Post #4 - ActiveInspire Users, Code.org, Printing, Tech Committee, Tumblebooks

 Wishing you all a wonderful long weekend. Please let me know if you have any questions or need technology assistance!







ActiveInspire Users: There is an updated version of the software and driver in our Self-Service. If you use ActivInspire, then you should install the updates.

Here are directions to install updates from self-service. **This can only be done from school.**






CODE.ORG: I will be using Code.org with students in Technology class starting in December. Thank you all for sending home the permission slips with students. I emailed families as well so they should be expecting the permission slip. I do need one for each student before I can create their Code.org accounts. Feel free to send down slips as they come in or collect a bunch at a time. Please do whatever works for you. I appreciate your assistance in this process. 


Printing: Each week there are a lot of unclaimed print outs at the lab color printer area. A couple of things to note:

  • Check WHERE you are printing BEFORE you click that print button. Your computer will remember the last place you printed. If you do not need COLOR then PLEASE CHANGE IT to a black/white printer. This is also the case for your students. 
  • If you send a document to the printer and it doesn't print (due to a printer problem), once the printer problem is fixed, your document will be printed. Only send a document once to the printer, if nothing comes out, please let me know and I will try to resolve the issue. Sending a document multiple times to the same printer will not fix the printer issue.

Tech Committee: The HH Technology Committee met this past Tuesday. We had a great meeting wherein we looked at our software budget. Check out the notes from our meeting here. Our next meeting is on Tuesday, December 10th @ 2:45. All are welcome to join us. 

TumbleBooks - Looking for ways to integrate TumbleBooks into your classroom? The link to Tumblebooks is under For Students - ELA. They have books in French and Spanish too!