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Tech Readiness Collection FAQ

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Oregon Department of Education has developed a brief FAQ around the Smarter Balanced Tech Readiness Collection. The FAQ is attached to this post.

QR codes - Creative Curricula

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I thought you might like to try something using QR codes at some point soon. Here are some examples.

Email Dual-Delivery with Google

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From now on when Technology Staff sign-in to http://docs.wesd.org they can access Willamette ESD email from within Google. Just click on the "Mail" tab in the upper left-hand corner to access corporate email with the Gmail user interface.

Voice or Touchtone Interface for Voicemail?

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There are certain scenarios where voice-activated voicemail could be beneficial (e.g. hands-free access while driving). But in an office environment it can be distracting to co-workers. Here's how to turn it off:

If you press any number on the keypad, the system asks if you wish to use the touchtone interface. If so, press "0". This works just fine until you dial your voicemail again and find that it is once again voice-activated. To make the changes permanent, do the following:

Creative Commons

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Creative Commons are rights to intellectual property or creative works an author can grant to other users. Through Creative Commons, authors can grant rights for copying and reusing material. This non-profit was created with the same ideas behind open source software - our collective intelligence is better than each of us working for our own benefit. Both of these movements were started and continued by like-minded individuals who want to make the world a better place through collaboration.

Learning to Learn in the 21st Century

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This from a colleague: Hi Corin,  a few of us were ok’ed to take an excel class, we were going to do it from Fred Pryor, but Anna said she took the course and she had to help the instructor.  I did a google search and found very bad reviews.   Can you recommend something for us.  We are interested in some help with 2010 and both basic and up.

AAAAARGH!

Part Two: Give Me a Collaborative Photo Site

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This post is based on REAL conversations between myself, local law enforcement and technology directors.

Part One: COPPA Clarified

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Importing Calendar Events into An Existing Google Calendar

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It's easy to add events to a Google calendar via an iCal or CSV import. You can even move events from one Google calendar to another Google calendar, even if the calendar was setup through the control panel as a Calendar Resource

It turns out you can import iCal or CSV files into an existing calendar if you are an administrator for the domain or if you have "Make changes AND manage sharing" permissions for the calendar. Any other permission level will not have the option to import.

Free Webinar: E-Portfolios Using Google by Scott Holmstedt from Astoria School District

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Topic: E-Portfolios using Google sites
Date: December 14
Time: 3:45-4:45
Location: https://oregoned.webex.com/oregoned
Meeting Number: 925 855 381
Password: google

Demonstrator: Scott Holmstedt, Technology Director, Astoria School District

Why should I integrate ePortfolios into my course?

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