Purchasing Discounted Microsoft Software

In the past, the Microsoft "Work-at-Home" license allowed us to sign out a copy of Microsoft Office for teachers to install on their home computers. The latest version of Office does not have this type of licensing. However, the county has an agreement that allows teachers to purchase Microsoft products at a fraction of the retail cost... sometimes as much as 80% off! Use the link below to access a secure document on the private side of GAfE. For obvious reasons, we cannot publish the link to the discount site directly on this website.

DISCOUNT SOFTWARE INFO

IMPORTANT: Do NOT share this information with others! This is for county employees only! We're all professionals - please respect this policy.

Modifying the Dock on Your MacBook

Some teachers have noticed that they can't remove applications from the dock that they themselves haven't added. This feature was added by the county to prevent anyone from accidentally removing their network drives. However, if you'd really like to make changes to the applications on the dock anyway, follow this link to see the directions to do so. They're a bit involved, so be prepared.

http://oit.hcpss.wikispaces.net/dockosx

Scheduling a Mobile Computer Lab

Need to schedule a mobile lab? Use the following links to check the schedule! NOTE: These are on the private side of GAfE - login required.

• Blue Lab
• Yellow Lab
• BYOD Lab

Only media staff have edit capabilities, so in order to make a reservation, simply email Kathleen Markley, Michael Ahr, AND Virginia Jarvis (all three please!) with the periods you would like to request. One of us will get you scheduled. The AM time slot is for periods 1-3, and the PM time slot is periods 4-6. Time must be allowed for transport or recharging, so please be specific.

Submitting Hawk Talk Announcements

For new staff and as a reminder to veteran teachers:

Here are the guidelines for submitting an announcement for Hawk Talk or the looping slideshow.

For Hawk Talk:

• Announcement should be of a reasonable length and in natural spoken language - no posters or flyers please!
• Include a date range which you would like your announcement read - maximum of two weeks.
• Sponsor signature must accompany all club announcements unless you email it to me yourself.
• Place announcement in the submission box on the Information Desk in the media center or email it to me.
• Announcements must be submitted by 9:00 to be read that day.

For Looping Slideshow:

• Condense your announcement so that it will fit on a single slide without the need for small text.
• Consider having your club members create their own slide and emailing it to me. I accept PowerPoint, Keynote, or image files (JPG, GIF, PNG, etc.).
• Slides can run indefinitely, particularly if you are announcing your weekly club meeting.
• Slides are only for events that are more than 3 days in the future; otherwise it's not worth the effort of making them.

For both:

• If your announcement fits the criteria for both of the above, indicate in your email/submission that you would like both.
• I reserve the right to modify the announcement or the slide to fit the criteria.