The posts of a unique ed techie as she seeks and shares lessons learned, knowledge, and educational technology resources and experiences while taking life one day at a time.
Every now and then my mom encounters a computer error that she cannot resolve. By the time she calls or sends a text she has done everything in her knowledge base to fix an issue. I gave her a moratorium during my moves that she must start using the F1 key, click on the question marks, or do a Google search to resolve her technology issues. So today she encountered an error that displayed Error 15 (net::ERR_SOCKET_NOT_CONNECTED): Unknown error. A Google Search for this error message produces about 2,180 results. Sometimes clearing the cache and cookies resolves some basic connectivity issues but for this particular error she encountered, this response was helpful. Closing the idle sockets resolved her errors. If you are using Chrome and come across a site you normally access and receive an unknown error message, check out the Net Internals Test function and see the test results. The "chrome://net-internals/" webpage is a special URL in chromium that dumps a view of the network stack's internal state. This data can be helpful when debugging performance or connectivity problems. It includes information on request performance, proxy settings, and DNS cache.
With this function, input the URL that failed to load and press the Start Tests button. Net Internals is described in the Chromium Projects.
From Chalkboard to Tablets was presented in DC on April 19, 2013. I told myself if I was ever in the area I was going to attend one of the presentations given by Julie Evans.
The panelists provided a positive presentation and information about some schools that are integrating technology but as many of us know this is not the majority. While we have diverse tech skills amongst employees, students, educators, parents/GParents and those with access, when you look at the workforce replacements (current K-12) the diversity exists. Of course, the time with the panelists went quickly. I would still like to know the impact on students and educators who transfer in and out of the districts that have the great technology integrated programs. Due to career progression, economic factors, or military families I can only wonder what options do students have when transferring in and out of the technology integrated schools. Maybe another data set for the Project Tomorrow Team ?
I am glad I attended and met Julie. The next session is scheduled for June 4, 2013, 12-1330 @ the Capitol Visitor Center, House Visitor Center, Room 201 with a panel of Students. If you would like to attend, RSVP Jenny Hostert @ jhostert@tomorrow.org where the theme of the presentation is "Celebrating 10 years of giving a voice to students!"
Hat tip to a former coworker +Sean Mercer for sharing this Washington Post article with the unofficial furlough anthem. As we prepare for furloughs this YouTube video will bring a smile to your face if not a full chuckle. From the article, The tune, which borrows from the tally-me-banana song “Day-O,” is called “Furlough Friday.” It comes from Aloha State comedian Frank DeLima, who wrote the parody to make light of Hawaii public school furloughs that took place in 2009 because of state budget problems. Enjoy and share
Feel free to share your favorite one liner or YouTube video that helps you laugh instead of cry as the furloughs begin.
