Oct 30, 2016

November 1, 2016 Agenda

On the agenda:
  • Old Business:
    • Fun Friday/Fun Tech review
  • Attendance (use the MM Attendance link on our site)
  • Project Breakout (Mrs. Bond will meet with each group)
    • Tech Support Site
    • Hour of Code
    • Tech Tip video series
  • Project progress reports submitted (one per group; use the Project Update link on our site)

Oct 26, 2016

Project Update: School Approved Games

To help avoid confusion about what can be played at school, the Media Medics compiled a list of school appropriate games for lunch breaks and Fun Friday. Any student (or teacher!) can recommend a site for inclusion through a linked Google Form. So long as it meets the criteria for "school appropriate," it will be added to the list.


Oct 23, 2016

October 25, 2016 Agenda

On the agenda:
  • New Business:
  • Quick lesson: Plickers
  • Attendance (use the MM Attendance link on our site)
  • Project Breakout (Mrs. Bond will meet with each group)
    • Tech Support Site
    • Hour of Code
    • Tech Tip video series
    • Fun Friday Prep
  • Project progress reports submitted (one per group; use the Project Update link on our site)

Oct 16, 2016

October 18, 2016 Agenda

On the agenda:

Oct 9, 2016

October 11, 2016 Agenda

On the agenda:
  • Old Business:
  • New Business:
    • Digital Citizenship Week
  • Attendance (use the MM Attendance link on our site)
  • Project Breakout (Mrs. Bond will meet with each group)
    • Tech Support Site
    • Hour of Code
    • Tech Tip video series
  • Project progress reports submitted (one per group; use the Project Update link on our site)

Next week... Our quick lesson will involve one my new favorite Chrome extensions Nimbus Screenshot and Screencast. It is free, has been been approved for student accounts, and is amazing. 

Oct 4, 2016

How To: Rescue a Stalled Computer, Exit Full Screen in Chrome

Today we talked quickly about how we can help when a computer is stalled:
  1. Have a little patience. Sometimes things don't work as quickly as we'd like. If an update is downloading or installing, the computer may run a little slower. If the user has 15 tabs open in Chrome, things will slow down a bit. If our internet is slow or near capacity, the pages will sometimes take a bit longer to fully render.
  2. Control-Shift-Escape opens the Task Manager (Windows OS). From this menu you can locate the stalled program and close that one specifically. Be careful when choosing apps/programs to exit -- some of them are essential to the functioning of the computer.
  3. Last Resort: Force power off and restart. You've been patient. You attempted to close locked apps, tabs, or windows. You were patient while waiting for any response from the computer. The last resort is to press and hold the power button until the device shuts down. Give it a moment, then restart.


We also talked about how to exit full screen mode in Chrome:
  1. Press the Escape key (top left corner of the keyboard).
  2. Move cursor to top of screen, go to View, choose Exit Fullscreen.
  3. Press the Full Screen Key (Chromebook), located on the top row of the keyboard.
  4. Press F11 (PC), located on the top row on the keyboard.
  5. Alternate-F4 (PC). Note that this will actually close the Chrome window completely.

Is there a solution to either of these problems that we missed? Share your steps, screencast, or link with Mrs. Bond.

Oct 2, 2016

October 4, 2016 Agenda

On the agenda:
  • Media Medic reputation (behavior expectations)
  • T-shirts (possible design, discuss options and perhaps delegate team to research options)
  • Quick lesson -- Dealing with a frozen application/computer
  • Fun Friday in the lab (computer failures, activity options)
  • Project Breakout
    • Tech Support Site (redesign, layout, content)
    • Hour of Code (event in December)
    • Tech Tip video series (based on the Student on the Street link from last agenda)
  • Project progress reports submitted (one per group; use the Project Update link on our site)

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