Computer Chronicles

Be sure to stop by our new FAQ (http://faq.southamboyteacher.com) for answers to your most common questions.



FAQ stands for Frequently Asked Questions. This is an area for you to find answers to the district's most common questions about many district topics (not just technology). Feel free to contribute your own questions and answers or ask a question that isn't posted.

Edmodo is a private microblogging platform that teachers and students can use to send notes, links, files, alerts, assignments, and events to each other.

Teachers sign up for accounts, and then create groups. Each group has a unique code which is distributed by the teacher to the class. Students then sign up (no email address required) and join the group using the code.

Edmodo uses a concept called lockers. All users can add any post or reply to their locker. After posts have been added to a user's locker, they can be organized and filtered using tags. Posts can also be sent directly to a user's own locker.

Edmodo has also added an Assignment Turn-In & Grading System to make this part of the job easier.

Enter the 9th annual Win a Wireless Lab Sweepstakes for your chance to win one of three grand prize wireless computer labs for your school, including 20 notebook or tablet computers, interactive whiteboard, mobile cart, projector, printer, wireless access points, portable document camera, digital camcorder, and a $5,000 digital media grant from Discovery Education.

Plus, 25 additional technology prizes! In addition to the three grand prizes, we're giving away 20 additional prizes, including projectors, notebook computers, and digital camcorders! Each month one lucky winner will receive a projector from NEC.

Enter once per day until May 3, 2010 at discoveryeducation.com/cdwg. Share with your friends and colleagues on Twitter and triple your entry each day.


*No purchase necessary. Sweepstakes runs through May 3, 2010. For complete details, see the official rules posted at discoveryeducation.com/cdwg.

Our Websense Internet filter was recently upgraded, and as a result you might notice some changes in the content. Please be patient as we work out the filtering process. If you have the immediate need for access to a site that is blocked, please click here for details.

As always, if you have any questions, please email Michael.

Here are the steps to setup your Blackberry to get your saboe.k12.nj.us email. We use Outlook Web Access (OWA) so the setup is a bit different.

Email account name: Full Email Address (username@saboe.k12.nj.us)

User name: TRADMIN\username

Email Server: https://mail.trschools.com/OWA (make sure the https is there, not http)

Email Account or mailbox: username

This should give you access. Some of these settings might be under an Advanced option, so look around depending on your carrier.

While we don't fully support these devices, you can email Michael with your questions to see if we can work it out.

We have upgraded our submission process for changing a website category in Websense. You can reach the form from the main website (http://saboe.k12.nj.us) or you can go to the form directly via http://shortlinks.sapublicschools.com/websense.

Before you submit a site for re-categorization, please be sure you know what category it is being blocked under first. Websense categorizes all websites and tells you the category in the notification window.



This category is very important so that your site can be found and adjusted accordingly. If you have any questions, please email.

Attention Middle High School Teachers! In an effort to be more green and save some trees, we have moved the Lab Usage Forms to an online form located here: http://shortlinks.sapublicschools.com/labuse.

Please complete a form for each period you use the lab within one day. We have done away with the seating chart, so keep track of who sits where on your own. If you have any questions, please email Michael.

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It’s budget time again! As we have done in the past, ALL technology budget requests must be completed online. (DO NOT fill out paper requests. No exceptions!)

You can access the directions and the online request form here: http://shortlinks.sapublicschools.com/budget

If you have any questions, please email me.

Please take a moment to read this very interesting blog post:

"You no longer have a choice"

Just a quick post to let you know about the new Beta software available to you. Now you can access the SMARTBoard Notebook software from any internet connected computer. SMART Notebook Express Beta is currently in Beta so you might experience some hiccups, but try it out. Work on lessons from your laptop or home computer without having to install software.




http://express.smarttech.com/#