Saving E-mail

It has come to my attention recently that many of you do not know that you can save your email on your own local hard drive. You probably have noticed that after 30 days email disappears from your file cabinets that you thought you had saved. (that's 30 days from the time that particular email hit your inbox!). The question is WHY?

Let's see PTS has over 10,000+ email hitting our mailboxes each day plus all the attachments (documents and pictures) that are included in our mail. If all that was saved on the main email server, it would fill up and die in about three weeks. In fact, that is what happened in the early days of PTS getting email capability. While we have upgraded and increase the size of our email server, it just can not keep all the mail that we get. So it is set to delete mail 30 days from its arrival.

GroupWise does have a procedure already setup so that you, the individual, can save the email that matters to you on your local computer. The description of how to do this has been posted on our PTS Intranet for about two years. You will need to go the PTS Homepage; slide down the TOC (table of contents) on the left side to PTS Intranet. Put in your username and password. The Intranet appears; click on the Technology Tab at the top. (you may have to put in your username and password one more time); Select from the menu--Email.

You will need to do three things--Read "Setting up Local Archived File Directory", "Archiving Mail", and "Set up Local File Cabinets".

If you have any problems, your building's computer coordinator can help you. If you have problems getting into the Intranet, please email Lynn Duhamell.

Are you With It? Thoughts on Students, Technology, and Teaching

Just found a wonderful video that pretty much says it all about engaging students in learning with technology. We do so much to take away that which is familiar and important to how they communicate (cell phones, IM ability) etc., but we forget that the world and in particularly what their world is now and will become so technologically different from the one in which we grew up. The link below provides you with a video that puts it all together.

The video is embedded below; click on the middle to play it. It is better to play at home or before/after school as it is a streaming video that will buffer (means it plays and then downloads more video and plays again). Please add your comments.

National Library Week is Coming!

Next week begins National Library Week! Hooray for Books and Readers! During these seven (7) days, April 15-April 21, 2007, Thomson/Gale, a provider of online databases, is giving 24/7 access to 24 reference databases "Free of Charge". Included are the following databases:

• Biography Rsource Center
• Book Review Index
• Business and Company Resource Center
• Contemporary Women's Issues
• Declassified Documents Reference System
• Eighteenth Century Collections Online
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
• Health and Wellness Resource Center
• History Resource Center
• Informe!
• InfTrac OneFile
• Kids InfoBits
• LitFinder
• Literature Resource Center
• The making of the Modern World
• 19th Century US Newspapers
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
• Sabin Americana
• Science Resource Center
• The Shakespeare Collection
• Small Business Resource Center
• Student Resource Center Gold
• What do I read next?

During this week go to : http://www.accessmylibrary.com/libraryweek and enjoy!

Portage IMAX Invites Educators

If you did not receive an email from the Portage IMAX Theatre, here's the information. The folks put out an email newsletter that gives screening times and info to educational features. The newest one is for Saturday, April 14, 2007 at 10:00am. They ask you to arrive at 9:30am to check-in. This screening is for the film "Space Station 3D".

I quote from the info stating "Space Station 3D is the story of this unique partnership of 16 nations building a laboratory in outer space -- a permanent facility for the study of the effects of long-duration exposure to zero gravity and the necessary first step towards the global co-operative effort needed if man is to someday set foot on Mars. it is a story of challenges, setbacks and triumphs...and ultimately, the shared international victory of men and women whose dreams exceed the limits of life on this Earth."

You may call 888-447-1361 to register. Register by April 12th.

Keep Up-To-Date with Breaking Technology News!

What the Tech is now subscribing to the online version of eSchool News. See the icon in the right-hand pane. It will always show the latest headline. Just click on the box to go read the entire issue. Selecting Educator's Resource Center link will provide you with links to articles on technology issues, grants, professional development opportunities, and more. Enjoy!