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Do you have a Promethean board in your classroom? Do you have activstudio installed on your computer? Have you thought to yourself, “What else can I do with this?”

Well this is the class for you! The Technology Trainers from the Department of Instructional Technology have teamed up to provide you a class that will help you  “light the flame of learning.”

Here is the REGISTRATION page.

Here’s a great post from LifeHacker. Check it out.

Recycle Electronics for Free by Mail

Recycle your old electronics for free with the US Postal Service’s new “Mail Back” program. The program, which allows you to discard your used electronics in an environmentally friendly manner, provides free envelopes in 1,500 post offices to handle everything from inkjet cartridges to cell phones and MP3 players. The postage-paid Mail Back envelopes are located in post office lobbies, and you can take as many as you want for free. Currently the pilot program supports 10 areas, including Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., but could go nationwide this fall if the trial is successful. If you’re not part of the pilot program, you can still recycle cell phones, computers, and more if you know where to look.

Integration Ideas Using a Document Camera (.doc)

101 Ways to use the Visualizer with Instruction (.doc)

Steps to make closed captioning (CC) work in Windows Media Player 11:

1. Download the video and CC file from Discovery Streaming to the same directory, and make sure they have the same name. The video file can be an ASF, ASX, or WMV. The CC file must be a SMI file.

2. Open the video file you downloaded. Windows Media Player should run.

3. Open the “Play” menu (if you do not see the Play menu, press the ALT key on the keyboard). Select “Lyrics, captions, and subtitles”, and click “On if Available”.

4.  Open the “Tools” menu, and click on “Options”.  Select the “Security” tab.  Make sure the following boxes ARE checked:  “Run script commands when present”, “Run script commands and rich media streams when the player is in a Web page”, and “Show local captions when present”.  Click the “OK” button.

5.  Close Windows Media Player.  Open the video file again, and it should play with captions.

– Jason Braddy
Manager, Technical Services

If you have a laptop with a “pointing stick,” or “blue knobby gizmo,” you may have had the experience that your cursor jumps around as you type. This can be especially annoying if you are typing something from an article and not watching the screen.Here’s how to disable the pointing stick.

Latitude E6400

1. Disable Pointing Stick:
   • Click on Start>Settings>ControlPanel>Mouse (double-click)
   • Click on “Big Brown Arrow,” Button Settings, Device Select
   • Disable Pointing Stick and Stick Buttons
   • Click “Apply”

Latitude D630

1. Download this driver ~Thanks to Efrin Ortiz for finding and sharing the driver.
2. Install the driver (restart if prompted)
3. Disable Pointing Stick:
   • Click on Start>Settings>ControlPanel>Mouse (double-click)
   • Click on “Big Brown Arrow,” Button Settings, Device Select
   • Disable Pointing Stick and Stick Buttons
   • Click “Apply”

 Latitude D620: Disabling Pointing Stick