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**Welcome to North Mahaska School's Technology Support Site! **
//We will increase the use of online sharing tools to advance technology at North Mahaska.//

10Common Core Curriculum Maps -- http://commoncore.org/free/index.php 2) search and align your lessons with the common core. [|www.commoncurriculum.com]

**Websites shared by Teachers Jan. 23. 2012 In-Service**
[|gaaged.org] Agricultural Education [|http://www.iowaworkforcedevelopment.gov] [] [] [] A kinds of teacher tech support & innovative ideas [|www.librovox.com] Free audio recordings of fiction/nonfiction books. [] Countdown timer to transition from one activity to another. [] [|http://artchive.com] This is a great place to research and look at artwork. [] This is how the yearbook class looks up scores and stats. [|http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com] This is where we double check our grammar for the yearbook. [] This is an easy way to make graphs. They look good, are easily edited, and can be saved as PNGs, JPG, and PDF. We have better luck with these than in Numbers. [|http://www.halleonard.com] [|www.jwpepper.com] [] [|www.musicteachingresources.com]
 * [|http://www.tweentribune] **.com/
 * Music resources **

[|http://nih.gov] [|www.youtube.com]

[|www.pinterest.com] [] [] [|www.cnn.com] [] [] -- For educational presentations - [|www.quizlet.com] [|www.quia.com]  [|http://phet.colorado.edu] Interactive Simulations  [|www.uen.org/] Utah Education Network   [] - virtual manipulatives   [|www.constitutionfacts.com] [] [] **__educational__**  [] This is an easy way to make graphs. They look good, are easily edited, and can be saved as PNGs, JPG, and PDF. We have better luck with these than in Numbers. [|http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com] This is where we double check our grammar for the yearbook. [|www.teachability.com] [|https://education.skype.com]  [|www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teacher/pages/index.aspx]   [|http://en.wikipedia.org]   https://web20guru.wikispaces.com[|http://www.gilderlehrman.org]   [|http://schooltechleadership.org]   http://uceacastle.wikispaces.com[|http://technorati.com]   [|http://www.iwork4school.com]   [|http://www.ncte.org]   **__videos & books__**   [|http://www.gutenberg.org]   [|http://www.schooltube.com]   [|http://www.history.com]   [|http://www.internet4classrooms.com]   **__images__**   [|www.google.com] images - search technology in education   [|www.pics4learning.com]   [|http://www.cartoonstock.com]   **__classes__**   [|http://www.gpaea.k12.ia.us] AEA OnLine -   [|www.aeak12online.org/p/copi.html]   [|www.khanacademy.org]   [|http://moodle.aea11.k12.ia.us]   **__handy sites__**   [|todaysmeet.com]   [|https://www.surveymonkey.com]   [|https://www.remind101.com]   []   [|https://www.zoho.com][|http://www.edmodo.com]   [|http://www.symbaloo.com]   [|http://www.webmd.com]   [|http://animoto.com]   **__government sites__**   [|http://www.boee.iowa.gov]   [|http://educateiowa.gov]   [|http://www.iahsaa.org]   [|http://www.ighsau.org]   [|http://www.iptv.org]   [|http://www.iowahallofpride.com]   [|http://www.iowaparents.org]   [|http://www.idph.state.ia.us]   [|http://www.iowaschoolprofiles.com]   **__Find out if circulating e-mail stories are true or false__**   [|http://www.truthorfiction.com][|http://www.snopes.com]
 * Here is a link to workshop / session materials and resources for the 2012 ITEC (Iowa Technology & Education Connection) Conference.** []

Effective Use of Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom - NICHOLSON []
 * Topics/Links to note:**

Integrating eBooks and Web 2.0 Tools Into the Curriculum and School Community - MILLER []

Grant Wood AEA at ITEC: LOTS of support for iPads []

This was updated 11/4/11. Note there is now a cart in the Elementary conference room with speakers. I replaced the projector lamp 11/4/11. __**Software Updates:**__ Apple periodically releases software updates for the systems that we use. You can do this yourself. I strongly encourage it. Thanks to those of you who have already being doing your own software updates.
 * General Computer Tips** - power, etc.
 * Postini Filtering at MCG** = how to manage email filtering
 * Epson Brightlink 450wi** FAQs and Info = Information on the interactive data projectors installed in 13 classrooms.
 * Presentation Equipment at NM**= chart of where our data projectors, document cameras, etc. are located.

You have Administrator rights over the Macbook, so it will ask for your own password as it downloads the installs. You will need to set aside around 1/2 hour when you won't be using the computer; after/before school may be best.

• Plug the Macbook in to both the power cord and the ethernet network cable. (this will speed up the process) • When you are logged in, quit all applications you have running. • Go to the black Apple menu in the upper left and choose Software Update.... • Let it check for new software. This may take a minute or so. • It will either say Software is up to date or Software Updates are Available. • Click Show Details. • If you are not already at 10.6.7, there may be several items in the list. • Click Install x Items = a blue button in lower right. • It'll ask for your password. • Let it do its thing. It will ask you to click Restart at some point. • When it is all done, it will return to your login screen.