Useful Reports for Teachers in PowerSchool

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A quick guide to some of the different reports in PowerSchool that are useful to teachers.

Converting Audio Files for Free with Lona Music Converter

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So your buddy sent you some audio files in a strange format... Or you downloaded some audio files from a website -- completely legally of course. You certainly didn't get the audio file from the Pirate Bay, because those guys are dangerous. Seriously, the whole fate of the entire free world relies on people not downloading torrents from them. Anyway, you have these audio files and they aren't in the format you want, so what do you do? Download Lona Music Converter for free from the App Store and you are off to the races. The PDF shows the UI and explains who the program works.

Enjoy!

Publicly Funded Private Schools Aren't the Answer

Ever since the Finnish education system as proved itself to be the world's best, the US has been trying to discover the secret to its success. Back in December an article in the Atlantic entitled What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success highlighted the biggest reason for Finland's success and the sad fact that people like Mitt Romney want to ignore the lessons to be learned. Finland has no private schools -- NONE! Not one. There is no competition pushing Finnish public schools to be better. Of course as Americans, we want to believe that competition makes everything better. The evidence that a lack of competition has improved education really doesn't interest us. It doesn't fit in with our American views. Rather than ignoring the obvious facts, possibly it is time to learn from the lesson. You see Finland doesn't have a system in place for wealthy people to opt out of public education; in fact, nobody gets to opt out of public education, so the simple fact is that everybody wants public education to work, because they have to use it. There is a simple solution to our problem and it isn't more competition; it isn't public money being spent on private schools, Mitt. The solution is that Americans need to wake up. We need to stop thinking that we have nothing to learn from other nations. We need to start trying something different, because what we have done in the past is no longer working. The future is going to belong to the countries who educate ALL of their children well, not just some of their children. Finland is going to be successful. The real question is -- are we going to be joining them?

PowerSchool 7.0: Taking Attendance and Demographic Information

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Some documents for help teachers new to PowerSchool take attendance and find contact information.

Google Calendar Desktop Version on an iPad

Personally, I dislike the mobile version of Google Calendar, because I have many extra calendars running at once and I like the week view, not the day or month views. In the mobile version of Google Calendar, you cannot choose the week view, so these screenshots will help you switch to the Desktop version. Look for the button at the bottom of the display. You will see it says Mobile Version or Desktop version. If you decide that the mobile version is your thing, you can use the other screen shot to find the button to switch to the Mobile Version.

Cheers and Enjoy!

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