How to scan your thumb drive for viruses at school

DOT has been noticing that a worm (virus) is traveling around on people’s thumb-drives.  Our virus software, Symantec, is quarantining the virus once it is on the computer, but it is not scanning or cleaning your thumb drive.  To scan your thumb drive:

1.        Insert your thumb drive.

2.       Click Start->All Programs->Symantec Client Security->Symantec AntiVirus

a.       Click Scan on the left hand side of the Symantec Antivirus Window

b.      Click Custom Scan

c.       Click the box next to the thumb drive (it will place a checkmark)

d.      Click scan on the lower right hand corner.

Brainy Flix SAT Vocabulary video contest

The MIT Alumni Association is sponsoring a SAT Vocabulary video contest at BrainyFlix.  The contest runs from January 1st -March 16th.  Entrants can create videos (1 video for 1 word) that help teach the meaning of a vocabulary word.  The videos can be uploaded to YouTube or SchoolTube.  On the site you can see how many videos have been submitted for individual words.  Prizes include $600 for the school of the entrant.  Video makers will also receive 1 free iTunes download for every 5 video entries uploaded.  Voting on your favorite video submission starts March 23rd.  Here is a sample video for the word REPUDIATE:

C-SPAN student documentary contest

Grade 6-12
Deadline: January 20, 2009
$50,000 in prizes
Create a short (5-8 minute) documentary on the issue of national significance you think most urgent for the new President.
For complete rules and details, go to www.studentcam.org 
 
DOT has created a temporary, video repository for some C-SPAN recommended videos which have been downloaded from Facebook.   \\adcfsms01\C-SPAN_contest contest  contains several of these editable C-SPAN video files for students to download for use in creating video entries to the C-SPAN contest.