alastair.turnbull

How much ICT work do Classroom Assistants (C. A.) undertake?
I ask this question because here in my school the C.A.s do quite a lot. They create great banners, take photos, download them, manage them and print photos all on behalf of teachers and their classes. They are obviously a great asset. However, [...]

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1. Skype
I had a meeting last week with a primary GLOW colleague in another school. We hope to introduce Skype to our classes and allow them to talk to each other. Skype is a VOIP (voice over internet protocol) and allows users to use their internet connection for telephone calls and video conferencing, [...]

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I have just made my first video call on my Mac! It was very easy. I used Skype 2.0 for Mac
www.skype.com/download/skype/macosx/
What is good about it for Mac users is that it works well with PC users, and there is no extra cost as you are already using your internet connection (broadband [...]

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Glow is huge. There is so much for teachers to use and get to grips with that it has to be broken down. Too much at one go will put some yeachers into shell shock mode! I think that if teachers see “Glow – the Movie” as an introduction it would raise [...]

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An interesting problem which I would like to share with you, now nearly solved.
We have two SmartBoards. The CD which came with them said it was 9.1, in fact the Mac version of the CD was only 8.1 and if you blinked quickly during the installation you would miss it. Had to go [...]

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Took a hands-on session today after school: logging on to server and where to save work, Education City, Banner, Print Explosion, new digital cameras.
There have beeen a few problems as to where exactly save work on our server. I was able to show how to do this. We have started our trial [...]

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So far this term, I have had to request new passwords for four members of staff who have forgotten their passwords to check e-mail, internet access. Was it such a good holiday?
We have an OS X server. People have forgotten where and how to save work. Yet another afternoon session after school. [...]

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“An intriduction to Desktop Publishing in AppleWorks 6 (Newsletters, Class/School Magazines, Posters”
A good day! All 14 teachers turned up…only had 13 Macs, 2 shared, but no real problem. Covered a lot: use of mini speakers for music as they arrived (good in class), lack of AppleWorks on new Macs, a quick tour [...]

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Has anyone heard of problems with Mac laptop batteries? I have heard about the Sony ones on PCs and the recall with some Mac batteries a couple of years ago but nothing recently. Nothing on the Apple website, as far as I can see.
Got my new HTs new laptop talking to a [...]

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Hello! Is anybody there?
I’m Alastair Turnbull and this is my second attempt at making my first blog. I had typed up in this box everything I wanted to say, but had timed out through our network and could not publish, hence loosing the lot! If I continue with this blogging, which all [...]

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