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TECH GAZETTE


A Publication for SMES Faculty                                                                                                                         April 2001 Volume 2, Issue 8

 



Websites of Interest

 

http://www.xcursioncentral.com/

A curriculum-rich, teacher-developed Internet field trip, XcursionCentral is dedicated to connecting the classroom to the Internet by linking the class to a number of web sites that are relevant to a specific subject or theme. The Web sites are accompanied by annotations that guide student learning assessment. This is a good follow up to those who took the Portals to the World workshop.

 

How Stuff Work                     s

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Just about anything that fits into the form "how _____ works" is fair game at this incredible website. From engines to chocolate, animals to the human body, viruses to smart structures, there is something for everyone at How Stuff

Works!

 

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/

KidsClick! is an attractive and engaging search engine/web guide developed for children by librarians. This link can be found on the SMES Lower School Resource page.

 

Monday/Thursday Training

GradeQuick: Q & A Session

3rd quarter grades are due.  This is a great opportunity to have all your questions answered in a GradeQuick working session.

 

Thurs., 4/5 MS Lab 3-4 p.m.

Mon.,  4/23 US Lab 3-4 p.m.

 

Net Meeting

Using your computer and the Internet at home, you can now hold face-to-face, real time conversations with friends and family, and collaborate with co-workers around the world.

 

Mon.,

Thurs.,

 

Please rsvp to reserve a space.

nicki.yokota@smes.org
 

 

E-Mail Accounts: Campus vs. Outside Accounts

IM

Rules
 
Text Box: I Want My AOL    In the 1980’s, there was a rallying cry, “I want my MTV!” In 2001, we might update that cry to, “I want my Hotmail/AOL/
Instant Messenger /etc.!” The debate as to what a person can and can’t do with a worksite computer is far from being resolved, and one may wonder what the big deal is all about?

   Besides ownership and payroll issues, the most important reason St. Margaret’s has a campus e-mail account-only policy is to safeguard the entire network system. All Internet access goes through our servers first.  If there is a virus on an email that you receive via AOL, for example, then it can potentially infect our servers and corrupt the entire campus network. TrendMicro, our virus protection software, works well but is not infallible. We in Technology hope you can appreciate the amount of effort that would be required to repair the damage done should a virus get into the system.