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| Over the last few years, earth science students of Christopher Cleveland at Perry Junior High (pictured below working on a lab activity) have been using a new form of data collection hardware and software called Data Studio-Pasport (DSP). Data Studio-Pasport allows students to collect data during lab  activities through the use of probes, USB sensors, & iBook laptop computers. All collected information is displayed in real-time on the iBooks' screens, in the form of data tables, digital displays and graphs. "DSP affords students the time to better analyze and interpret patterns and correlations within the lab activities, allowing for a better understanding of key concepts. Today, many local institutions of higher education are just beginning to incorporate the DSP hardware and software within their research areas. The fact that New Hartford has been using this software and hardware now for some time, is very exciting!" says Cleveland. Chris first learned how to use the DSP equipment through BOCES several years ago from Nadine O'Shaughnessy, a chemistry teacher from Copenhagen Central Schools. More recently, Chris has presented the use of this technology by his students at local conferences in the area and has served as a trainer himself! If you or someone you know is interested in learning more about DSP, you can go to the Pasco website at http://www.pascoscientific.com. Here you can find dates for summer trainings here in New York, as well as detailed information on content specific support and curriculum integration.
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|  Do you find yourself asking the same question about technology over and over again and you know you've heard the answer before? You probably tell yourself "If only you wrote it down" or "I thought I heard about it in a training session before." If these quotes sounds familiar, the New Hartford IT Web Help Desk's FAQ may be a big help to you!
"FAQ" is an abbreviation for "Frequently Asked Question(s)". The term refers to a listing on a website that poses questions and their correct answers about a particular topic. Believe it or not, the technical staff of the school district have been building an FAQ since cutting over to the new Web Help Desk system at the start of the school year! The idea behind an FAQ is that it's a great place to try to get answers to tech problems before needing to send a repair request. Using the FAQ can save you time by allowing you to answer your own questions and not having to wait for technical staff to respond to a repair ticket. Sometimes tech "problems" can be "fixed" simply by reading the FAQ!
Using the FAQ on the Web Help Desk is very, very easy. All you need to do is log into the system and access the database of questions and answers. Here is how you do it:
Accessing the FAQ
- Go to the New Hartford Central Schools IT Help Desk website. This can be done by either clicking on the IT Help Desk link under the Quick Links button at the top right of any district-level web page OR just by entering its web address directly into your web browser: http://helpdesk.nhart.org
- You will need to log onto the system by entering your OS X username and password, then clicking the Login button.
- To view FAQs section, click on the FAQs button at the top of the page.
- Now, you will now see the FAQ search area, (see screenshot below). You can search the FAQ library by filtering your search to category, equipment model, and/or keywords contained in a question using the fields provided. Once you enter your terms, hit the Search button.
For a quick general search of the FAQs, do not enter any specific terms and just click the Search button.
- After performing a search, a list of relavent questions will be shown. After reading an FAQ, you can rate the effectiveness of each FAQ by selecting a rating value from 1 to 5 bullets. Adding a rating may be helpful for other users to see which are the "hot" or most popular questions when looking for answers.
- After using the FAQs, you should log out of the Help Desk by clicking the Logout button at the top of page.
Submitting an FAQ
Although the tech staff works hard to add entries to the FAQ, sometimes good questions don't make it in there, especially if they are not known! You can help by actually suggesting ideas to make the FAQ even better! This way you can help the tech staff, yourself, and most importatly, any other teachers who may have the same question. Here is how you can submit an idea to become a FAQ.
- Go to the FAQ Submission Form on the Information Technology website on the school website. To go there, go to http://newhartfordschools.org/tech and navigate to the FAQ Submission page by clicking on its link in the navigation area on the left side.
- Fill out the form and click Submit. This will send the suggested FAQ to a network technician so it can be reviewed and possibly added to the FAQ database.
- If your FAQ is added to the database, you will receive a reply to thank you for your contribution!
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Illuminations is a website that has been created and is maintained by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), the world’s largest organization dedicated to improving math education in Pre K-12. It is also part of the prestigious MarcoPolo Internet Content for the Classroom program. This feature-rich website is a great classroom resource that has been designed to provide Pre K-12 teachers and math educators with online interactive standards-based resources that improve the teaching and learning of mathematics for all students. The site aims to provide materials that illuminate the vision for school mathematics as set forth in the NTCM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.
In addition to a wealth of traditional materials such as downloadable activity sheets that be reproduced by PreK-12 educators, one of the most noteable features found on the site are the highly interactive, online Java-based Activities that allow for real-time demonstration of math concepts like charting and geometry. Check them out! Your kids will love them. The site also includes a large collections of web links to other high quality math education websites. For lots of other great materials and ideas for your classroom, check out the site. You can also use the Quick Links above in this newsletter to visit some of its many fanastic resources directly.
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 Do you have a computer or printer not working in your classroom? If so, you need to fill out a ticket on New Hartford's Web Help Desk, the district's tech repair reporting system. Once you go to the website, simply enter your OS X name and password to sign into the system.
After signing on, you can report problems, view FAQs about common tech problems in the district, even track the status of your repair request! Go to the site and tech help will heading your way soon! |
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