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Command & Control-Keyboard Shortcuts
November 2, 2014
Tags: Lenovo, Staff, Staff Laptop, Windows
For those staff members who use keyboard shortcuts frequently, the move from Mac OS X to Windows 8.1 may present the simple challenge of changing muscle memory. Rest assured that beyond that, your most frequently used keyboard shortcuts will easily transfer from one staff laptop to the next. On the Mac, the “Command” key was […]
Google Drive: 2 Ways to Navigate
November 7, 2014
Tags: Google Apps, Google Drive, Lenovo, Staff, Staff Laptop, Windows
Nearly all of the time that School District 21 staff members interact with their Google Drive, they do so in the Chrome browser. This is the best way to use Google Drive and will work for nearly everyone, nearly all of the time. Additionally, during the laptop set-up process, all staff configured Google Drive in […]
Windows 8-Adding School Printers
November 7, 2014
Tags: Lenovo, Printing, Staff, Staff Laptop, Windows
By default, all staff laptops will automatically receive all of the major printers for the school to which the computer and staff member are assigned. Nevertheless, there are times that a staff member will need to individually and specifically add another school printer to her or his computer. These times include: Working at multiple schools […]
Staff Laptops: An update
June 3, 2014
Tags: Staff, Staff Laptop, Staff MacBook
UPDATED (26 June 2014)-While additional details about the specific device and timeframe and steps that staff members need to take in order to prepare will still be forthcoming, the move to new devices for staff members will begin following the start of the school year–around October 1st. Currently, nearly all certified School District 21 […]
New Staff Laptops–Files in Google Drive
September 21, 2014
Tags: Google Drive, Lenovo, Staff, Staff Laptop, Staff MacBook
The key element in this transition is that, at this point, all staff members should have moved their files to Google Drive and should be working in Chrome for everything from email and chat to word processing and spreadsheets. Moving forward, as determined by the staff committee during the 2012-2013 school year, staff laptops will […]
New Staff Laptops–Getting Ready!
September 21, 2014
Tags: iMovie, iPhoto, iTunes, Movies, Music, Pictures, Staff, Staff Laptop, Staff MacBook
At the conclusion of the 2013-2014 school year, staff members were updated on the process of replacing their staff laptops. With the start of the 2014-2015 school year, the new staff laptop was announced. With the laptops now shipping to the United States, it is time for final technical preparations. While the Information Services […]
New Staff Laptops-What to Expect
October 14, 2014
Tags: Lenovo, Staff, Staff Laptop
With the new staff laptops about to be distributed, this post provides an overview of what staff members can expect during the distribution process. Multiple days for each staff member! Each staff member will participate in two days of transition to her or his new laptop. (We anticipate that the Info Services team will be […]
Tax Time: Accessing your W2 through Skyward
November 10, 2014
Tags: Skyward, Staff
At the end of each calendar year, like all businesses and organizations in the United States that employ people, School District 21 must produce a W2 form. The W2 provides a summary of one’s financial records from the year for income tax purposes. In previous years, employees received paper copies of their W2 Form. Now, […]
Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga-Playing a DVD in Windows 8.1
November 13, 2014
Tags: DVD, Lenovo, Projector, Staff, Staff Laptop, Windows
Nearly all of the machines reviewed by the Staff Laptop Committee no longer included a CD/DVD drive. In our personal lives, many of us only watch and listen to digital audio and video content without the use of any physical media. The same will be true at school, though it may take schools, and their […]
Each District 21 school is named after an American author, and learning and literacy is at the center of our Professional Learning Community. The Modern Pen provides a collaborative location in which District 21 teachers can come together to learn the skills that will enable their students to learn new skills and to understand concepts at an even different level than before.
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