JANIE SPAHR MARCH BLOG

I SPENT MUCH OF MY TIME IN MARCH HELPING WITH WRITING ASSESSMENT TESTING ONLINE. WE HAVE SUCH A PROBLEM WITH BANDWIDTH AT OUR SCHOOL. EVERYTHING RUNS SO SLOWLY, BUT THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THIS BETTER FOR NEXT YEAR. I RECEIVED A NEW DESKTOP COMPUTER WITH MY LEA FUNDS. I ALSO GOT A PORTABLE WIRELESS HP PRINTER. IT IS SO NEAT. I AM GOING TO LET OUR AUTO TECH STUDENTS TAKE IT TO USE AT THE FORD AAA MOTORSKILLS COMPETITION IN APRIL. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING AN IPAD. HOWEVER, THEY ARE SO HARD TO FIND THESE DAYS. I'M ALSO GOING TO GET A NEW LEXMARK GENESIS ALL IN ONE PRINTER, COPIER, SCANNER, AND FAX. THEY CLAIM TO BE 3 SECONDS FROM SCAN TO FILE. MY OLD SCANNER ISN'T COMPATIBLE WITH 2007, SO I HAD TO HAVE A NEW ONE. MY COUNTY STAFF IS HAVING A HARD TIME TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO GET 2010 OR WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT VERSION. I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP UP WITH THE SOFTWARE. I HAD ADOBE CS5 INSTALLED ON THE COMPUTERS IN MY LAB, SO I AM TRYING TO LEARN THE NEW VERSION OF DREAMWEAVER. I HAVE BEEN HELPING OTHER TEACHERS LEARN TO USE THE SCANNER. I'VE ALSO BEEN BUSY HELPING OTHER TEACHERS WITH THEIR WEBTOP ACCOUNTS. I PERSONALLY LIKE WINDOWS LIVE AND THE SKY DRIVE BETTER. ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN MARCH WAS THAT I GOT A 46" TV AND A BLU RAY DVD PLAYER FOR MY CLASSROOM. IT WILL BE GREAT FOR WEBINARS AND ESEMINARS AND GOTO MEETINGS! SHARON AND I SKYPED, WHICH WAS PRETTY INTERESTING AND WE ALSO TWIDDLA'D! IF ANYONE WANTS TO SKYPE OR TWIDDLA, LET ME KNOW!