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AL's Weekly Tech Tip 4.25 by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

All BPS district staff, students grades (5-12) and their parents are subscribers to Atomic Learning and can get answers to their software question 24/7. Need the log on information? See below.

AL's Weekly Tech Tip 12.20 by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

The recent holidays brought visions of cookies to mind. Just what are cookies...and not the kind found on a holiday table? Explore ways to get your holiday photos printed online. AL, Atomic Learning's Technology Answer Man, will show you how. Atomic Learning provides anytime software support. If you need the login on information, click on the link below for a password request form.

TIS November Inservice Agenda by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

The November 15 inservice is jointly sponsored by the BPS departments of Instructional Technology and Shared Accountability. The day's events highlight new services and technologies that directly impact the integration of technology into the classroom.

www.techlearning.com by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

The site has a section just for teachers offering articles on new technologies in the classroom, how to's, a site of the day, and more. The site does require you to register, but has a wealth of good information.

Accessing Archived email (Lotus Notes) by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

Email older than 6 months will automatically be moved to your archive. Email that has been automatically archived is located in your Archive mailbox under Tools. Click on the link for complete instructions on how to access your old mail.

Web Mail and Sametime Documentation by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

Learn how to create an attachment, a new contact, stationary or signature–just some of the many things covered in the newly released Domino Web Access documentation.

Register for Digital School by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

Register for the Digital School and learned how to create a virtual learning envirnoment for teachers and sudents.

Active Directory BPS Rollout by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

Active Directory is being rolled out in the district. The work is starting at School 66 March 20.

Everything Podcast! by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

See examples of podcasts. Learn how to produce a podcast. Downlad the Podcast Creation guide or learn to create and publish podcasts using GarageBand.

eSIS Website by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

Website provides an overview of the services provided by AAl's eSIS.

Bluetooth worm targets Mac OS X (Fixed in 10.3.9 Security Update, 10.4.1) by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

Just a day after experts warned of what is believed to be the first Trojan in the wild to target Apple Computer's Mac OS X, alerts are being published on a new worm that exploits an 8-month-old vulnerability in the operating system.

Apple's ode to hackers by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

Friday, February 17, 2006; Posted: 10:32 a.m. EST (15:32 GMT) Developers embed poetic warning deep in OS X software.he maker of Macintosh computers had anticipated that hackers would try to crack its new OS X operating system built to work on Intel Corp.'s chips and run pirated versions on non-Apple computers. So, Apple developers embedded a warning deep in the software -- in the form of a poem.

NYLearns Link Issue with Firefox 1.5 by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

There is an issue with NY Learns links and Firefox 1.5 in both Windows and Macintosh. When searching for a resource the resulting link (actually, a javascript) results in opening the linked web page in a Firefox window that has NO address (url) field. The problem has been sent to the NYLearns folks..

Firefox 1.5 Released by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

Version 1.5 of the excellent web browser Firefox is now available on Mozilla.org. Improvements include: What's New in Firefox 1.5 Firefox 1.5 is the next version of our award-winning Web browser. Here's what's new in Firefox 1.5: Automated update to streamline product upgrades. Notification of an update is more prominent, and updates to Firefox may now be half a megabyte or smaller. Updating extensions has also improved. Faster browser navigation with improvements to back and forward button performance. Drag and drop reordering for browser tabs. Improvements to popup blocking. Clear Private Data feature provides an easy way to quickly remove personal data through a menu item or keyboard shortcut. Answers.com is added to the search engine list. Improvements to product usability including descriptive error pages, redesigned options menu, RSS discovery, and "Safe Mode" experience. Better accessibility including support for DHTML accessibility and assistive technologies such as the Window-Eyes 5.5 beta screen reader for Microsoft Windows. Screen readers read aloud all available information in applications and documents or show the information on a Braille display, enabling blind and visually impaired users to use equivalent software functionality as their sighted peers. Report a broken Web site wizard to report Web sites that are not working in Firefox. Better support for Mac OS X (10.2 and greater) including profile migration from Safari and Mac Internet Explorer. New support for Web Standards including SVG, CSS 2 and CSS 3, and JavaScript 1.6. Many security enhancements.

Installing Palm Files by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:17 PM

Unsure how to install an application on a Palm? Read on.

DST Update Install Instructions by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:17 PM

Once you have downloaded and expanded the update file, follow the instructions below.

Thank You! by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:17 PM

Thank you for taking the time to complete the evaluation.

DIBELS Training Videos by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:17 PM

Wireless Generation produced a series of short, "Atomic Learning type" training videos that walk the user through mClass from login to logout.

Education Podcast Network by Nathan Bills — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:17 PM

Hi Folks, Thought you might enjoy and may want to add to itech for ideas... This link is for the Education Podcast Network and I think it's a great example of what educators are doing with our technology. It's organized by grade, subject and even has a section on "The what, why, and how of 21st century teaching & learning"

Inspiration Tip Sheet by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:17 PM

A quick how-to to use inspiration software. Hosted on NY Learns.