Thank you!!

[gb]

Thank you all for a great week! Though it is a tiring week, not
including all the planning beforehand, I had a lot of fun sharing all
the tools, toys, gadgets and games with you. Thanks also to Mark for
showing us around Sandy Hook and sharing his ideas with us on
Wednesday and Thursday.

Remember the students that are most disadvantaged in our schools are
the ones that need the skills (math or computer) the most to open
doors for them in the 21st century workplace. You might start out
small with some of the Google Apps stuff and build year after year;
but taking that first step THIS year is the ONLY way to get started.
The Google Apps and Google Sites stuff has been the best tech stuff to
come out that benefits teachers take advantage of it.

One reason this week was so much fun is you all were so enthusiastic.
The students in Red Bank are fortunate to have such dedicated
teachers. Enjoy the rest of the summer and I will see you in
September a couple times...but remember we are all here in the Google
Group so please share and ask all of us wherever the mood strikes you.

Cheers!
Greg

[Borns, Denise]

Greg, On behalf of all of the teachers and myself at the Middle school,
we would like to thank you for a job well done! Your activities and
websites are always welcome! We especially love our new websites and all
of our new equipment. The day at the beach was a great chance to use our
equipment and learn how to adapt that lesson to others. We look forward
to continuing our trainings with year this coming September. Enjoy the
rest of the summer, denise

[Lauren]

Hey Greg
Thanks for the training last week!
I just checked out my teacher site and the spreadsheet forms for the
projects say the site is no longer available and they dont show up.
The spreadsheet at the bottom appears, but not the form on the top. I
looked at Stacy's and Crista's pages and it happened to theirs too,
not just mine. What can we do to fix that?
Lauren

[gb]

Lauren, Wow! That's no good. I just checked and mine are responding
the same as yours. I checked my spreadsheets and even reconnected the
link and still no go. It is not something you did that is for sure.

I think Google is doing some updating or something. Let's give it a
couple hours and try again. I will check again later and let you know
what the status is. I haven't had it happen before. I'll also see if
I can track down the problem to the source.

Greg

[gb]

Lauren,

Still looking into it. No one else has said they have a similar
problem but many people may not be available and perhaps this is still
new enough that many people may not have tried it. I've emailed
someone at Google... we'lll track it down.
Greg

[gb]

From one of my contacts at Google...
"Hi Greg,

Talking to some people right now - looks like you helped us identify a
bug... Will get back soon about any workaround fixes...

Dana"

Actually I had to say it was Lauren that alerted me. I did find a
work around but it is not a simple one. I'm going to wait to see what
I hear back. If I have to I can always come by Red Bank and help
everyone fix this problem.

Greg

[gb]

Lauren, All,

Here is what I have found regarding the embedded Forms in our Google
Sites.

First, I reported the bug to Google. I was told that the bug has been
filed and should be fixed by 8/11.

In the meantime, here is what I have discovered.

If you go to 'Edit Page' and 'Insert' and
'Spreadsheet form' you can successfully embed any Form that comes up.
If you use the search dialog box and type in the name of your Form
file and find the Form that way you can embed it successfully. If you
paste the URL in the dialog box at the bottom your Form will come up
with the 404 Error. That is what I have been doing successfully but
it has failed us.

You can add any 'problem Form' this way:
1. Click 'Edit Page' followed by the 'html' icon in the tool bar at
the far right.
2. go to the bottom of the page and enter this code <iframe src=" ">
3. In between the " "'s add the URL of the live form.
4. Click 'Update' to close the dialog box.
5. Drag the Form wherever you want it.
6. Click on the Form and click on 'Properties' to change the size of
the form.
7. Click 'Save'. Your done.

It may sound like a lot but it is relatively painless. If you want to
attempt it, by all means, give it a shot. If not, don't worry; the
next time I come by Red Bank I will help everyone either individually
or as a group to fix all our Forms. Perhaps by then the bug will be
fixed, but whether it is or not we will get you pages up and
running.

In Google's defense, Google Forms were just added earlier this year.
Embedding gadgets is newer still. So there may be some kinks to work
out. BUT these tools give teachers endless possibilities to
collaborate and collect data so I am going to keep on them so we can
have them working as smoothly as possible.

I hope this helps!
Greg

[gb]

All,

The issue Lauren discovered with the embedded forms has been
resolved. You should find that your forms now appear correctly in the
places you intended.

Let me know if any other issues come up.

Enjoy the rest of your summer!
Greg

[Borns, Denise]

Good morning, Greg. I have some money to purchase another one of the gps units. Can you give me info on one? Also, we are trying to set up 4 dates for you to come in and do trainings. I thought one for Oct, Dec, Feb and April. Do you have particular dates that might be good for us to look at?

-----Original Message-----
From: red...@googlegroups.com [mailto:red...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of gb
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 10:04 AM
To: Red Bank School: 21st Century Community Learning Center

[greg bartus]

Denise,
The GPS we purchased was a Garmin Oregon 200.  I have another one already for you as well.  I did purchase the Topo maps for the unit but i have not loaded them on. 

I think your boss and my boss need to talk to get on the same page.  My boss has not received any communications regarding next year so they have not planned time for me on the project.  Those dates sound great to me but see if you can get the superintendent to email Beth McGrath (elisabet...@stevens.edu).

I'll be by sometime soon too with more equipment and the second GPS.  Also we can schedule some class visits or workshops in September.

Greg

[Borns, Denise]

Thank you. I am forwarded this on to my principal

[Borns, Denise]

I have received 20 tape measures for your use. I am now in room 306

[greg bartus]

Great!!  Can I come by next week sometime and drop off some equipment? 

[Borns, Denise]

I will be here all week!

[Klemser, Crista]

Hey- I have to purchase a camera for a garden club that I am starting- what are your suggestions, price, product, and location to buy it? thanks Crista ( I know that you just pruchased one for the stevens Inst. program)

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[MARK]

I sent the camera specs to you via e-mail.

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