Have you ever looked at your Promethean whiteboard and wondered, “This is pretty cool… but what else can I do?” If so (or if not), Atomic Learning is a phenomenal resource for you to use. You can access it through One Place. Check out this great Atomic Learning Tutorial that Kevin created.

This is the best video I’ve ever seen that concisely illustrates how to utilize a computer, projector and camera for creating classroom presentations that are engaging. Dan Meyer does a great job of demonstrating why he uses this technology and how we can too. Check it out! dy/av : 002 : the next-gen lecturer from Dan Meyer on Vimeo.

Steps to make closed captioning (CC) work in Windows Media Player 11: 1. Download the video and CC file from Discovery Streaming to the same directory, and make sure they have the same name. The video file can be an ASF, ASX, or WMV. The CC file must be a SMI file. 2. Open the video file you downloaded. Windows Media Player should run. 3. Open the “Play” menu (if you do not see the Play menu, press the ALT key on the keyboard). Select “Lyrics, captions, and subtitles”, and click “On if Available”. 4.  Open the “Tools” menu, and click on “Options”.  Select the “Security” tab.  Make sure the following boxes ARE checked:  “Run script commands when present”, “Run script commands and rich media streams when the player is in a Web page”, and “Show local captions when present”.  Click the “OK” button. 5.  Close Windows Media Player.  Open the video file again, and it should play with captions. - Jason Braddy Manager, Technical Services

Is your Epson Projector behaving badly? Here are the steps you can take to resolve the issue. You need to get the serial number of the projector and have it written down. Call the Epson Technical support number at: 1.562.276.1300 (select multimedia projector). They want the following information: 1.  Type of Projector = Power Lite 77c (or whatever model you have) 2.  Serial Number = 3.  P.O. number = must have this number 4.  Date of Purchase = 5.  Place of Purchase = 6.  Technical Issue - Describe what the issue is and what you have done to troubleshoot. They then determine if it is a hardware issue and resend a new one or if it needs to be repaired locally. Plan for a 15 minute conversation.