Re: [tech-geeks] OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

That is just plain wrong. Principals are not part of the teachers' union and they are part of TRS. If you hold a valid certificate and are employed as a certified staff member - and tech coordinators do count - then you should be in TRS. I am not part of the teachers' union nor am I conside

Re: [tech-geeks] Asset Tags

I would definitely include vendor and purchase price. You can always leave those fields blank if you don't know but it would be good info to have in the case of an insurance claim. Joel A. Brondos wrote: Thanks for that lead. I've been looking for something like this for a while. Anybody wa

Re: [tech-geeks] OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

I should have made a side note: I do not have a cert nor am I allowed to receive one if I want to stay in my current position. Thanks, Jared Lynn PORTA CUSD #202 Technology Coordinator Email: jl...@porta202.org Phone: 217-501-4920 On Oct 13, 2010, at 7:30 AM, JimHays wrote: > That is just plain

Re: [tech-geeks] OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

If you don't have a certificate then I don't think you can be in TRS. Jared Lynn wrote: I should have made a side note: I do not have a cert nor am I allowed to receive one if I want to stay in my current position. Thanks, Jared Lynn PORTA CUSD #202 Technology Coordinator Email: jl...@porta202

[tech-geeks] Skyward users

Cliff King, Skyward CEO, will be on hand for a special Q&A session at the IL User Group Conference on October 25. The specific session will run from 2:00 - 2:50 in room "River D". This is YOUR opportunity to ask questions Skyward's operations and to voice any concerns and get answers straight

Re: [tech-geeks] OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development for the Autodidact

I know how you feel. I'd rather have you water board me than make me take a single credit hour with that particular institution. From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Bill Kampmeyer Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 3:48 PM To: Tech-Geeks

Re: [tech-geeks] OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

TS If anyone understands the hacking request I should have known it would be you. Exactly the syntax and parameters I was looking for. I know just this week I have in-serviced my assistant, a productive kind and very intelligent fellow only lacking in experience, in the more advanced configs of

Re: [tech-geeks] Google Voice features

yay - it does work exactly as I expected! I called my GV nuber - both phones ran. I answered with cell, spoke for a bit, pressed start and the desk phone rang. Picked that up, hung up cell and it was seamless. --Michael T. Bendorf-- Technology Administrator A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262 217.476.3312 e

[tech-geeks] CT: TRS/ IMRF - Was OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

If I am not mistaken, you cannot participate in TRS unless you are in a position that requires a certificate. I think there may be an exception for substitute teachers since subs can get TRS credit and you do not need a teaching certificate (though you do need a sub card). I also recall a rule

Re: [tech-geeks] CT: TRS/ IMRF - Was OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

That's the way I understand it, too. I'm not on TRS because I'm not certified. But I am on IMRF, as are the rest of our non-certified staff. It was the same way at the last school I worked for. Mike On Oct 13, 2010, at 8:16 AM, Steele, Thomas C wrote: > If I am not mistaken, you cannot partic

Re: [tech-geeks] CT: TRS/ IMRF - Was OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

They are giving me IMRF... The problem for me is, If I ever wanted to teach a course, I can't because A) I don't have a cert. B) If you teach a class, then you are required to be in the teacher's union (at least in this district). Just slightly frustrating. Thanks, Jared Lynn PORTA CUSD #202 Tec

Re: [tech-geeks] Google Voice features

GVoice is an excellent product. I've been using it as the backend for my side IT consulting company since February and it works wonders. For a free product, I have no complaints. Best Regards, Derrick Wlodarz Technology Support Maine Township HS District 207 South dwlod...@maine207.org 847-692-8

Re: [tech-geeks] Skyward users

Were I attending, I would probably ask about the decision to phase out PaC. I had quite a grumpy group of secretaries on my hands when they had to deal with the transfer of the vaccine area from the very fast PaC to the considerably slower web interface. -Eric On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 8:01 AM, St

Re: [tech-geeks] OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

I wonder what the "official" conditions are whether or not you are in TRS or IMRF? Can districts "choose" which pension plan a tech coordinator is part of? If tech coordinators are part of TRS, is it only the ones who have a teaching certificate who qualify, otherwise it's IMRF? Bob -Origin

[tech-geeks] Moodle Question

Good morning everyone! Question for you Moodle usersneed to find out how to pull the username out of a moodle system. Trying to set up SSO from a moodle system to ours. We can give them the code to run within their Moodle system, just need to know what the "variable" is for the username. T

Re: [tech-geeks] What you don't want to see when reading thelaptop disassembly manual...

Lol Been there, done that..both disassembling and finding nothing wrong putting it back together again and it works plus the extra screws! From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Watkins, Chris Sent: 05

[tech-geeks] Ed Performance Assessment portal

Anyone use this? Your thoughts? http://www.scantron.com/performanceseries/ Bob Morse E-Rate Coordinator Technology Specialist Community Consolidated Schools District 168 708-758-1610 ext. 124 Skype: bmorse68 | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |

Re: [tech-geeks] OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

if the district treats the position as a certified position then you must have a certificate and you are in TRS. If this district considers the position as a non-certified position then you don't have to have a certificate - even though you, personally may have one - that the position is not a

Re: [tech-geeks] CT: TRS/ IMRF - Was OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

They can't require you to be in the union. That's against Federal law. They can, however, require you to pay the dues if you are under a contract negotiated by that union, even if you choose not to join the union. There is a way to teach. If you were only teaching half time or less and nobody

[tech-geeks] Microsoft TechNet and App-V

Anyone using TechNet? Is there education pricing better than buying from MS: http://tinyurl.com/23pvoum The E-Learning piece caught my eye. Does App-V come with the subscription so you can test it out? Anyone using App-V? Brian Tobin DeKalb Community Unit School District 428 901 s 4th st DeKalb,

Re: [tech-geeks] CT: TRS/ IMRF - Was OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

No exception for subs really because you have to have a substitute certificate to legally sub in IL (at least St. Clair County ROE made me get one and keep it up to stay on the list) . I subbed for about 6 years before I retired from the Air Force. Also subbed during prep and lunch when I was an

Re: [tech-geeks] CT: TRS/ IMRF - Was OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

I think the rules you are referring to are pretty old. Richard Kasson wrote: No exception for subs really because you have to have a substitute certificate to legally sub in IL (at least St. Clair County ROE made me get one and keep it up to stay on the list) . I subbed for about 6 years bef

Re: [tech-geeks] Ed Performance Assessment portal

We used it one year and dumped it. Support/Training left some things to be desired and we had little teacher buy-in. Our Dir. of Curriculum could give you more details offline, I imagine. Now that I look at the link, we used the Achievement Series. The site makes it looks like Performance i

[tech-geeks] Windows 7 -Default Profile

Ok, we're finally getting ready to deploy our first labs of Windows 7. We went in and setup a generic user account and set it up the way we want things. (Icons, favorites, app settings like word, etc..). With Windows XP, we simply copied that profile to the default profile. With Windows 7, the

Re: [tech-geeks] Windows 7 -Default Profile

Windows Enabler, works great! http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/speedload/Enabler.htm we also give user local admin rights on the local computer and then set in registry a default user to be a user we created called user, but the windows enabler allows you to use the copy to button in the profile s

Re: [tech-geeks] CT: TRS/ IMRF - Was OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

The rules about who has to or does not have to be in the union are more a case of relationships between the union and negotiations. If your admin and union pull together as they should then the fact that an exempt employee has a skill and certificate that is needed for a specific group of studen

Re: [tech-geeks] OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

Bill, While not etched in tablets of stone, here is the ISBE Official Manual for claiming CPDU's http://isbe.net/certification/pdf/CPDU_option.pdf (scroll to the end for all the options and evidence needed) Their base certification website does have some good information and

[tech-geeks] ESXi "Expert" needed

OK. So who's the ESXi expert on this list? I need to bounce some ideas off someone as we are about to embark on the virtualization road. | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |

Re: [tech-geeks] ESXi "Expert" needed

Am running one ESXi and one VMWare server (both free versions) here. Dylan Dylan Haines Systems Technical Support Manager HB Studios Multimedia Ltd. Box 725, The Hive 37 Hall Street Lunenburg, NS B0J 2C0 Tel: (902)634-8316 ext. 237 Cell: (902)553-0706 Fax: (902)634-3647 www.hb-studios.co

Re: [tech-geeks] ESXi "Expert" needed

I see you in my rear view mirror. Stop tailgating! :) >>> JimHays 10/13/2010 9:23 AM >>> OK. So who's the ESXi expert on this list? I need to bounce some ideas off someone as we are about to embark on the virtualization road. | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription

Re: [tech-geeks] OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

Here's my 2 ¢ http://www.harlemft.org/retirement.html Scott From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Sullivan, Terence [sulliv...@shiloh1.us] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 9:19 AM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Su

Re: [tech-geeks] CT: TRS/ IMRF - Was OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

Sorry I grabbed the wrong thread (I hate OWA) Here's my 2 ¢ http://www.harlemft.org/retirement.html Soctt From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Jim Flanagan [jhflana...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, Octob

Re: [tech-geeks] OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development for the Autodidact

I'm on TRS. Jim From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Bill Kampmeyer Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 4:10 PM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development for the Autodidact

Re: [tech-geeks] ESXi "Expert" needed

I am hoping to actually buy some licenses, but so far the free versions have worked great and are rock solid. Good hardware helps a lot. Having snapshots to fall back on when testing/upgrading virtual servers is only slightly short of miraculous. Dylan Dylan Haines Systems Technical Support Man

Re: [tech-geeks] OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

Excellent Terry, the missing manual. Glad you did not send me a 'let me google that for you link'. Now that I know the rules I can play the game. I will make sure I include SpEd. I personally appreciate the great work you contribute to TG! Thanks Terry! BK On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Su

Re: [tech-geeks] ESXi "Expert" needed

OK, Bob, since you are obviously ahead of me on this superhighway that is virtualization I get to ask you a couple questions. With ESXi do I need to "divide the hardware" or can I play "first come, first served"? In other words: I have a new server with 12 GB RAM. I will dedicate 2 GB RAM

Re: [tech-geeks] CT: TRS/ IMRF - Was OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

They left certified school administrator of that list. Is their supt. really in IMRF? Jim Sent from my iPad Cell 773.396.4638 Chicago 773.463.5494 Beaver Island 231.448.2109 Privacy Notice: The information contained in this electronic message is intended only for the use of the individual or

Re: [tech-geeks] OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

Same here. TRS and not union. Jim From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Jim Flanagan Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 10:25 PM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Cc: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] OT - Illinois TGs Hackin

Re: [tech-geeks] ESXi "Expert" needed

Good to know that the free version is working well for you. You know me and free software. (I learned from the master -> MD) Dylan Haines wrote: I am hoping to actually buy some licenses, but so far the free versions have worked great and are rock solid. Good hardware helps a lot. Havi

Re: [tech-geeks] ESXi "Expert" needed

I think somebody who is a true VMWare expert probably has a real VSphere cluster. I'm in the same boat as Dylan. We have one ESXi box and a copy VMWare Server installed on another. These are running 5 VM's maybe, not a large roll out. What questions do you have specifically if it sounds li

Re: [tech-geeks] ESXi "Expert" needed

To my knowledge, yes, you can over subscribe hardware with ESXi. Curtis McKay Network Administrator Belleville Township High School District 201 cmc...@bths201.org -Original Message- From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of JimHays

Re: [tech-geeks] Microsoft TechNet and App-V

We use MSDNAA and it is $799 for three years. Dana Fellows Computer Technology Instructor / Network Administrator Whiteside Area Career Center 1608 Fifth Avenue Sterling, IL 61081 Email, dfell...@wacc.cc Website, www.wacc.cc Phone: 815-626-5810 ext. 206 Available via phone between 2:30 and 3:30 PM

Re: [tech-geeks] ESXi "Expert" needed

Thank you. Over subscribe is the term that I was needing. I reserve the right to ask more stupid questions as we embark on this wonderful journey It a great day to be a Tech Geek. McKay, Curtis wrote: To my knowledge, yes, you can over subscribe hardware with ESXi. Curtis McKay Ne

Re: [tech-geeks] Microsoft TechNet and App-V

For example, I have 500 Windows 7 Professional product keys that I can legally share with students. About the only thing I can't get is MS Office products, except for Access. Dana Fellows Computer Technology Instructor / Network Administrator Whiteside Area Career Center 1608 Fifth Avenue Sterling

[tech-geeks] kindle question

Does anyone know if the kindle app for android phones will do the read aloud function like a regular kindle? Chris Franzen Technology Coordinator Nokomis School District 511 Oberle St. Nokomis, IL 62075 | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |

Re: [tech-geeks] CT: TRS/ IMRF - Was OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

My sup't is in IMRF. --Michael T. Bendorf-- Technology Administrator A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262 Google Voice: 217.408.0043 "I'm trying to teach myself to ask the same questions that you do during your lectures so that I do not need you any more." A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itse

Re: [tech-geeks] ESXi "Expert" needed

I am running about 14 VMs split over one Dell P710 (VMWare Server) and another test box (ESXi) - the test (old beige) box managed to install ESXi even though it is very picky about hardware. I have done a lot of moving VMs from one to the other using the converter, straigh file copies, and the imp

Re: [tech-geeks] CT: TRS/ IMRF - Was OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

Are you sure? That doesn't seem right. Michael T. Bendorf wrote: My sup't is in IMRF. --Michael T. Bendorf-- Technology Administrator A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262 Google Voice: 217.408.0043 "I'm trying to teach myself to ask the same questions that you do during your lectures so that I do not

Re: [tech-geeks] ESXi "Expert" needed

Good to know. Thanks. Dylan Haines wrote: I am running about 14 VMs split over one Dell P710 (VMWare Server) and another test box (ESXi) - the test (old beige) box managed to install ESXi even though it is very picky about hardware. I have done a lot of moving VMs from one to the other using t

Re: [tech-geeks] kindle question

Doesn't look like it. I don't see the option at all in the menus on my books on the Kindle App on my Android. Mike On Oct 13, 2010, at 9:51 AM, Chris Franzen wrote: > Does anyone know if the kindle app for android phones will do the read aloud > function like a regular kindle? > > Chris F

Re: [tech-geeks] kindle question

What about the Nook? thanks, Chris Franzen Technology Coordinator Nokomis School District 511 Oberle St. Nokomis, IL 62075 On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Mike Oliveri < mike.oliv...@student.rb60.com> wrote: > Doesn't look like it. I don't see the option at all in the menus on my > books on

Re: [tech-geeks] Printer Repair

Striglos out of Decatur always did good work, but they weren't cheap. From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Rodebaugh Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 10:10 AM To: tech-geeks@tech-geeks.org Subject: [tech-geeks] Printer Repair I

Re: [tech-geeks] CT: TRS/ IMRF - Was OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

you know what - you are right - I did mis-speak on that one. mea culpa In any case, my situation is near identical to Jared Lynn's and I guess I should just leave my Sup't and principals out of it as it really isn't my business and I guess I don't know everything about them. (I checked our 2010-20

Re: [tech-geeks] Printer Repair

jeremy, send me the error and model and i'll run it by a coworker of mine to see what he says.. he's sharp as atack on printers/plotters Nate On Oct 13, 2010, at 10:05 AM, "Brian Eggemeyer" wrote: > Striglos out of Decatur always did good work, but they weren’t cheap. > > > > From: tech-g

Re: [tech-geeks] CT: TRS/ IMRF - Was OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

Actually I have encountered Superintendents who have retired in TRS and in the past have insisted that their new position be IMRF so that they can double dip. I think the law change a few years ago made that no longer possible. Most of the double dipping superintendents that I now know of jump betw

Re: [tech-geeks] kindle question

Just tried it. Nope. Mike On Oct 13, 2010, at 10:02 AM, Chris Franzen wrote: > What about the Nook? > > thanks, > Chris Franzen > Technology Coordinator > Nokomis School District > 511 Oberle St. > Nokomis, IL 62075 > > > > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Mike Oliveri > wrote: > Doesn'

Re: [tech-geeks] kindle question

'Read aloud' is a bit that Amazon may flip via DRM. If the copyright holder feels the read aloud will keep you from additionally purchasing the work a second time in audio they will require the bit disable read aloud. Once again DRM only makes things more difficult for those who purchase products

Re: [tech-geeks] ESXi "Expert" needed

Hi. I'm new to this list but this seems like a good opportunity to jump in. 8) At District 214, we have implemented a fairly substantial VI3 setup for over a year now. I had planned to upgrade to vSphere this past summer but ran out of time...hopefully will complete this by either Thanksgiving or

Re: [tech-geeks] ESXi "Expert" needed

I'm right in front of you (meaning I just started too). ESXi does have the ability to over commit memory but I am not sure about the details. There is also memory deduplication on VMs based on the same OS too but I too am a newbie about all of this. >>> JimHays 10/13/2010 9:38 AM >>> OK, B

Re: [tech-geeks] Printer Repair

Lazers Edge in Champaign does all of our printer repairs. Brian Eggemeyer wrote: Striglos out of Decatur always did good work, but they weren’t cheap. *From:* tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] *On Behalf Of *Jeremy Rodebaugh *Sent:* Monday, October

Re: [tech-geeks] CT: TRS/ IMRF - Was OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

Our last two supts - before our current one - both "double dipped". The first retired from here on TRS and moved to Arkansas where he became the supt at Monticello AK - fitting. The next retired from Iowa and came here for 5 years before he retired again and moved back to Iowa. I have perso

Re: [tech-geeks] kindle question

Sorry, I was ranting about the Kindle device, have not tried the app on my droid. I can tell you most new titles I see do not allow read aloud. I know the droid can read plain text to you. Try File Manger or QuickOffice. >From Editorial For the umpteenth time, copy 'protection' only hurts peopl

Re: [tech-geeks] OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

We abide by the CPDU Value Chart published here: http://isbe.net/certification/html/experienced_teacher.htm When I was the tech director for the ROE, my certificate (Type-09 Grades 6-12) was active but exempt. -MD On Wed, Oct 13, 2010

Re: [tech-geeks] ESXi "Expert" needed

Brian First of all, welcome to Tech Geeks. We are all glad you are here. Secondly, thank you for the information. I now have a name that I can go to in case we get totally stuck BRIAN DICHTER wrote: Hi. I'm new to this list but this seems like a good opportunity to jump in. 8)

[tech-geeks] District Blog

Geeks: Does anyone's district have an official blog? Our superintendent is wanting to start one (a general district blog, not just a superintendent's blog), and I'm looking for examples from other districts as to how to lay it out. If anyone's district has one, would you mind sending me a link

Re: [tech-geeks] CT: TRS/ IMRF - Was OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

That's how they can afford the giant luxury RV's that cost more than my house! :-) Thomas C. Steele Technology Director Manteno CUSD #5 -Original Message- From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of JimHays Sent: Wednesday, October 1

Re: [tech-geeks] CT: TRS/ IMRF - Was OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

Yep. I stopped subbing in 1997, but the ROE told me to sub I had to have a sub cert to work as a sub. While I was working as an aide, if I had an hour of sub time, I got an hour of TRS credit. The aide time was IMRF. -Original Message- From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:t

Re: [tech-geeks] Ed Performance Assessment portal

We've been using the Performance Series (not the Achievement series) for several years now. It suits our purposes (and is less labor intensive than NWEA MAP, though MAP has good but costly training sessions). We also use STAR Math and STAR Reading to cross check. Results are pretty similar). The d

Re: [tech-geeks] ESXi "Expert" needed

You can oversubscribe memory. I highly suggest not doing this. You can and probably will have performance degradation with overcommiting memory if your servers start feeling some pressure. However, if you give it 10gb and it only ever uses 3, you probably won't see a performance hit. Which l

Re: [tech-geeks] kindle question

Thanks for checking guys. I do agree with your stance Bill that by not allowing the read aloud feature they are only hurting themselves. Society in general is all to often blinded by the dollar. Chris Franzen Technology Coordinator Nokomis School District 511 Oberle St. Nokomis, IL 62075 On W

Re: [tech-geeks] CT: TRS/ IMRF - Was OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

You have to have a sub certificate in order to sub but they are not hard to get and you don't have to qualify for a teaching certificate in order to get a sub certificate. You do have to hold a 4 year degree - at least you used to. Richard Kasson wrote: Yep. I stopped subbing in 1997, but

[tech-geeks] What's taking up my hard drive space . . . Utility?

I've got a hard drive which is nearly full . . . and doesn't need to be. Aside from the obvious disk cleaning, do you know of any MD$ utilities which map out directories/folders so I can easily discover (and not overlook) anything that's taking up the bulk of HD real estate? Joel Brondos Brookfiel

Re: [tech-geeks] What's taking up my hard drive space . . . Utility?

In these situations I use jDisk report http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/ Scott From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Joel A. Brondos [jbron...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 10

Re: [tech-geeks] What's taking up my hard drive space . . . Utility?

WinDirStat --Michael T. Bendorf-- Technology Administrator A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262 217.476.3312 ext. 2019 Cellular: 217.306.6824 "I'm trying to teach myself to ask the same questions that you do during your lectures so that I do not need you any more." A good teacher is like a candle - it cons

Re: [tech-geeks] What's taking up my hard drive space . . . Utility?

Tree Size Pro http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/ On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Joel A. Brondos wrote: > I've got a hard drive which is nearly full . . . and doesn't need to > be. Aside from the obvious disk cleaning, do you know of any MD$ > utilities which map out directories/folders so

Re: [tech-geeks] need recommendation for web based group calendar

Hi Steve et al, Thanks for the great discussion and the link to phpicalender. I love it. It's a great way to "skin" google calendars. I think we'll proceed that way. By the way how do you like Zimbra and can you compare it with Exchange/outlook at all? Thanks! John On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 9:35

Re: [tech-geeks] ESXi "Expert" needed

Feel free to contact me also. My experience with VMware is: 3 years with a consulting firm, heavy vmware work. Started with ESX2 up till current. I've configured HA clusters, DRS, Vmotion. iSCSI, NFS, replication configurations on NetApp and EMC sans. I currently hold VCP3 and VCP4 certs In the

[tech-geeks] Virtual Windows XP Mode for Windows 7

While trying to deal with the fact that my HP Scanjet 6320C scanner doesn't have drivers for Windows 7, I found out about this "Virtual XP Mode" for Windows 7 -- and I'm hoping that it might open up other possibilities for me. But then, I'm often a fool running in where cyberangels fear to tread.

Re: [tech-geeks] What's taking up my hard drive space . . . Utility?

I've used jdisk in the past but now use windirstat as Michael stated all the time. It can take some time (few minutes) to scan a full drive but it makes it easy to drill down to the issue. Curtis McKay Network Administrator Belleville Township High School District 201 cmc...@bths201.org

[tech-geeks] Philadelphia School District Settles Webcam suit

Techies, this just came across the wire. The Philadelphia school district that made the news earlier this year settled out of court for more than $600,000 even though all parties were cleared of any wrongdoing. School District Settles WebcamGate Settlement worth more than $600,000 By DAN STAMM

Re: [tech-geeks] Philadelphia School District Settles Webcam suit

Saw that this morning. I recall asking this list months ago if they had heard any resolution - and now we see some. Very interesting case. --Michael T. Bendorf-- Technology Administrator A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262 Google Voice: 217.408.0043 "I'm trying to teach myself to ask the same questions tha

Re: [tech-geeks] What's taking up my hard drive space . . . Utility?

Consider this a third vote for WinDirStat. >>> On 10/13/2010 at 8:50 AM, "McKay, Curtis" wrote: I’ve used jdisk in the past but now use windirstat as Michael stated all the time. It can take some time (few minutes) to scan a full drive but it makes it easy to drill down to the issue. Curtis

Re: [tech-geeks] ESXi "Expert" needed

LTC3 and 4 Shared services is running a clustered ESXi 4.x environment with about 15-20 Virtual servers, including IIS, Windows 2008, 2003, SQL, Exchange, etc. etc. The brains behind this build out was Brian Ethington from PlanetEd, inc. Sadly, Brian has moved on, but PlanetEd is alive and ki

Re: [tech-geeks] OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

Thank you MD! I will certainly abide by it also. BK On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Mark Drone wrote: > We abide by the CPDU Value Chart published here: > > http://isbe.net/certification/html/experienced_teacher.htm > > When I was

[tech-geeks] Adobe Visual Communicator

Hello, My last and BEST hope Tech Geeks. I have Adobe Visual Communicator 3.0 installed on a workstation. When I try to start the program I get this error... VisualCommunicator Unexpected Termination. Module VisualCommunicator.exe ... numbers and more junk!!! I have looked online and

Re: [tech-geeks] Philadelphia School District Settles Webcam suit

Just saw - this reporter still calls it "WebcamGate" - wow, really... --Michael T. Bendorf-- Technology Administrator A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262 Google Voice: 217.408.0043 "I'm trying to teach myself to ask the same questions that you do during your lectures so that I do not need you any more." A

Re: [tech-geeks] What's taking up my hard drive space . . . Utility?

I use FoldersReport http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/folrep.html I have used WinDirStat but personally like this one better (just a matter of personal preference). Thomas C. Steele Technology Director Manteno CUSD #5 From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org

Re: [tech-geeks] Adobe Visual Communicator

This guy runs a Visual Communicator group and seems to know all the answers -- and provides many resources: Rob Zdrojewski. Contact him through his "TeachMeVC" website. You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Adobe Visual Communicator Users" Google group. Visit our group

Re: [tech-geeks] CT: TRS/ IMRF - Was OT - Illinois TGs Hacking Professional Development forthe Autodidact

I really wasn't inferring that it was difficult, just that subs had to have one and that's why they were allowed in TRS. It was definitely a lot easier than getting a teaching certificate. -Original Message- From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org

Re: [tech-geeks] What's taking up my hard drive space . . . Utility?

Nirsoft has some excellent other utilities that are worth taking a look at too. From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Steele, Thomas C [tste...@manteno5.org] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 11:09 AM To: T

Re: [tech-geeks] Adobe Visual Communicator

had some weird stuff lately with our CS4 volume license when photoshop was installed on one machine and then that image was fogged to others. The others would start PS and then just drop it with no warning or error message. Event viewer offered some clues, but installing on each machine separate

Re: [tech-geeks] District Blog

We have an announcement page with news. We put out a small publication each week that has a letter from the principal and we post that too, so yes, kind of. It isn't a blogspot or wordpress type of blog though. Bob >>> "Aaron Kurtz" 10/13/2010 10:22 AM >>> Geeks: Does anyone’s district ha

Re: [tech-geeks] kindle question

Correct: they had to enable the bit after pressure by publishers. However, it looks like the feature doesn't even exist on the apps. I tried it on the Kindle for Mac as well, and no voice prompts or anything in the menu, even on public domain works like Dracula. Can't highlight to get Mac VoiceO

Re: [tech-geeks] Virtual Windows XP Mode for Windows 7

Worked for everything I needed it to do except pass through a USB infrared HID device for my son's blood sugar monitor. I hear that VirtualBox will do the passthrough but I figured out how to hack the installer to run the software on Windows 7. >>> "Joel A. Brondos" 10/13/2010 10:51 AM >>> Wh

Re: [tech-geeks] District Blog

We just switched over to WordPress and enabled the network blog feature in 3.0. It's still in development, but the blog part of each page is used by the building principals to make announcements, and on the district page we can use it for emergency closings, etc. www.rb60.com Mike On Oct 13,

Re: [tech-geeks] District Blog

Windows Sharepoint Services might be worth looking at, if you have a server for it. From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Mike Oliveri [mike.oliv...@student.rb60.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 11:2

Re: [tech-geeks] ESXi "Expert" needed

Hey Andrew, I think I'll call you for advice! I'm going to schedule it after I finish our upgrade to vSphere. How was the VCP4 exam for you? On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Ekhoff, Andrew wrote: > Feel free to contact me also. My experience with VMware is: > > 3 years with a consulting firm, h

[tech-geeks] OT- Rate Your Computer

For those of you who have Windows 7, just out of curiosity, what do you get from the Windows Experience Index. You can find this if you right click computer, and select properties. I get a 7.8, Dana Fellows Computer Technology Instructor / Network Administrator Whiteside Area Career C

Re: [tech-geeks] Philadelphia School District Settles Webcam suit

The amount of $ going to the lawyers is ridiculous. 240% more going to the lawyers than than the main kid involved is wrong. Chris Franzen Technology Coordinator Nokomis School District 511 Oberle St. Nokomis, IL 62075 On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Michael T. Bendorf wrote: > Just saw -

Re: [tech-geeks] OT- Rate Your Computer

4.7 - It's determined by the lowest score, which in my case is the graphics card. Grady Niles Network Administrator O'Fallon School District 90 From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Dana Fellows Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 11:43 AM

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