TRT Training Day  -  February 2007

Item One:

  • Remember our Norms for today's meeting/training..
  • Clock Hour forms and sign in sheet are at the table in the back of the room under the clock.
  • Parking Lot for questions we cannot get to will be on the white board up front (stickies for these questions are on your tables). If it is out of my control I will get the question to someone who can answer it.

Item Two (starting at 8:00):

  • Just for Fun!
  • PSyncX
      • Lets learn to back up our files
      • Download Here.
      • Handout - I will be building on the fly today to show you how I do this.
      • Video - I will be building on the fly to use in my podcast later in the day.

  • Some Misc. Mail Stuff
    • Because of security issues staff and students will have to use web based email for personal email account access.

  • Podcasting
    • All things podcasting located on my Resources page.
    • We will be using Garage Band 3.
    • You will be posting your podcast to prodev server using your prodev name and password.
    • Handout for posting your podcast to your blog page on prodev (6-8 & WSHS) or on whs (9-12)


  • Strategies for speed on the Macbooks
    • More RAM is the expensive but easiest solution. Programs will run slower if you use non intel native appliations (Appleworks, Office, for example) If you use universal binary programs they will run faster.
    • The Technology department will be purchasing RAM for people on an as needed basis.
    • All new orders will have 1Gb and Superdrives
    • Also run fewer programs at once and they will run better.
    • Clean out your cache files and preference files.
    • Download and use MainMenu
    • If things are really bad create a new user account and transfer your documents over to it using a server or firewire drive, this will allow the programs to create new prefs and cache files and for some people this has been a dramatic help.

  • Grade posting to the grades.wsd.wednet.edu server with Easy Grade Pro.
    • This server will combine all schools and it would give parents the capability to see a student's full schedule with one log in, they could also see multiple students with one login.
    • To participate in the pilot you have to will willing to do the following:
        1. Give feedback on the system's use.
        2. Be willing to be the "go to" support person for the pilot team.
        3. Commit to use it regularily to test the system.
        4. Use the student's 6 digit ID for ID and their Password.
        5. Not use categories. The system will not do categories yet, but you can still use them, only the overall grade will show.
        6. If you can do these things I think you will find the system even easier than the current way we have teachers post grades.
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