Information Technology
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Google’s Art Project is Awesome
Would you like to stroll through the Palace of Versailles, Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum or The Museum of Modern Art from the comfort of your classroom? Now you can, courtesy of Google. The search giant recently unleashed a phenomenal collection of virtual tours of the world’s most famous art museums. Known as Google Art Project, students and…
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LibreOffice 3.3 Released
The Penn Manor IT Team strongly values the open-source community. We actively seek high-quality, low-cost software solutions for our classrooms and continually evaluate open-source tools as alternatives to closed-source commercial software. Open-source represents more than zero cost; open-source principles promote technological freedom of choice and a community spirit. Word processing is one of those day-to-day…
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Guest Wireless, Now Available
Can’t put your new holiday gift gadget down? Now you can use your new iPod touch, iPad or netbook on the district’s wireless network. The Penn Manor IT Department has recently launched guest wireless service for students, staff and district visitors. Guest wireless is available at Penn Manor High School, both middle schools and the…
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New Year’s Greetings
I wanted to take a moment to wish everyone in the Penn Manor community the best for 2011. We’ve had an extraordinary number of student and staff accomplishments over the past 12 months. I look forward to new innovations, ideas and successes in the coming year and wish you all a very happy 2011.
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Google Tech Support Care Package
I love this new website: http://www.teachparentstech.org/. “Teach Parents Tech” is a clever Google side project offering dozens of quick videos to help parents or grandparents learn computer and Internet basics. The videos are short and the instructions are clear.