TWTW Teaching with the Web

 

 

The Instructional Technology Journal of

Greenwood School District 50

 

http://www2.gwd50.org

 

Volume2, Number 22

May 15, 2007

 

 

 

 

Action Required:  Keeping Viruses Off Your Laptop Over the Summer

5/15/07 Normally, your laptop automatically gets virus definition updates from your school's server. Over the summer, when your laptop will not be connected to our network, you must keep your antivirus program up-to-date via the "LiveUpdate" function.

 

1.   Be sure you are connected to the Internet and have changed the proxy setting in Internet Explorer.

2.   Click Start/Programs.  Choose "Symantec Client Security," then "Symantec Antivirus."

3.   Click the "LiveUpdate" button.

4.   In the LiveUpdate window, click the "Next" button to find and download updates. You may need to click “Next” several times and the updates may take a few minutes, especially if you are on a slow Internet connection.

5.   When the updates are completed, there will be a "Finish" button that you should click. This will return you to the "Symantec Antivirus" window. Close this window.

6.   Complete this process once a week for the summer.

 

If you want to make sure, you can re-open the "Symantec Antivirus" window and check the date for your Virus definitions.

 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Important Teacher Notes

 

All teacher laptops and projectors must be checked in before the end of school.  Once everything is inventoried, teachers may check out their laptop for the summer.  NSD teachers have different instructions for checking in and may check theirs out after June 19, 2007, so that the laptops can be reformatted for the new school. If any of the laptop or projector components are lost, the replacement costs are posted in the opposite column.  Lost items may be replaced by the teacher using the teacher supply money provided by the state at the beginning of the school year.

-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Components

Laptop components:

Laptop (replacement cost = $1087)

AC power adapter and cable (replacement cost = $79)

Mouse (replacement cost = $15)

Network cable (replacement cost = $12)

Laptop bag (replacement cost = $59)

Laptop manuals and CDs (replacement cost = $45)

Projector components:

Projector (replacement cost = $808)

Remote control (replacement cost = $50)

Video cable (replacement cost = $65)

Power cable (replacement cost = $29)

 

Site Survey:

Websites that Educate, Enlighten, Entertain, and Engage

·   Marine Advanced Technology Education Center
http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1886
Over 100 interviews with marine technology professionals.  Learn what it's like to be a commercial diver, software engineer, electrician, environmental cleanup and monitoring technician, fish and game warden, fisher, geological data technician, hydrologist, marine biologist, metal fabricator, ship's engineer, and more.

·   Microscope Imaging Station

http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1884
This site shows what blood is, what happens when the immune system goes awry, and what are stem cells are.  See videos of cell structure and function, cell development and motility, plankton, plants, and protozoa.  Learn how the sea urchin helps us understand genes, reproduction, and cancer.

·   Practical Uses of Math and Science

http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1888   
Find here more than 60 examples of how science and math can be used in interesting settings and everyday life.  Topics include clouds (why they float), social security benefits (algebra), Pythagorean theorem (cabinet corners), ice sheets and sea level, (logarithms), matching birthdays (statistics), natural selection and a scavenger hunt, photons, traffic signals (probability), seasons (causes), volcanic clouds, wind chill (algebra), and more.

·   Solar System

http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1890   
Examine the solar system and NASA explorations in it.  Learn about how the solar system formed, what we know about Mars, and the likelihood of earth colliding with an asteroid or comet.

·   Universe

http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1889

Explore questions that include: How do galaxies and stars form? What powered the Big Bang? What is dark energy and how is it pulling the universe apart? Is the universe expanding? What happens at the edge of a black hole? Is there life beyond earth?

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

The Laptop-and-Projector Project Website

Tech Project:  http://www2.gwd50.org/TechPlans/TechPlan2006.htm

Instr. Resources: http://www2.gwd50.org/TechPlans/StaffDevResources.htm

Previous TWTW Issues: http://www2.gwd50.org/techplans/TWTW-Index.htm

Instructional Technology Specialist: http://www2.gwd50.org/hughesc/hughes1.htm

 

 

 

Be safe and enjoy your time with your family!