Tuesday Tech Tidbit

Gmail has a little secret.  You actually have a limitless amount of email addresses that you can use with your Gmail account. Wait, what? Have you ever wanted to register for something online but already used your email address once and couldn't use the same email address a second time? Then I have a secret for you. It's called Gmail Plus Addresses . Gmail actually provides you with an unlimited amount of email address possibilities, all tied to your one inbox.  Allow me to elaborate. My email address is robitaia@hudson.k12.oh.us (or simply robitaia@hudson.edu).  But Google's little secret is that I can also receive emails to my inbox if someone adds a + and something else before the @ symbol in my address.  For example, if someone sent an email to robitaia+1@hudson.k12.oh.us, I would still receive it to my inbox!  Or robitaia+period1@hudson.k12.oh.us. Awesomesauce! I can use this address to register for a trial for some cool online resource. Maybe more than on...

Welcome to the 2022/23 school year!  I look forward to providing you with weekly snippets of useful technology information every Tuesday.  This year teachers received new HP laptop computers with docking stations.  Here are a few tips to help you maximize your use of this new classroom technology.  To get started, plug your laptop into the docking station. To activate the computer, press the button on the docking station.  This should wake up the computer if it has gone to sleep.  Keep the laptop lid closed while it is plugged into the docking station.   Opening the lid is unnecessary if you are using the monitor and/or projector. You have a couple of viewing choices for your laptop screen.  You can duplicate the screen, which mirrors it to your monitor and projector.  Or you can extend the screen, which allows you to view one thing on your screen and another thing on your projector.  (This is very handy for playing movies to your...