mon causes is a message will ap-pear saying you have a virus alongwith instructions to go to a certainwebsite or click a link to fix theproblem. These messages are bo-gus.Before distribution the techs
create an “image” with all the pr
o-grams and settings needed
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this isthen cloned to all the laptops (theyalso create images for the labcomputers). The image for ourlaptops includes Symantec Antivi-rus Client. This includes real-timeprotection for which updates areautomatic as long as you log intoNovell. When the real-time pro-tection detects a virus a messagewill appear with the name of thevirus, the name of the file andwhat Symantec has done. It willnot direct you to do anything.Any message that appears direct-ing you to click or purchase is bo-gus. Do not even close the mes-sage as that often begins thedownload of the virus. The bestthing you can do when one of these messages appears is poweroff your laptop, manually if youmust (hold the power button untilthe laptop shuts off).
Tools for Reading, Writing, andThinking are in-depth graphic or-
ganizers designed “to help st
u-dents engage in rigorous thinking,organize complex ideas, and scaf-fold their interactions with texts.They should not be used simply asworksheets or activities for theirown sake.
”
These tools include an “ac
a-
demic organizer” –
a note-takingpage with helpful reminders in themargin that help students to de-fine, summarize, serialize, classi-fy, compare, and analyze ideasand concepts. There are organiz-ers for cause and effect, com-pare/contrast, fact/opinion, charac-ters, inference and more. All thetools are in PDF format to makethem easy to download and/orprint.
"Interactives" provides educa-tors and students with strategies,content, and activities that can en-hance and improve students' skillsin a variety of curricular areas.Math interactives include
“Geometry 3D Shapes”, “Math inDaily Life”, “Metric Conve
r-
sions”, and “Statistics”.
Science interactives include
“Amusement Park Physics”,“DNA”, “Dynamic Earth”, “Ga
r-
bage”, “The Periodic Table”, and“Weather”.
There is a United States HistoryMap
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“
Become a geography whizas you learn how the United Stateswas settled. Discover how the con-tinent was irrevocably changed byEuropean colonization, the eventsthat caused the wholesale dis-placement and decimation of theland's original inhabitants, andhow the 50 states came to beformed.
”
Language interactives include
“Elements of a Story”, “Historical
and Cultural Cont
exts”, “Liter
a-
ture” and “Spelling Bee”
(listen toa story and then spell words fromthe story).
Sexting and Teens
From NetSmartz:Sexting is an emerging trendamong young people involvingsharing of sexual images and textsvia cell phones. Due to the wide-spread availability of mobile tech-nology, the sky-high hormone le-vels of young people, and the dif-ficulty that they can have under-standing the consequences of theirdecisions, not-so-innocent textmessages arebeing sent fromcell phones allover America.The following isavailable in PDFformat by clicking the title:
THINK ABOUT THE CONSE-QUENCES
of taking, sending, orforwarding a sexual picture of
someone underage, even if it’
s of you. You could get kicked off of sports teams, face humiliation,lose educational opportunities, andeven get in trouble with the law.
NEVER TAKE
images of your-
self that you wouldn’t want ever
y-one - your classmates, your teach-ers, your family, or your employ-ers - to see.
BEFORE HITTING SEND
, re-
member that you can’t control
where this image may travel. Whatyou send to a boyfriend orgirlfriend could easily end up withtheir friends, and their friends, and
their friends…
IF YOU FORWARD
a sexualpicture of someone underage, youare as responsible for this image asthe original sender. You couldface child pornography charges,go to jail, and have to register as asex offender.
REPORT
any nude pictures youreceive on your cell phone to anadult you trust. Do not delete themessage. Instead, get your parentsor guardians, teachers, and schoolcounselors involved immediately.
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