Setting up the Outlook program on your computer

Some of you are interested in setting up the Outlook mail app on your computer.  It has some more robust functions than the web-based versions.  Below are some screen shots if you are interested in setting it up.

1. Find the Outlook App.  An easy way to search for it is to use the magnifying glass on the top right of the screen and type in Outlook.

2. Once the program is open click on the word Outlook at the top and then preferences.  You will see the screen below.  From here click on Accounts.

3. On the next screen click on Exchange Account. 

4. You will now need to fill in some information.  Fill in the information as seen below.  E-mail address is your e-mail address.  Username is valhallaschools\username.    Password is your password.
Once completed click on Add Account.

 5. You should be all set now.  Give it a few minutes and all of your e-mails should arrive.  At this point you may want to add the Outlook icon to your dock so that it's easy to open up every morning (you no longer need to use web based e-mail anymore).

6. One thing you may want to do is to change the various notification and sounds that are set as a default.  To do this go back to preferences (as you did in step 2) and click on notifications and sounds.

7. You will see the various options.  You can choose to get or not get a variety of visual and auditory notifications each time an e-mail comes in.

Valhalla e-mail on your phone or tablet

Many of you have asked how to set up Valhalla e-mail on your cell phone or tablet.  When you go into the mail app on your device it will ask for some information.  The information below should help you complete those field.


service type: Exchange 2007 or Exchange

email address: your email address (ie. cconciatori@valhallaschools.org)

password: your password

domain: valhallaschools

user name: your account name (ie. cconciatori)

On some Android devices the domain and user name are combined into one field (ie. valhallaschools\cconciatori)

server address: vsdmail.valhallaschools.org

State Standards Reference Apps

State Standards Reference Apps

Mastery Connect has developed an app for each of the 50 states.  With this app you are able to easily have all of the standards for your state at your fingertips.  

You can easily find these apps in your app store by searching "Mastery Connect" or by going to the Mastery Connect App Site. 

Easily determine the Lexile, F&P or other levels of books

If you have books and want to determine what level they are you can use Scholastic's free Book Wizard.  There is a website and an app that you can easily use.  Check out the information for the site and the app.

6 new technology classroom tricks

Thank you to Roxanne F-B for today's tip.  Here is a great website that provides 6 simple tech tips for your classroom.
http://www.teachhub.com/6-new-technology-classroom-tricks

Bird Brain Science

BirdBrain is a site similar to ReadWorks in that it has various non-fiction articles for students to read with questions at the end.  You can take the same article and see it in a variety of reading levels in order to differentiate in the classroom.

Here is a link to sign up: https://www.birdbrainscience.com/schools/instructor.php?ic=PILOTFRIENDS

Video that explains more.

Tips for using YouTube in the classroom

The original document shown below can be found here.

Tech Tips

Heidi Bernasconi

hbernasconi@ccsd.edu

@BioBernasconi

Youtube Playlist

Past Tech Tips

Tip of the Week: Click here for the following Tips Safety in Youtube Advanced Searches in Youtube

Safety in Youtube

Sick of seeing ads in front of your students that you can’t control?

Download Chrome Extension AdBlockPlus

• This blocks ads on Youtube
• Banners
• Facebook advertisements
• Pop ups (you will have to disable or modify this extension for websites that require Popups)

Sick of seeing recommended videos when going to youtube.com in front of your students that you can’t control?

Easy fix:

Youtube is designed to “learn” who you are. Subscribe to baby channels like “Kids Play”, Baby Einstein. Youtube will start to think this account is for a young kid. This will help filter (but not 100% get rid of) inappropriate video recommendations

Other Chrome extensions to play with:

• Quietube
• Turn Out the Lights
• Focus on Videos
• Youtube Options for Chrome
• Cinetonic

What can I do to get rid of the bad recommended videos?

Go up to the subscribe link and click the three dots and hit, HIDE THESE VIDEOS

Is there a safety mode?

Sure is!!! Scroll down to the bottom of your browser

This blocks Comments on videos!!!

Safety Review
  1.     AbBlockPlus blocks ads from videos

2. Safety mode blocks comments from videos
3. Subscribing to baby channels helps filter inappropriate video recommendations.

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Advanced Searches in YouTube

You can set advanced settings in a youtube search to help filter what you are looking for.

Type in your search phase into the Youtube omnibox, hit enter.
You will see a button that says “Filter”

You can search for most recent, length, features, etc.

Result type:

1. Video: searches single videos
2. Channel: searches for channels (Everyone that has a Gmail account has a Youtube “Channel” where you can upload your own videos and where your playlists are stored). If your channel is public, people can search for it and find all your resources you created.
• Link to my Youtube Channel
3. Playlist: about your search phrase (ie. A playlist made by another teacher for the cells unit…...Holla...they did the work for me!)
• link to one of my Youtube Playlists

How to make a playlist. This is an old Tech Tip……..

Notes about Playlists

• You can search for other people’s playlist by clicking filter OR typing in the word “playlist” in the search box.
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• You can save other people’s playlists.
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• OR by hitting save
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• You can merge other people’s playlists into your playlists. Click ADD ALL TO after the three dots
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Other resources for you: 1. North Sign Up  for Tech Time 2. My Youtube Playlist for Google App Help 3. My Google Classes Website (has handouts for each of my courses) 4. 100 Best Web  2.0 tools for teachers 5. 40 Ways to Use Google Apps (great slideshow, not made by me) 6. Chrome Apps and Extensions (Made by Lisa Thumann, a Google Certified Teacher)

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