. Students will sit at the
same computer no matter which lab they use.
I will keep the forms filed in the Media
Center.
Click here for forms.
Please remember that students are not
permitted to have food, drinks or chewing
gum around computers. We are so
fortunate to have two additional labs,
please help us take care of them. If
there is a problem, report it immediately so
we can track usage. Projected opening
date: November 13th.
If you see Matt Whittaker, please thank him.
He is working hard to get these labs up and
running. |
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New Laptop Carts:
We
will be receiving 2 additional
laptop carts with 25 PC Laptops on
each. They will be scheduled through
the Media Center. You will
check out the cart key through the
Media Center. Mr. Nally has
graciously agreed to house one
laptop cart and the other will be
housed in the Media Center.
Students will be asked to sign the
Computer Log prior to use.
(See above: New Desktop
Computers) for details. |
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Graduation Projects:
Eleventh grade English teachers will
receive Turnitin Training
Friday, Nov. 6th.
Eleventh grade English
students will register with Turnitin
Friday, Nov. 7th. All
graduation projects will be turned
in through this new plagiarism
detection tool. |
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Office Professional 2007
Matt brought up that all new
computers will be equipped with
Office 2007. The Media and
Technology Advisory Committee felt
that we needed to upgrade current
computers to Office 2007 since there
are already compatibility problems.
The switch over will go into effect
at semester break. |
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Tech Tips |
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Lock
your Computer:
To lock your computer press the
Windows button (bottom left of
your keyboard) and the letter "L"
at the same time. This message
will pop up on your screen:
"This computer is in use and has
been locked by (Your Username). To
unlock this computer type in
your password" |
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Did you know? You can
assign multiple documents to print.
Here's how:
1.
Click the File Menu
2. Select Open
3. After the open window displays,
select the files you wish to print.
(Use Shift key for selecting
congruent files and the Control key
for selecting incongruent files).
4. Right click on one of the
selected files to open the context
menu
5. Left click Print
from the context menu. |
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Shrinking a
Document to Fit
If you've created a document
and one or two lines spill
over unto a new page, you
can use the "Shrink to Fit"
feature to fit everything on
the page. Choose File, Print
Preview and click on the
Shrink to Fit button.
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