May 10, 2010
It's just about time to collect the student MacBooks for the summer for regular maintenance and upgrade. The MacBooks will be wiped clean during summer maintenance, therefore all data will be removed. Quanah ISD will not be responsible for backing up your data, music, movies, pictures, etc. However, we will provide some . . .
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February 1, 2010
In Mac OS X, you can use simple keyboard shortcuts to do all
sorts of things, including capturing images of what’s on your Mac
screen. For example, you can take a screen shot of your entire
screen by holding down the Command and Shift keys and pressing a
3.
If you hold down the Command and Shift keys and press 4, Mac . . .
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February 1, 2010
You’re using Safari to research a paper on climate change and
you find the phrase “anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations.”
What exactly does “anthropogenic” mean?
Here’s a fast way to get the definition of a word you’re not
familiar with.
Hover your mouse over the word and right-click.
Choose . . .
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February 1, 2010
The Mac makes it easy to have multiple applications — Mail,
Safari, iTunes, Pages, iChat, iPhoto, and others — open at the same
time. So how do you quickly switch from Safari, let’s say, to
Mail?
Just hold down the Command key and press the Tab key
(Command-Tab). Mac OS X immediately displays a mini-Dock with icons
for each . . .
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February 1, 2010
How do you quickly find a photo without opening them one at a
time?
Let Quick Look help you. A new feature in Leopard, Quick Look
lets you browse files — photos, Pages documents, Keynote
presentations, QuickTime movies, Microsoft Word and Excel files —
without having to open an application. Here’s how:
In the Finder, . . .
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January 14, 2010
The following information was taken from the Copyright Basics Circular 1 publication from the U.S. Copyright Office.
What Is Copyright?
Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U. S. Code) to the authors of “original works of authorship,” including literary, dramatic, musical, . . .
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September 9, 2009
Read below to find out what the Junior High students have to say
about their MacBooks:
The MacBook is really awesome, I am so glad that we got these
for school! It looks like I have a better future coming.
Because it tells you when you have homework, so no one can
say they didn't know. Thanks I love it. - . . .
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....From the Desk of Terry Allen, Superintendent
June 24, 2009
I hope that all of our parents
and students are having a restful and enjoyable summer. Behind the
scenes, custodians are busy at the campuses cleaning, stripping,
and re-waxing floors for the beginning of another school year.
Maintenance staff is in the middle of trying to keep up with fast
growing grass and . . .
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....student MacBooks
June 5, 2009
INTRODUCTION
In an effort to provide our students and teachers with the tools they need to prepare for the future, Quanah ISD has implemented a 1 to 1 MacBook Program for students in 7th – 12th grades. This packet will serve as information for students and parents. In addition, forms are included that must . . .
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....student MacBook
June 5, 2009
Learning in the Present; Preparing
for the Future
Quanah ISD is pleased and proud to offer our staff and students
in Grades 7-12 access to an Apple MacBook computer and the
Internet. Use of the wireless network will provide QISD campuses
access to numerous software programs and the Internet for
educational purposes. . . .
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June 5, 2009
Welcome to the Student and Parent Information webpage.
Below you will find important information regarding the
school policies and procedures regarding student issued MacBook
laptops.
Quanah ISD MacBook Acceptable
Use Agreement and Parent/Student Signature Form
Quanah ISD 1 to 1 MacBook . . .
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