MCPS

Technology Newsletter

April 2005

Email Directory

A searchable database for MCPS email addresses is now available on the Web. It can be accessed at http://directory.mcps.org or from a link on the compose page of the MCPS Web email interface. If you have questions contact your technology coordinator.

SPAM

The email committee has finished its work of reviewing and developing options for dealing with Spam. The goal is to have a more effective system in place for next year. In order to accomplish this goal the technology department will have to test some new filtering techniques. No email will be blocked or deleted, however the subject line of the message will indicate that it has failed one of the filtering tests. If you receive a message that is incorrectly identified, please email your technology coordinator.

Online SOL Testing

Since all computers in secondary schools are needed for online SOL testing, it is imperative that workorders be submitted within an appropriate timeframe.

SOL Alignment Links

Several of the instructional software applications used in MCPS have published alignments with SOLs. A page has been created with easily accessible link to these alignments. You can access this page from the MCPS homepage. From the drop down menu under the Instructional button, click on SOL alignments. The web address is http://www.mcps.org/align/index.html.

Early End of Year Reminder

Please remember the following as the end of the school year approaches:

· Annual maintenance will be performed on the email server this summer. Any messages older than July 1, 2004 will be deleted.

· Since classroom computers will be reconfigured during summer maintenance, individual classroom software should be stacked beside the machine onto which it is to be loaded.

· If you have a Montgomery County Public Schools laptop you must leave it in a central location at your home school by June 5th. Please label the laptop and bag with your name and school. Since laptops will be updated over the summer you will need to backup any files you wish to keep.

· Delete any files from the h drive that you will not use again. Although the technology department will not remove classroom teachers' files during summer maintenance, all student h drive files will be deleted.