Archive for June 2015
Tech Tip Tuesday: Planning Your Own Conference
In my past life, I may have been an event planner. Ha,ha… but I really do enjoy putting together special gatherings. Naturally when our district (Boyne City Public Schools, MI) thought about hosting a technology conference 2 1/2 years ago, I convinced a good colleague and friend of mine to co-direct the conference with me. While it has…
Read MoreDo those fuzzy and squiggly “CAPTCHA” letters drive you nuts? – SCN Encourager
Well, hang in there! You’re helping digitize libraries all around the world. No fake! Dr. Nancy Colflesh, Ph.D. who spoke at MSPRA about “cross generational communications” last Thursday in Petoskey, Michigan would understand why and how this happened. Me? I’m still wondering why the CAPTCHA developers just didn’t take their money and run. That’s sure what I’d…
Read MoreMSPRA, FOIA, MASB… and OMG! – SCN Encourager
There’s nothing like a little “FYI” time in charming Petoskey. Especially with a state mandated July 1 deadline looming. But thanks to Gerri Allen, the Executive Director of the Michigan School Public Relations Association (MSPRA) and Dianne Litzenburger of the Char-Em ISD, the pent-up anxiety felt by many school communicators due to Michigan’s new Freedom of Information Act “website…
Read MoreAn unusual word of caution preceded one of my first experiences with school surveys
“Don’t mention the Coast Guard.” That’s the parent-teacher conference tip a high school sophomore whispered to me years ago, as she and her mother departed from their conference with a history teacher, and I rushed in to take their place at the table. I had waited in line for an hour for my turn to speak…
Read MoreWhat?!? It’s not “location, location, location” anymore?!? – SCN Encourager
I can’t believe I’m just finding this out. What’s next? Will tomorrow’s breaking news suddenly announce “Hold onto your hat! This just in. Perception is not reality! That’d be my luck. Dang, it’s tough to see popular experienced-based maxims under attack. I need them. They help me navigate our current environment of unlearn, relearn, re-do, un-do, stop, go, and gluten-free.…
Read MoreEven the math challenged among us can avoid the “dimension X” hiccup in GoAnimate
This tip doesn’t offer an old-time rags to riches “Horatio Aspect” ending – but this minor hiccup is gone! Last time, we conquered Hiccup #1 in GoAnimate, finding the right format to add lip syncing to the character on screen. Today, we tackle Hiccup #2, discovering a nifty way to avoid those ugly black bars on…
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