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Children Online Visits Collegiate March 13, 2008

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Doug Fodeman and Marje Monroe from Children Online visited Collegiate yesterday to speak with 4-12 grades, the faculty, and parents about Internet Safety and IMG_0132-400x300best practices.  Their visit was well received with Upper School students reflecting on their online presence, Middle and Lower School students gaining techniques to better protect themselves as they enter the online world, and parents and faculty learning how to better set guidelines and talk with their children and students respectively about Internet use.  

For more information on Internet Safety you can explore Collegiate’s Internet Safety page on Collegiate Connect here or browse the Children Online web site. 

Facebook: Deactivating Your Account February 22, 2007

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To deactivate your Facebook account:

  1. Log in
  2. Click on the My Account link toward the bottom of the left hand links
  3. Scroll to the bottom and click the the link that says Click Here under Deactivate Account.
  4. Follow the instructions.

This is not a permanent deletion of your account, but will stop people from posting on your wall and accessing your account.

Professional Development Day Offerings January 29, 2007

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Functional Word: In this session, you will practice creating stylish documents using Word’s formatting tools, how to digitally peer edit documents, and save time using Office Templates.

Excel Gradebook: A Basic Excel Primer for faculty. Learn how to create a functional grading and budget spreadsheet in this session.

Excel Professional: Using spreadsheets in the office. Special focus on formatting cells, entering data, creating formulas using cell references, graphs and other advanced features of Excel.

Great Presentations with PowerPoint: Ever wanted to create a PowerPoint Presentation but did not know how? In this session you will learn good presentation habits and create a formatted presentation with text and images.

Creating a Publication with Publisher: Ever wanted to create a newsletter, flyer, banner, or some other publication? In this session you will have the chance to create one or more of these.

Getting the Most Out of Your Laptop/Tablet: (for tablet/laptop users) Explore how to optimize the performance of your laptop using hard drive, power management, wireless, and other utilities.

Getting the Most Out of Your SmartBoard: Immerse yourself in SmartBoard use from hooking up a laptop to SmartNotebook skills including capturing images and text from other programs and inserting images from the Gallery. Sessions will also include examples from veteran SmartBoard users.

Getting Your Files Organized: Do you have 500 files in your my Documents folder? Can you never find the file you are looking for? Do you know the difference between the My Documents on the z: drive and, and the LS/MS/US Share Folders? If you answered no, sign up for this session.

Getting the Most Out of FirstClass: Do you use FirstClass but feel like there is a lot more functionality that you don’t know about?

Internet Search and Library Resources: Do you want know the secrets of successful Internet Search? Learn about Google Scholar, site specific search, and many other techniques.

How to Change Your Privacy Settings on Facebook January 10, 2007

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“Just thought I would add an easy guide on how to change your privacy settings on Facebook:
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1) Logon to your Facebook.

2) Click on the ‘My Privacy’ link on the left side of the page.

3) Click ‘Edit Settings’ under the ‘Networks’ header.

4) Edit these settings to best suit your needs and click ‘Save’ at the bottom of the page.

5) Your now back on the main ‘My Privacy’ page. Now just one by one to all the ‘Edit Settings’ links on the page and set them so you feel secure.

6) After changing these settings you should still be on the ‘My Privacy’ page, if not, repeat steps 1 and 2.

7) Now click ‘Edit Limited Profile’
8) Set your ‘Limited Profile’ up. You might want to set it to just show basic information, and possibly your wall. Then click ‘Save’

9) Now you have the ability to add certain people to this list on the ‘My Privacy’ page, and they will be able to only see the information you have selected. Also when confirming friends you will notice the option of selecting that they can only see your limited profile. When confirming if you click on that it will automatically add them to you ‘Limited Profile’ list. I recommend you add people to this list who you do not know, or do not trust.

10) Your now done and can feel more secure on Facebook.