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Thanks again for taking the time last month to complete the laptop survey. After reviewing the results we will be collecting the laptops over the summer according to the following schedule:

• Laptop Re-image Schedule
• June 11th -- High School Drop Off June 29th -- High School Pickup
• July 2nd -- Middle School Drop Off July 16th -- Middle School Pickup
• July 16th -- Lexington Drop Off July 30th -- Lexington Pickup
• July 30th -- Washington Drop Off August 6th -- Washington Pickup
• August 6th -- Marlboro Drop Off August 20th -- Marlboro Pickup

It is really important to the entire process that you turn in your laptop on the designated day. If you work in multiple buildings feel free to choose the dates that work best for you. If you would like to turn in your laptop on the last day of school you may still do so. Your laptop will still be worked on during the assigned week according to what building you work in. Finally, if you have a conflict with the assigned week please contact me directly and we will work out an alternative for you. This will be on a case by case situation. Thanks again for understanding this is necessary and working with us to better serve you.

--Marlington Technology Team

First of all I want to thank everyone who took the survey about laptops. I really appreciate you taking time to give me your input. This input definitely had impact on what we decided to do.

Collecting laptops is a necessary task. It is a task that is definitely time consuming for the technology team. However it allows us to better assure every laptop has the most up to date software it can run. During this time we can also perform any hardware upgrades that are needed as well. That said, I know it is a burden for any staff member to be without their school laptop, even in the summer months. That is why I wanted to get your opinion about what would be the best option for you as to when we collect the laptops.

We have received over 100 responses to the survey and this gives us a good sample of data to make this decision. The answers to when to collect the laptops was fairly evenly spit across the district. The option that was most often selected was Option 2 (Turn your laptop in during the summer with each building having a predetermined 2 week period) with 41% of the replies. There was also a lot of replies for option 3 (turn the laptops in when you check out in June and get the laptops back some time in the summer) which received 25% of the replies. Because of this we will be collecting the laptops this summer. We will be working on a schedule so that each building will know when they need to turn in their laptop. You will still have the option to turn in your laptop at the end of school year when you check out. If you are unable to turn in your laptop when you are scheduled, we will make arrangements with you (on an individual basis) to schedule you for another two week period. Possible acceptable reasons for needing to reschedule include the following.

• Taking a summer class during the two week assigned turn in time.
• Working in the summer migrant program at Marlboro

As soon as the schedule is released, please contact me (Gary Bush) in writing immediately so we can make accommodations where appropriate.

Thanks again for taking the time to complete this survey. Over the coming weeks I will be writing more blog entries about this process and any information you may need about upcoming changes. Have a great week!

We just replaced the old Xerox Phaser office printer this morning. Because of this, a setting will need changed on your staff laptop in order to be able to print. Please follow the below steps to make the change and then try printing again. If you are uncomfortable, please see Diane or another member of the technology team to assist you.

1. Click on the apple menu and choose system preferences.

2. The following window should appear.

3. On the second ling (Hardware), click on the second to last icon (Print & Fax).

4. This should bring up a list of all the printers installed on your laptop. Scroll down the list on the left side and click on the Lexington Office printer.

5. Click on the Options & Supplies button.

6. Then click on click on the Driver tab.

7. Then click on the drop down list next to 'Print Using....', which is at the top of the window. Then choose 'Select Printer Software...'

8.In the little search box at the top of this window, type 4650. Select the option that appears and click OK button.

9. Click on again and then close the system preferences window.

10. Print something to the office printer to verify it works.

Below are the steps to print at the copier from a flash drive:

Today's sessions started at 8 am. The first session was very informative and provided a lot of food information. The keynote speaker for the day had a lot of good information that everyone in attendance needed to hear and be aware of. However his decision to read his speech and have no audio visual prevented many from catching the key points. In fact by the end of the session, probably only 15% of the people where left in the room. Kind of disappointing. However, if you had not prior knowledge, I can see how it would have been easy to tune hime out. Also, the topic was a very polarizing issue. All in all the topic choice and speaker choice were good since the day focuses on Tech Coordinators, however a better delivery method would have engaged more people.

Now on to the next session.

Got a chance to grab a bite to eat, which is always good. The sessions this morning were all in all good. I really liked the first session about flipping the classroom. The teacher who presented offered some good ideas. The keynote speaker for the day was a super-inteligent man who offered a glimpse into the future of what Technology may look like. He also challenged us to invest into the leaders of tomorrow and also stressed how important education is. The third session was about assessing digital content. I learned more about the Ohio Resource Center (ohiorc.org) website. Good content aligned to the Ohio Standards. That brings us to lunch time and a quick break.

As with nearly every Monday morning, it was a bit slow going to get started. However, we all made it to breakfast and to the first session of the day. I am hoping everyone sees at least 1 really good idea today that they can take back to their respective building and share with their teachers. As the technology leaders of the district, we try to immerse ourselves in technology as much as we can in order to better assist everyone else. Stay tuned for recaps throughout the day!

As I am reviewing the schedule for tomorrow, I thought it would be a good idea to add our first blog entry for this years conference. There are many interesting sessions that I will be attending this week and am focusing my efforts on blended learning, flipping the classroom and iPads in the classroom sessions. I am also planning to touch base with several vendors and as usual keeping my eyes open for new an exciting things that I can take back to Marlington. Stay tuned for updates throughout the week!

I have run into this question several times in the lsat week. If your receiving email but email will not send check the following settings to make sure your out going server settings are correct. If you do not feel comfortable doing this or at any time get to a point were you are not sure, contact a technology team member and they will assist you.

1. Open Mail app
2. Click on the Mail menu at the top and choose Preferences.
3. Click on the Accounts button in the toolbar.



4. Make sure your mail account is selected (in most cases there will only be one Account).








5. Near the bottom look for Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) and click on the drop down box and click on 'Edit SMTP Server List...'



6. Select the Server that is in use by your account.




7. Click on the advanced button



8. Make sure the Authentication drop down box says 'MDS Challende-Response'. If it does not Click on the drop down box and choose it.



9. In the User Name and Password you should enter your marlington/email user name and password.
10. Make sure the check box next to Use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) is checked. This check box is directly above the Authentication drop down box.



11. Click OK
12. Close preferences by clicking the little red dot in upper left corner.
13. Quit Mail and relaunch Mail.
14. Messages should now send properly.

In a quick web search I found this article explaining how to setup auto reply in mac mail.

The only additional step I would add is that after you click ok in the last step, Mail asks if you want to apply this rule to the selected mailbox, choose no. It will then only get applied to new messages received. Otherwise it applies to all messages, old and new in the Inbox or what ever mailbox you have selected.

The wireless project is mostly complete for the Middle School and High School. We have the new equipment is installed and running. The first thing you will notice when you come in and try to connect to the wireless is there are three names that will come up in available networks: Marlington_Staff, Marlington_Student, and Marlington_Public. All Marlington owned equipment needs to be connecting to the Marlington_Staff or Marlington_Student network (Staff devices to the Marlington_Staff and student devices to the Marlington_Student network). The Marlington_Staff and Marlington_Student networks are WPA2 password protected. In order to get connected to the proper network you will need to see a member of the technology team to get connected. In the mean time you can connect to the Marlington_Public network till you can track on of us down.

Follow this link (http://marlingtonlocal.org/groups/tech/weblog/509bf/Connecting_to_Marlington_Public_wireless__HS_and_MS.html) to watch a quick video to learn how to connect to the Marlington_Public wireless network. All personal devices (non-Marlington owned) need to always connect to the Marlington_Public network. For the time being, you can connect to the Marlington_Public wireless network just like you did with the Marlington owned equipment. But we are asking you to please register your personal device(s) with the technology department. On the staff information page (Follow this link to get the form to register your personal device, http://marlingtonlocal.org/groups/all_staff/wiki/18642/Personal_Device_Registration.html) you can download a form and fill in the relative information so we have record of your personal device. Some time during the 1st nine weeks we intend to turn off this open wireless option. If you do not have your personal device registered by this time, you will not be able to access the public wireless.

If you have any questions please contact a member of the Technology Team and we will work to help you as best we can.