Daily Archives: September 6, 2020

• Adapting to remote education — a teacher’s perspective

  Posted on September 6, 2020 at 21:15 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums
  

  DISTANCE LEARNING

  By Kendra Capen

  Each year it starts with the same question: “You’re already back in school?” Followed by the same answer: “Yup, I work at a year-round school.”

  It’s a great schedule for teachers and students — we all get relatively short breaks from each other at regular intervals, and there’s less “relearning” when we’re all back at our desks. Parents and school districts, on the other hand, generally hate it.

  Because a year-round school is kind of a novelty, it often gets overlooked in the normal school-district endeavors.But not this year! We quickly became the teaching equivalent of crash-test dummies.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.35.0 (2020-09-07).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Distance learning AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Online learning apps, Remote teaching, Zoom

• “Please insert boot media … ” Uh-oh!

  Posted on September 6, 2020 at 21:10 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  LANGALIST

  By Fred Langa

  It’s never good when your PC can’t find its startup files — or even its own hard drive!

  But there’s almost always a way to get the PC back up and running. And some of the repairs take only minutes.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.35.0 (2020-09-07).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, LangaList AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Boot failure, Bootable media, HDD diagnostics, Windows Startup Repair

• Microsoft 365 privacy tools

  Posted on September 6, 2020 at 21:05 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  SMALL-BUSINESS COMPUTING

  By Amy Babinchak

  I’ll assume that most AskWoody readers take their personal privacy seriously.

  But how many of you extend your privacy concerns and actions to your work? Linked tightly with security, protecting business privacy extends to coworkers, clients, and all stored data.

  In the past, Office has been both a critical business tool and a significant security risk. Fortunately, today’s Microsoft 365 for business has an excellent collection of robust security features.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.35.0 (2020-09-07).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Small Business Computing AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Business privacy, Data Loss Prevention, encryption, MS 365 for Business, Security tools

• Freeware Spotlight — WinCustom

  Posted on September 6, 2020 at 21:00 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  BEST UTILITIES

  By Deanna McElveen

  For me, searching for new software is like a never-ending treasure hunt. It’s also an opportunity to personalize Windows — to make my copy of the OS different from your copy.

  I work on a profusion of different computers, from clients’ and friends’ systems to the family PCs. But when I set my coffee cup next to my computer, I want that comfortable feeling of knowing that it’s configured just the way I like it.

  Regardless of whose machine it is, there are things in Windows you want (or need) to hide from others — novice users, kids, employees, and possibly even yourself. A good utility for making that task easier is the free and portable (naturally) WinCustom from G-Software. It gives you some real power over the look and feel of Windows.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.35.0 (2020-09-07).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Best Utilities AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Customize windows, Locking down PCs