District Dispatch
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New System for Remote Access to File Servers
Although our district provides Google Docs for editing and storing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, images, and other files, you may also choose to use our file server. The file server provides ...
Posted Nov 28, 2011 10:21 AM by Eric Curts
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Cloudy with a 100% Chance of Education
Cloud computing is a popular term that gets used a lot, but what does it mean, and more importantly what does it mean for education?Basically cloud computing is when ...
Posted Nov 4, 2011 5:57 PM by Eric Curts
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Student Password Changes
Over the summer the county office upgraded to the latest version of Pinnacle, which requires users’ passwords to be eight characters long. However, most North Canton students have passwords that ...
Posted Aug 31, 2011 8:43 PM by Eric Curts
Google Gab
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Updates to Google Docs for Android
We recently held PD training sessions at the high school for BYOD, explaining the differences between Google Docs on a computer and Google Docs on a mobile device. Well, for ...
Posted Feb 24, 2012 8:29 AM by Eric Curts
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Google Docs gets Stock Photos
One of the common concerns we hear from K-12 users of Google Docs is the lack of clip art. This is understandable as most people are used to the ...
Posted Dec 14, 2011 4:37 AM by Eric Curts
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Handling Spam in Gmail
Recently you may be seeing an increase in the number of emails in your Gmail spam folder. This is ok and is due to change in how spam is being ...
Posted Nov 30, 2011 11:52 AM by Eric Curts
The State of Tech Podcast
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Episode 10 - Interactive Whiteboards - Curricular Uses
In this episode of the State of Tech Podcast we talk about how interactive whiteboards (and other similar touch technology) can improve teaching and learning in schools. We focus on ...
Posted Jan 30, 2012 7:26 AM by Eric Curts
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Episode 9 - Interactive Whiteboards - Comparing Systems
In this episode of the State of Tech Podcast we talk about the different brands of Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) systems, such as Smart, Promethean, Polyvision Eno, Mimio, Epson BrightLink, the ...
Posted Jan 30, 2012 7:24 AM by Eric Curts
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Episode 8 - Ed Tech Predictions for 2012
In this episode of the State of Tech Podcast we talk about our predictions for Educational Technology in 2012.See the episode here: http://www.thestateoftech.org/2012/01/episode ...
Posted Jan 30, 2012 7:20 AM by Eric Curts
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Building Buzz
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MS Student Tech Team Presents at Walsh
Members of the North Canton Middle School "Student Technology Assistance Team" (STAT) participated in the K-12 Tech Fair at Walsh University on April 2nd. The Walsh staff and students ...
Posted Apr 9, 2012 6:32 AM by Eric Curts
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Northwood Goes Google for Book Talks
Book Talks are a popular project for elementary students. They give the students a chance to read a book; to determine the characters, plot, setting, and such; and to present ...
Posted Jan 26, 2012 7:30 PM by Eric Curts
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HS BYOD Video
With the upcoming January 30th launch of the high school "Bring Your Own Device" program, we have prepared a short video explaining the high school student guidelines. The video covers ...
Posted Jan 24, 2012 10:39 AM by Eric Curts
Resource Roundup
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Online Study Tool - StudyBlue
Students can definitely benefit from an online flashcard creator, and StudyBlue offers a great solution! StudyBlue is a web-based studying platform where older students can create interactive flashcards and ...
Posted Dec 19, 2011 4:24 PM by Jennifer Green
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Scribble Maps
Scribble Maps is a fun and useful application for drawing and typing on Google Maps. Using Scribble Maps, anyone can draw and type on a map. All of the zoom ...
Posted Nov 18, 2011 10:24 AM by Eric Curts
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Google Lit Trips
This free Web site, www.GoogleLitTrips.org, was created by Jerome Berg, a retired English teacher from San Francisco. What the site does is to take literature, for example, MacBeth ...
Posted Nov 14, 2011 10:10 AM by Angela Smith
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