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Did you change your ODYSSEYWARE password recently? Do you need to remove the old password stored in your web browser?

While we have all been told the importance of changing our passwords, most of us don’t do it often enough. We log on to so many sites, that creating another new and strong password that we will have to commit to memory is just not appealing. Appealing or not, it is important to change your password regularly. The longer a password stays the same, the more likely it will be discovered by a malicious user who will then be able to wreak havoc in your life. Read more »

I consider myself a pretty dedicated Google user. Love it or hate it, it’s where I go when I need information. Like you, I think I’m pretty good at finding the right search terms to get relevant results. I’ve been known to say, “Just Google it,” when I find someone trying to remember the name of a book she read recently, the little town outside Tulsa where he ate the best barbecue of his life, or the population of Guam. Read more »

As a school that provides instruction over the Internet, it’s important that you keep students safe from inappropriate content, and keep unwelcome guests at bay. In order to regulate the content delivered to students and staff, many schools use a proxy or content filter. Security is important. Read more »

Few things are more frustrating than trying to navigate through a website when you can’t read the words because they’re too small. You may be surprised to learn that not only can you change the text size inside the ODYSSEYWARE® learning environment, but best of all, it’s easy. Read more »

It’s great to talk about technology in schools, the way it can engage students, and provide data to administrators to aid in making great decisions. Unfortunately, sometimes there’s a big disconnect between where you are and where you want to go. That big disconnect is often the question “how?”

So today when I ran across an article by Mickey Revenaugh about technology planning for schools, I thought it was definitely worth sharing. Read more »