There are so many helpful modifications you can make to a query results grid, like changing column names, sorting, background color, locking columns, etc. You can group columns together, give subtotals and totals of different fields, highlight data that meet specified criteria, and much more!
If you decide to export your customized query, you will see your modifications (highlighting, sorting, freeze panes, etc) on the spreadsheet.
Check out this quick tutorial video from Veracross:
Well, if you did not change your passwords as a new year's resolution last month (or even if you did) there's a new reason to take some time from your day and change some passwords that you use for online activities. Last week Google's Security Analysis Team Project Zero discovered a massive memory leak from a web service and security company called Cloudflare, which may have exposed user data from thousands of sites that use their service. They are still discovering the impact of this leakage, called Cloudbleed, and the size of it. Although there is no definitive list yet of affected sites (Cloudflare literally services thousands), now is a good time to change your passwords - it's just a good practice to get into.
If you open the same set of Chrome pages every day, you can add them as custom home pages so they will come up automatically. After setting up your Chrome window to have the pages open you want as home pages (and closing all others), choose "Settings" underneath the three dots on the upper right. Under the "On startup" heading, choose "Open a specific page or set of pages". Then click "Set pages" and choose "Use current pages".
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1N9Ol-fmyBQzV9qjU...
Dear ISB Community,
Today, students in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program received their examination results. This is the twelfth year of the IB Program at ISB. Students met the world average and surpassed the average of the United States. The top score was 40, and that score is achieved by 1% of candidates in the world.
An impressive 72% percent of our students obtained a bilingual diploma, which requires successfully passing advanced literature classes in two languages or, for second language learners of English, successfully passing an advanced literature course in their first language and all other courses in English. This year, students paired English with French and Chinese.
The following details reveal other notable achievements of our class of 2017:
Since the IB grading system is quite different from either the French or the American model, it might help to explain a few points:
For an idea of the scores required by some of the most selective non-U.S.* universities:
*Universities in the United States do not have specific IB score requirements but rather value the diploma as a highly challenging program in their evaluation of applicants.
Congratulations to the IB Class of 2017 and to its teachers!
Sincerely,
Richard Ulffers
Head of School
Staying on wifi while using your iPhone is great, but it is not always as helpful as you would think when it comes to data usage. Apple's "Wi-Fi assist" is on by default on iOS 9 and later. This service is intended to make your online session more consistent - it automatically switches to your cellular network when the wifi that you are using has erratic service (like dropouts because you are near the edge of the coverage area). Although Apple says it will not be used by background apps, turning this service off is a safer way to prevent too much data usage on your bill. Navigate to settings> Cellular > then scroll all the way to the bottom and set it to Off.
Staying on wifi while using your iPhone is great, but it is not always as helpful as you would think when it comes to data usage. Apple's "Wi-Fi assist" is on by default on iOS 9 and later. This service is intended to make your online session more consistent - it automatically switches to your cellular network when the wifi that you are using has erratic service (like dropouts because you are near the edge of the coverage area). Although Apple says it will not be used by background apps, turning this service off is a safer way to prevent too much data usage on your bill. Navigate to settings> Cellular > then scroll all the way to the bottom and set it to Off.
Congratulations to four ISB students who have won a Regional Award in the Massachusetts Scholastic Art and Writing Awards program for their work! You can view the entire list of Massachusetts winners here.
Click on their names below to view their work:
Thomas and Camilla, both Silver Key winners, are invited to the Regional awards ceremony, along with Joyce Latapie, their English teacher, on Saturday, March 11th at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Congratulations!
The default PC video player, Windows Media Player, is not very convenient for moving back and forth through a video on file or disk, as you must manually drag a slider and attempt to hit the correct time point. The VLC player has features that make this easy. Make sure VLC is on your computer and right click, choosing the option of opening with VLC. You can now use Ctrl-T and enter time within the second. Do not put VLC in full screen mode for this, or it will cover the Go To Time menu.
A rather important update has come to classroom which has made differentiation while using technology a bit easier. Now teachers can assign individual homework assignment to students. Simply create a new assignment and select the student or students you want to assign the assignment to in the drop-down next to the class title.
For the eighth straight year, an ISB Model UN delegation participated at the annual Model United Nations Conference at MIT on Friday through Sunday, February 10th-12th. This is a premier international conference that attracts schools worldwide. ISB had a delegation of 21 students, representing several different committees and countries. The assignment for the three-day conference was to come up with feasible solutions to controversial and challenging global affairs. Dealing with the problem of North Korea's testing of nuclear missiles, cyber security in Southeast Asian nations, and the problem of conflict minerals were just a few of the topics addressed.
Team ISB was awarded three honors:
Several of our delegates participated in this conference on Friday and Saturday, before going on to compete in the State Fencing Championships on Sunday! Such dedication!
There are so many helpful modifications you can make to a query results grid, like changing column names, sorting, background color, locking columns, etc. You can group columns together, give subtotals and totals of different fields, highlight data that meet specified criteria, and much more!
If you decide to export your customized query, you will see your modifications (highlighting, sorting, freeze panes, etc) on the spreadsheet.
Check out this quick tutorial video from Veracross:
Well, if you did not change your passwords as a new year's resolution last month (or even if you did) there's a new reason to take some time from your day and change some passwords that you use for online activities. Last week Google's Security Analysis Team Project Zero discovered a massive memory leak from a web service and security company called Cloudflare, which may have exposed user data from thousands of sites that use their service. They are still discovering the impact of this leakage, called Cloudbleed, and the size of it. Although there is no definitive list yet of affected sites (Cloudflare literally services thousands), now is a good time to change your passwords - it's just a good practice to get into.
If you open the same set of Chrome pages every day, you can add them as custom home pages so they will come up automatically. After setting up your Chrome window to have the pages open you want as home pages (and closing all others), choose "Settings" underneath the three dots on the upper right. Under the "On startup" heading, choose "Open a specific page or set of pages". Then click "Set pages" and choose "Use current pages".
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1N9Ol-fmyBQzV9qjU...
When building reports in Axiom, you can customize your fields to help organize your query results. Click on any criteria on your query design page. On the right side of the screen, click on the current name of the field and start typing the new name of the field. You can even use accents!
Check out this video demonstration:
ISB has an Electronics recycling program! Every year we recycle hundreds of pounds of electronics from the school and our ISB families. Since 2010 we have recycled over 10,500 pounds of electronics waste that would have otherwise ended up in a landfill. We accept computers, monitors, batteries, small household appliances, LCD TVs, cell phones and more! Things we cannot accept include larger appliances, tube TVs and monitors and anything hazardous. Contact the help desk for more information.
If your computer shows you a spinning wheel and stops responding, you can use the Task Manager to end the program that is causing problems. Hit the key combination Ctrl+Alt+Delete and choose the Task Manager option. Now highlight the last program you were using on the list and choose End task. Repeat if necessary with other programs on the list until you regain control of the computer.
Anyone else been irritated that Google Sheets hasn't had the ability to rotate text in a spreadsheet? Those of us that used this feature in Excel for years can rejoice. Google Sheets finally has that option. Highlight the cells that contain the text you want rotated and look for the tilted A icon on the toolbar.
We would like to congratulate our students who had outstanding results on the Concours Kangourou, a math contest taken by students in French schools around the world. Students do not prepare for this ahead of time and have to apply their math knowledge and critical thinking skills to solve challenging math problems. We are very pleased with our students' results, and would like, in particular, to congratulate those who ranked in the top 1% worldwide, as well as their math teachers.
Jackson Love (4th), Alyssa Brunache (5th), Athanasios Mavrakanas (5th), Émilie Babu (6th), Iciar Gorospe (6th), Tegan Kett-Eubanks (6th), Marc Pointillart (6th) Maya Magavi (8th), and Lourenço Belleau-Bhowmik (8th).
In class, students worked on this theme in history, geography, moral and civic education, and also in French class. They then created sketches with Karine Scialom, their theater teacher, who served as a support for the script of the film created by Karine and the students. The video shooting was done by Catherine de Palma, Upper School teacher in French literature.
This project was the result of real teamwork and close collaboration between several teachers from different divisions. Besides raising awareness of the evolution of children's rights throughout the world, our students were also introduced to filming techniques and specific vocabulary.
The financial award received from the MLF will be donated to the ARCK-Boston Association, which promotes the integration of the arts into underserved schools and colleges in Boston. Some of our students have also chosen to commit to helping children around the world.
Of course, our young students and their teachers do not intend to stop here, and are already working on a project on a theme that is close to their hearts: bullying in school...
