Posted on February 7, 2012 by JR
It has been a mild winter here in the area, but you can still enjoy skiing and snowboarding less than an hour away. Paoli will be offering another Teacher Appreciation Day this year, so grab a friend and head on up. Rather than trying to summarize the fine print, pasted below is the text of [...]
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Posted on January 13, 2012 by JR
Don’t forget to sign up for ext alerts from Fox 41! Click here for the form. Also, JCPS is tweeting these alerts, but Snow Fox is a great tool for staying on top of alerts for other counties, U of L, etc. Stay warm!
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Posted on December 7, 2011 by JR
Don’t forget to sign up for ext alerts from Fox 41! Click here for the form. While it’s awesome that JCPS is tweeting these alerts, this is a great tool for staying on top of alerts for other counties, U of L, etc. Stay warm!
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Posted on May 10, 2011 by JR
This came across the mailing list today, and I thought it was worth sharing. If I can add my 2 cents; it is worthwhile to have your machine reimaged, even if you aren’t having problems with it. As machines are being reimaged they are being loaded with Windows 7, a newer and more friendly operating [...]
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Posted on April 20, 2011 by JR
Most of you are in the middle of testing, so your kids might enjoy some good news: They can bring their report cards in to Graeter’s and will get a free kids cone if they have an A. They can also show it to the nice folks at Krispy Kreme and they will give a [...]
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Posted on December 16, 2010 by JR
JCPS now has an official Twitter feed. If you are already following my list of JCPS teachers you will receive their updates. If you aren’t doing the twitter thing, you can receive tweets from JCPS by texting the word JCPSKY to 40404. You will receive the JCPS tweets as text messages. It is another way [...]
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Posted on December 2, 2010 by JR
I know from my usage stats that most of you read the email and RSS version of this blog, which is great. But if you haven’t visited the actual site in a while, a few things have changed. 1. I have tagged all of my old posts, making them easier to search for certain topics. [...]
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Posted on December 1, 2010 by JR
Be sure to sign up for text message alerts from Fox 41. You can pick which alerts you want. Click here for the form.
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Posted on April 29, 2010 by JR
I was looking at some data realted to this blog and noticed a lot of new readers. I wanted to quickly say hello and welcome. The first thing I would like to say to all the readers is that you have several options on how to receive your content. You can select to recieve a [...]
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Posted on April 13, 2010 by JR
I’m not sure how long it has been available, but I just noticed that one of the options on Google Docs is a draw document. I could see this coming in very handy for Tablet PC users who want to collaborate on sketches or diagrams with multiple users at once. At a glance the draw [...]
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