Tis the Season to Back up your Data

Windows and Mac users should regularly back up important data and files.  For those of you who don't this is a friendly reminder. 

Cool Story about a Middle Schooler

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/junior-high-app-developer-pre-teen-tycoon-training-002455041.html

Powerpoint getting a little boring?

Try Prezi!  Its one of the coolest new presentation editors out there.  It has an iPad app to go along with it, and the best part is that it is free for educators!

Want 50 GB of cloud storage for free? Try Box!

The new icloud free storage is nice but....  For the next 50 days Box is offering 50GB of cloud space to iOS users for free.  click here for more details

10 tips for mastering the ipad

With all the new iPads in our District,  here is a great link for some tips and trick to help you master these devices!  link

Teacher Websites with iWeb and Dropbox

Mac users can easily create a professional looking website with Macs built in iWeb application and host it for free with drop box.  Click here for the tutorial.

Welcome to SD81's new Technology Blog!

Thanks for visiting the District 81 Tech Blog.  This blog's goal is to provide information on some of the most useful resources available to the district on the web, information and news from District Technology, and to highlight exciting uses of technology throughout our District.   We will also try to post items that help teachers and staff solve those easy yet annoying little troubleshooting issues.