Thursday, February 11, 2010

I am baaack!!

I have been on blogging hiatus for the past month and a half but I am back and in full effect. So much is going on and about to go on and I need to keep us apprised and abreast (I always get mixed up on using those words)on the tech happenings.
First, a big thanks to those teachers that encouraged their classes in the Mt. Olive Tech Fair. Special congratulations to Ms. Floyd's kindergarten class for winning the class award again this year!!
Also, for Raven Jeffress, Uriah Boyd, and our winner, Angel Courtland, for the hard work and creativity in presenting their projects.
Next year we will work harder on presenting other alternatives for projects besides PowerPoint.
Also, all teachers should now have their new laptops and we should be able to move forward with technology a little easier.
A special thanks to all staff members that completed the survey. From the results most of you are interested in knowing how to use Excel, would like some suggestions of ways to use Mimio more and more effectively and would prefer that my Tech training day be on Thursdays. The people have been heard and starting next Thursday, Feb. 18, from 3 to 4 I will begin training on Excel. Also, for our Thursday get togethers I am available for whatever tech questions you may have and kudos go out to Ms. Schmidt who has taken advantage of that.
Finally, in an effort to maximize time and efficiency I have created an electronic way for you to submit your tech requests. You will notice at the bottom of my email where my signature is that there is a link that says "Technology Issues Click Here". It will take you to a form that you need to fill out completely and click "submit". When you do it will send me an email informing me of the problem. It will also log when you submitted it so that we can both have a record.
Just trying to use technology to make our world a better place...

Techie OUT!!!