Outlook Tutorial Series - Creating and Using Distribution Lists

Here is a quick 3 min tutorial on how to create and use distribution lists in outlook. This will save most of us a ton of time with our email contacts. enjoy!

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Outlook Tutorial Series - Importing Contacts

Here is a quick 3 min tutorial on how to import contacts from excel into outlook. This will save most of us a ton of time with not having to retype all of our contacts into outlook.

enjoy!

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School Funding

In one fell swoop, the federal government may have turned the dreary school funding situation in Florida from disastrous to merely terrible.

Read More at...
http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/prek/article976855.ece

Google Earth Upgrade

Google Earth allows exploration of oceans- Newest upgrades to program include 3D images of oceans and Mars

A new version of Google Earth allows users to explore the oceans, view images of Mars and watch regions of the Earth change over time.

Google Earth 5.0 was unveiled at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, where former Vice President Al Gore, singer Jimmy Buffet, and others spoke about its capacity to educate the public about global warming, ocean acidification, and other threats to the planet.

.........the idea of adding oceans came three years ago when a scientist pointed out that the software was missing the water that covers almost three-quarters of the Earth's surface.

Google Earth users can now plunge beneath the ocean's surface, explore three-dimensional images of the underwater terrain, and..........


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With Google Mars 3D, users can view three-dimensional, satellite imagery of the Red Planet taken during NASA space expeditions.

The new version also lets users create narrated tours of places using the software's content and images.

Read more @
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=57093

Link:
http://earth.google.com/

Academic Earth

Check out Academic Earth -

Academic Earth brings video lectures from leading universities into a centralized user-friendly site.

http://academicearth.org/

Smartphones Belong in the Classroom

Technology
Industry Makes Pitch That Smartphones Belong in Classroom
By MATT RICHTEL and BRAD STONE
Published: February 16, 2009
Proponents of the sale of cellphones to schools say they are making the same kind of pitch the computer industry has been profitably making since the 1980s.

read more at.....

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/16/technology/16phone.html

Here is a very cool video showing "Siftables." This is from TedTalks. Enjoy!

I Need your Help... :-)

I have a tech question that i need help with. :-) I recently was on "Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy" Radio Show http://twit.tv/ttg529. I had a question that I needed help with from Leo. And now I am looking for help from you.

I did a little editing (down to about 5 mins) and have saved the mp3 file so you can take a listen at.....
ThumbDriveThursday

I am looking to hook up my old computer monitor to use as a television. Leo tells me (listen here) that I can hook it up to a cable box. Before I go and rent a cable box, does anyone have a cable box and possibly a HDMI to DVI converter that I could borrow to try it out?

Thanks so much.
See you next week.

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Printing to a .pdf Document

This week we take a look at printing to a .pdf document (using cutepdf) rather than printing to paper. Why would we want to do that?

Click here to find out!

Community of Caring - Video Clips

Special Tuesday Edition...........

This week we are looking at how to get to Safari Montage to view our video clips for our Community of Caring Lessons.

Here is the Video Tutorial link

Enjoy!

See you next week.

PDF to Flipchart

Special Request:
Quick tutorial on how to get "stuff" from a pdf document to a flipchart.

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Have a great week.

jc

PDFhammer (again)

I have covered this before...... but just recently used it again. It has been updated and it works GREAT! If you have not checked it out before, please check it out now.

Check out PDFhammer.com

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from the website..........

With PDF Hammer
-You can quickly and easily edit PDF files online by uploading your PDF files from your Web browser. The visual editor lets you see the pages of the PDFs as you edit them.

-Merge/combine PDF files together.
-Rearrange, reorder and delete pages.
-Lock your PDF files with password-based security.
-Add and edit document information (metadata) fields, including author, title, subject and keywords.


See you next week.
jc

Google Docs Addition and Photo Editing

Passing on some news about Google Docs from the google blog............

Table of Contents, Dictionary and Thesaurus in Google Docs

It's no longer necessary to use bookmarklets if you want to add a table of contents in Google Docs because this feature is now available in the interface:

Insert > Table of contents. To add a table of contents, your document needs to include headings from the Format menu.

Google Docs actually creates a bookmark for each heading from the document and displays the bookmarks hierarchically using lists. Unsurprisingly, when you open the document in Microsoft Word, the application treats the table of contents created in Google Docs as a list.

You can find more information about a word directly from Google Docs: click on the Tools menu and look up the word.

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http://www.picnik.com/

From the website......

Photo editing made fun
Picnik makes your photos fabulous with easy to use yet powerful editing tools. Tweak to your heart’s content, then get creative with oodles of effects, fonts, shapes, and frames.
It's fast, easy, and fun.

* Fix your photos in just one click
* Use advanced controls to fine-tune your results
* Crop, resize, and rotate in real-time
* Tons of special effects, from artsy to fun
* Astoundingly fast, right in your browser
* Awesome fonts and top-quality type tool
* Basketfuls of shapes from hand-picked designers
* Works on Mac, Windows, and Linux
* No download required, nothing to install
* All this for free!





see you next week!
jc

adding or changing a bbs signature line

Here is a quick video tutorial on adding or changing your bbs signature line. This was put together from a special request. If you have a request for a future edition, please drop me line.

enjoy!

see you next week.
jc

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Import and Export Contacts

This is a quick video tuorial on how to import and export contacts from your bbs to share with other members of your team. (or anyone else for that matter.)

enjoy!

See you next week. If you have any suggestions for future thumbdrivethursday posts, please drop me a line.

Import and Export Contacts

Clean Your Computer Screen

New technology allows me to clean your computer screen right through the internet!

Check it out!

DVD Fair Use Wizard

Windows only:
Grab a free copy -Normally-$20.

DVD ripper FairUse Wizard 2, which converts DVDs to video files playable by a slew of devices. Back up your DVDs to your computer or watch 'em on your iPhone/iPod touch, AppleTV, Zune, Xbox 360, PS3 or TiVo with FairUse, which automatically rips and compresses the DVD using the DiVX, XViD, or H.264 codecs. FairUse can detect multiple television episodes on a DVD, too.

FairUse is a limited-time free download for Windows XP and Vista, and the FAQ says it works fine in Linux under Wine.

Get it Here!

March Madness

Introducing: Our Joost LIVE Test withNCAA® March Madness®
This year, you can catch the action, drama and excitement of NCAA® March Madness® – from the upsets to the Cinderella teams, from the Sweet 16 to the Final Four – on Joost as we test our live P2P streaming service.
As a part of the Joost LIVE Test, every NCAA® Division I Men's Basketball Championship game will be available on Joost, anywhere in the world, for free.
You can watch the games in full-screen – or, if you're trying to work at the same time, minimize Joost so you won't miss a single basket, turnover, or fast break.
Open up the Channel Chat in the My Joost area to chat with people from around the world who are watching the games at the same time.
Download Joost today to get started, and sign-up for email alerts to get a daily game schedule with links for every game emailed to you.
WARNING:This is a test of our live P2P streaming service. It's a pretty complex technology, and we fully expect things to go wrong. The stream may stutter, slow, or stop altogether. If your stream does stop, we recommend restarting the channel - that usually works. Otherwise, you might have to re-start Joost. We apologize for any inconveniences, but your participation will help us build a stable live service!
Check it out at.....http://www.joost.com/featured/marchmadness/
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NCAA March Madness® on Demand allows you to watch LIVE game broadcasts of CBS Sports television coverage of the NCAA Championship on your computer for FREE!
This year, for the first time ever, you'll be able to watch every game* of the NCAA Championship live online for free. All 63 games, from the First Round through the Final Four including the Championship Game, will be available with NCAA March Madness on Demand — so you'll never have to miss a single shot.

Did you hear about Sweetbay?

From Consumerist.com
"A security breach at the Hannaford east coast supermarket chain has lead to the exposure of some 4.2 million credit cards. The company said it was aware of at least 1,800 cases of fraud directly connected to the breach. If you shopped at Hannaford's from Dec. 7 to March 10., when the breach is thought to have occurred, now is a great time to close your current credit and debit cards and get new ones.

From AP
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A security breach at an East Coast supermarket chain exposed 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers and led to 1,800 cases of fraud, the Hannaford Bros. grocery chain announced Monday.
Hannaford said credit and debit card numbers were stolen during the card authorization process and about 4.2 million unique account numbers were exposed.
The breach affected all of its 165 stores in the Northeast, 106 Sweetbay stores in Florida and a smaller number of independent groceries that sell Hannaford products.
The company is aware of about 1,800 cases of fraud reported so far relating to the breach.
Ronald Hodge, president and CEO of the Maine-based company, said it has "taken aggressive steps to augment our network security capabilities" since unusual credit card activity came to light on Feb. 27.
The Massachusetts Bankers Association said Monday that about one-third of its 200 member banks have been contacted by Visa and MasterCard, alerting them that some of the credit and debit cards the banks issued could be at risk.
The bankers association said the breach reportedly occurred from Dec. 7 to March 10.

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If you are wondering how this happens, you should check out this video!

Telling Time - Flash Clock

Doing a search on promethean i came across a clock in a flipchart

Description:
In this flipchart students will have the chance to practice telling time using clocks. Students can draw time onto clocks in the flipchart. There is also a flash clock where students can manipulate the hands to set the clock to different times.

Submitted by: Karen Adams
Grade Level: 3-5
Subject Areas:
Mathematics
Time
Addition - Subtraction

I hope this will be helpful for you....
Here is a video capture I did of the clock showing you how it works.