New Solutions: Microsoft Office Expect a few new things in district soon. First off, we are licensing Microsoft Office for the entire district. I know this is good news for a lot of you, but wait, it gets better! First, this is an open ended license that allows us to install on as many machines [...]
Entries Tagged as 'District 62 Support'
New Solutions, the d62 Guide to Holiday Savings
December 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · District 62 Support, LMC, Tools
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Delicious Education
November 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Blogging, Collaboration, District 62 Support, Free, Tech Tips, Tools, Web2.0
I was in a meeting today (IIC! – get it?) and Principal Swanson said he had a link that he would email all of us. I saw my chance & I took it. You see, John has blog – but John doesn’t have a Delicious.com account. I said (piped in, really) that if John had [...]
Alternatives
October 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · District 62 Support, Free, Tech Tips, Tools, Web2.0
My district generally does not have access to Microsoft Office. In fact we have over 2,000 computers, yet we have fewer than 200 licenses of Office. Changing that is a priority for me & is a work in progress. In the meantime there are free alternatives that you can use that are completely compatible with [...]
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Self-Directed Administrators?
September 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Collaboration, District 62 Support
Just a quick note thinking back to my first meeting with the North Cook Tech Directors on Friday. A couple of colleagues will not answer tech questions, even from central admin or principals, that can be solved using a web search (Google) or various kinds of web tools (forums, blogs, Twitter?). I’m new here and [...]
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Blogging for District Communication
September 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Blogging, Collaboration, District 62 Support
At Extended Council today we talked about the problem of communication within the district. We can solve a lot of these problems if we can cultivate a vibrant blogging community in CCSD 62. A large communication problem seems to exist with the amount of district wide email is sent, requiring teachers, administrators and other staff [...]
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This Meeting Will Now Come to Order…
August 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Blogging, Collaboration, District 62 Support, LMC
This post is directed to CCSD 62 LMC Specialists & Assistants. I am still learning the ins & outs of the district, so I didn’t realize the number of building meetings Monday. At first it seemed like a good time for us all to meet, for me to get to know you, but now it [...]
Working with Youtube
August 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Collaboration, District 62 Support, Uncategorized, Videocasting, Web2.0
Youtube can be a great resource. It can also be a scary place to direct students. But a lot of people don’t know that you can post Youtube videos and disallow the direct connection to Youtube. Below I’ve posted one of my favorite videos. When posting it, instead of grabbing the embed code right off [...]
Weekend Updates
August 16th, 2008 · No Comments · Blogging, District 62 Support, Web2.0
The whole sign-up & email issue has been sorted out! Phew. You can now head to blog.d62.org and launch your blog. In geekier news you can now post to & read your blog from your iPhone. Head to the iTunes app page and get the WordPress app. For more information head to the main iPhone [...]
Hi District 62
August 13th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Blogging, Collaboration, District 62 Support, Web2.0
My name is Seth and I’m the new tech director for d62. I started July 1, 2008. I’m very excited to be here & hope some of you will join me out in the blogosphere. Beyond the District 62 blog site we will be launching a district wiki courtesy of Wikispaces. Even if we haven’t [...]
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