Raynes

My name is **Sue Raynes** and I teach 7-8 learning support at Muhlenberg Middle School. I would love to use more technology in my classroom. This year I am sharing my classroom with another teacher and the computer is located on her side of the room. Last year, my students enjoyed interacive lessons on a projector. They also like to watch United Streaming vidoes which relate to Social Studies and Science curriculum.

Here is a sight for teachers and parents of students with disabilities. [|click here]

Facebook seems like a more secure sight where you are in control of what strangers can view and what friends can and cannot see. I have used Facebook to keep in touch with out of town relatives, friends who live far away, high school friends and old friends I have lost touch with. I do not use all of the applications in Facebook, so there is probably so much more I could use it for. My primary purpose is to keep in touch with friends. It takes awhile to know what you post that is private and public to your friends. I think once you get used to it, it is a great tool for communication socially.

I have a Myspace, but I do not use regularly. I may go one once every 3 months. At first, I thought Myspace was easier to use than Facebook, but I now prefer Facebook.

One way to use blogs in your classroom is to post calendar of events/assignments for my classes so parents and students can see what is due and coming up. Also, I created a blog (during another class) for my science class, where students could respond on a weekly topic. Students would earn extra credit and I could assess their understanding of the topic. They would also be working on writing skills while responding. I had also included links to teacher tube videos that were related to the topics.

1. Do you agree with all of the items covered in this Bill of Rights? Why or why not?  Yes, it seems that all areas are covered in this Bill of Rights. The rights are not as detailed as they could be to cover all of the individual problems or situations that may arise.  1. What do you disagree with?  I do not necessarily disagree with any of these rights. I have questions about what educational rights I have for my documents on the computer. I do not believe that an administrator needs to have a reason to invade my personal documents.  1. Do you plan to abide by these guidelines? Why or why not?  Yes, I try to abide by these guidelines as best as possible. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Do you think they leave out anything important? Why or why not? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I would like to know what rights teachers have over students' works in the electronic community. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">What's not covered that should be? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Nothing that I can think of at this time.

__INTERNET VIRUS__

<span style="color: #943634; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Black'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Black'; msolist: Ignore; msothemecolor: accent2; msothemeshade: 191;">2. __<span style="color: #943634; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Havoc, Wedding Virus Neuroquila __<span style="color: #943634; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> is an infectious boot sector virus. Once a computer is infected, you can see the disk drives only when the virus is in memory. If you boot the computer from a floppy disk that does not have a virus, the drives are not accessible.

Approximately three months after infection, the virus displays the following text: by Neurobasher Germany '93/Germany -GRIPPED-BY-FEAR-UNTIL-DEATH-US-DO-PART-

The Neuroquila virus targets the antivirus programs, ThunderByte and Central Point Anti-Virus, to attempt to prevent them from detecting the virus.

<span style="color: #943634; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191; msoansilanguage: EN; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Black'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Black'; msolist: Ignore; msothemecolor: accent2; msothemeshade: 191;">3. <span style="color: #943634; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">__Win32/Agent__ is a major threat to several end users as it copies itself into the temporary locations and steals information from the infected PC. This malicious code adds entries into the registry, creating several files at different places in the system folder, allowing it to run on every startup. This way complete information is gathered about the infected PC and then transferred to the intruder’s PC. As a protection measure, use a good anti-malware, disable Autorun facility in windows and do not click or open any unknown files.

__EMAIL SCAMS__

<span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 9pt;">**<span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Email flier claims baby carrots sold in supermarkets pose a consumer health risk because they're processed in chlorine. **<span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> BABY CARROTS YOU BUY IN THE SUPERMARKETS <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> The following is information from a farmer who grows and packages carrots for IGA, METRO, LOBLAWS, etc. The small cocktail (baby) carrots you buy in small plastic bags are made using the larger crooked or deformed carrots which are put through a machine which cuts and shapes them into cocktail carrots. most people probably know this already.What you may not know and should know is the following: once the carrots are cut and shaped into cocktail carrots they are dipped in a solution of water and chlorine in order to preserve them (this is the same chlorine used your pool) since they do not have their skin or natural protective covering, they give the m a higher dose of chlorine. You will notice that once you keep these carrots in your refrigerator for a few days, a white covering will form on the carrots, this is the chlorine which resurfaces. At what cost do we put our health at risk to have esthetically pleasing vegetables which are practically plastic? We do hope that this information can be passed on to as many people as possible in the hopes of informing them where these carrots come from and how they are processed. Chlorine is a very well known carcinogen. Please let us make this information available to as many people as possible.If you care about your family and friends, pass it on. <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">
 * <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 9pt;">Description: **<span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 9pt;"> Email flier
 * Circulating since:** March 2008
 * Status:** False

<span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 9pt;">**Analysis:** It's true that baby carrots (aka "cocktail carrots") were originally produced by cutting and trimming odd-shaped or broken carrots into a uniform, smaller size (though now they're made from carrots grown specifically for the purpose). <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 9pt;">It's also true that baby carrots are typically washed in a chlorine-and-water solution before packaging (as are other ready-to-eat fresh vegetable products, such as bagged salads). None of this is harmful to your health, says Dr. Joe Schwarcz, professor of chemistry at McGill University. The whole point of washing vegetables with chlorinated water is to //protect// consumers' health by reducing bacteria that could cause foodborne illnesses. The "white covering" mentioned above which sometimes appears on the surface of refrigerated carrots (known as "white blush" in the industry) is a harmless discoloration resulting from moisture loss and/or abrasion during storage. It has nothing to do with chlorine and does not affect the taste or nutritional value of the carrots.

__INTERNET POLICY__ <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Elephant; mso-fareast-font-family: Elephant; msoansilanguage: EN; msobidifontfamily: Elephant; msofareastfontfamily: Elephant; msolist: Ignore;">6. <span style="font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">A secretary on the campus of a tax-supported university has been requested to give her staff password to her supervisor. The supervisor would like to check the secretary’s e-mail when she is not at work to see if departmental-related mail is coming in. The secretary is not comfortable giving her password to her supervisor, but is afraid to say no. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Elephant','serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Under the system security section of Muhlenberg’s AUP says, “…under no circumstances should you provide your password to another person.” You should also notify the Superintendent or system administrator if any security issues arise.

__GOOGLE EARTH__ <span style="color: #943634; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">I have used Google Earth in class to show students geographical features of areas/countries we are currently studying. They love flying from one place to another! We have also used it to look at the school grounds, also.

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Jing File to review Pens and Mark Steps of the Sentence Writing Strategies

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__VIDEO CONFERENCING__ I learned that video conferencing is a great way to collaborate with other teachers who you would never have the opportunity to meet or work with. I also learned that it can be very motivating to students to get involved in curriculum topics with other students who are also studying that same topic. It appeared to be easy to set up. As Sue mentioned, this is a great tool for students to know how to use and feel comfortable with since more companies are using this as a way to interview prospective employees. Some other websites I found relating to video conferencing were: [] [] []

__WEBQUEST__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Mrs. Raynes Wikispace​ ​