Tech Tips Newsletter
5-16-06

Tech Tips - Summer Computer Clean-Up

Below is a list of things you may want to do to prepare your computer for the summer break.  If you have any questions, contact me or see your STC.  Thanks to Kim Overstreet, District TRT for these directions.

• Open My Documents on your computer and delete anything that you don't need to keep.
• Any files that are in My Documents that you want to save for next year need to also be saved elsewhere for safety's sake. I usually would save it in my users folder on the server. (Every teacher should have one of these at each school, but they are all located in different places. If you don't have one or don't know where it is, let your STC know.)
• Space on the server may be limited, so if you are saving things in your user folder, make sure that they are things you really want to keep. If you've been using your user folder all year, you need to take this time to clean it out as well and get rid of anything that you don't need.
• You can also save things to a flash drive or pen drive or burn them to a CD if you have that capability.
• Clean out your email inbox, sent folder, deleted folder and other folders.  (For directions, see the tech tip from April 17.)
• I would also delete temporary files and temporary Internet files (right click on your IE icon, choose properties, then you should see a button to delete files).
• Run scan disk. To do this choose START -> PROGRAMS -> ACCESSORIES -> SYSTEM TOOLS -> DISK CLEANUP.
• Run disk defragmenter. These will just help your computer run more efficiently when you come back next year. To do this choose START -> PROGRAMS -> ACCESSORIES -> SYSTEM TOOLS -> DISK DEFRAGMENTER. 

Web Resources

- Elementary Resource  
- High School Resource

• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - from the Discovery School website, this guide "is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning."

• Telecollaborate - this site will give insight on participating in online collaborative projects and resources on how to get started.  It's never to early to start thinking about next year!

Week of May 15, 2006

Monday - BSHS, JCMS
Tuesday - No School
Wednesday - Yates
Thursday - Yates
Friday - IAKSS, Schools as needed

Week of May 22, 2006

Monday - BSHS
Tuesday - BSHS (Last Day for Students)
Wednesday - Yates (Records Day)