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News Flash on Flash Drives!

I was in my local Target store last night and noticed that they had 32 MB (megabyte) flash drives on sale for $4.99. (When I bought my first 32MB flash drive a few years ago, it was around $30!) Now, how much can you store on a 32 MB Flash Drive? Well, you can't put an entire set of encyclopedias or your iTunes collection on there, but you can fit more than you might think. Go to the website below to learn about all sorts of bytes from "just plain old bytes" to "Yottabytes" (And no, a yottabyte is not when that little green guy in the robe from Star Wars gets mad and bites someone on their leg!)

http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/how_big.htm

Also, you might want to check out your local discount store and pick up a hand full of inexpensive flash drives. You may even consider adding an inexpensive flash drive to your list of classroom supplies for next year.

Cobb Virtual Library... Use it at school or home!

http://cvl.cobbk12.org/

Passwords are needed for home use. (See media staff for passwords.)

Why is my presentation not showing up on the screen???

Okay... You've plugged up, powered on, and logged in. You are ready to show your presentation to your students. Everything is perfect, right? NO! You suddenly realize that what you see on your computer screen is not showing up on the projection screen. Is this a showstopper? Not at all. Simply  push the Fn key and F8. ('Fn' is the purple key below the 'Shift' key, and 'F8' is the function key above the '7' and '8' keys.)

You may have to press the Fn - F8 combo more than once... The Fn and F8 key combo cycles through 3 modes (projector only, laptop only, and projector and laptop).

Flash Drives

Flash drives are also called Key drives, thumb drives or any other name the manufacturer chooses - no matter what the name to get the biggest bang for your buck - look for flash drives that are on sale and get one with at least 512mb of memory.

Access unitedstreaming

Access unitedstreaming through

www.unitedstreaming.com

WELCOME

We're on our way to see the Geeky Guy-Brarian! He can tell us how to change a bulb in an overhead, hook up our laptops to LCD projectors, and even check out books for us! You should visit him too. He'll help you with ALL of your techno-geeky needs! Just save the address in your favorite places and visit often! (To save to your favorites, go to the top of the screen, click on "favorites", and then click on "add to favorites"... Ta-Da!

Cobb Virtual Library

Need Homework help?

Visit the Cobb Virtual Library at http://cvl.cobbk12.org/

CVL consists of nine different online resources that can be accessed from school or home.

See the World from the Comfort of Your Library!

There are over 117,000 libraries in the US! The Library of Congress is the largest library in the country with 29,550,914 volumes in their collection. You can visit the Library of Congress online at www.loc.gov

Have a book suggestion?

If you would like to suggest a title for our "Consideration File", just email me!

robin.wofford@cobbk12.org

Library of Congress

www.loc.gov