Computer Chaos

Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone has heard of a virus and/or worm that gets in and destroys the document that you are currently working in from both the hard drive and the flash drive...rescued files come up coded and/or in notebook format on the hard drive...there is no evidence that the filename(s) even existed on the hard drive or the flash drive. This happened to two documents of mine this past weekend and destroyed hours of my work on the Curriculum Unit. The only proof that the files existed are the shortcuts that can be found through a search of the hard drive...the flash drive has no evidence of the files at all. I had three computer tech. people working on this and no answers! I wondered if it was something with my Word software itself or someone infiltrating my computer.

Nancy

Newsletter Notes

Hi,

My newsletter is going to include articles about the Maud Hart Competition in our Middle School Media Center, a feature article on one of the Maud Hart books that I read, an artcile on Maud Hart Lovelace and the award itself, staff interviews, and more.

Nancy

Brochure Buzz

Hi all,

I've decided that at this point being that I am not actually working in a media center, that the most useful and practical brochure would be an informational type. I am thinking that if I create one on the research process for students that I might be able to use it with my own science students when they complete their own research project. However, I also thought that it would be more fun to work with a more dynamic topic. I could develop a promotional brochure on the Maud Hart Lovelace activity that goes on each year in our own media center at the Middle School where I teach. Students just received the nominees for the 2008/2009 school year and are off and reading. I may just have to flip a coin!

Till next time.

Nancy

P.S. One more fun idea would be to do an informational brochure for teachers on all of the great Web 2.0 sites I have been introduced to this semester. See my widget for LibraryThing that I created at right... Marie introduced us to this latest one. I could also share the Del.icio.us, Wordle, Blogspot, and Kompozer sites along with some of the others that I have found on my own and that would be useful to the classroom teacher.

Poster Plan

I have a couple of ideas in mind for the poster assignment and will probably develop both. Being that my husband started his own business three years ago, I will develop a poster for his booth at the tech conference we attend each spring. He does low voltage wiring...communications, etc. My second idea is to create a poster for the students and my recycling program at the school where I teach. My students developed a slogan last year, "Go Green to Get Green", being that the program receives monies for some of the recycled items (popcans, cell phones and ink/laser cartridges). We also collect the Land O' Lakes milk caps which earn 5 cents a piece. The students use the funds to finance science related activities and field trips.

Nancy