Tag Archives: tech

Showing YouTube clips in class and creating PDFs

I am now a teacher, so naturally my posts will be more teaching-oriented. However, I have not detached myself from my computer side (I actually teach two periods of a computer class)… thus, I give you… stuff that’s relevant to teaching and computers. Yesss! Keep in mind I’m in LAUSD, so my posts may be [...]

Applying in LAUSD: Distributing Your Resume

I haven’t posted content in forever since I’m busy switching careers from the information technology sector to education. Oh who am I kidding… the reason I didn’t post is I got lazy. Actually, I’m posting now because I’m busy. I’m in Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) District Internship program so I can get a [...]

Create a School Library Catalog For Cheap

Some friends of mine were building a library for an elementary school and were wondering how to set up a library catalog. I set out looking for ways to set up an electronic library catalog using free catalog software and found the ideal system: A free web application that could be installed and run on [...]

Using Gmail to Check Your UCLA Email

UCLA email can suck sometimes because of the crappy web interface and the relatively low 75MB storage limit. Wouldn’t it be nice to have the features and storage capacity of Gmail applied to your UCLA email?

A Bare-bones Guide to Securing Your Home Wireless Network

Wireless routers are great nowadays because you can just plug them into your modem and yay, you can now connect wirelessly to your router and surf the net. And so can your neighbors. And their moms.