Tip #1: Using the Reply-to header
The Reply-to header is similar to the From header. It specifies where replies to your messages are sent. For example, if you're sending a message to a coworker from home, you may want the reply to go to your work email address. You can make sure it does by setting your reply-to address to your work email address.

You may not have noticed the Reply-to header before, because an email message doesn't have to have a Reply-to header. When a reply-to isn't present, the address in the From header is where the replies go. Here are the directions for setting your From Header:

Earthlink

• Choose Settings from the Tools menu, click the Accounts tab, choose your account, and click Edit

Outlook Express for Windows

• Choose Accounts from the Tools menu, choose your account, click Properties, then the General tab.

Outlook Express and Entourage for Mac OS

• Choose Accounts from the Tools menu, and select an address. Click the Edit button, then click the Options tab. Click in the window beneath the word Header and type "reply-to", then click in the window beneath Value and type the reply-to address.

Netscape Mail and Newsgroups

• Choose Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings from the Edit menu (on Mac OS it may say Mail/News). In the left-hand pane, click the address you want to edit, and then look for the Reply-to Address box on the right.

Mail for Mac OS X

• You can add a reply-to address as you compose a message. When you're composing the message, choose Add Reply-To Header from the Edit menu, then type the reply-to email address.

Eudora

• Eudora doesn't let you specify a reply-to address, but you can set your From address to any address you wish. In your settings, Eudora uses the term Return address instead of From. Choose Options from the Tools menu (Mac OS X - choose Preferences from the Eudora menu), then click the Sending Mail icon on the left, and enter the address into the Return address box. The address you enter will appear in the From header of every message you send.

Tip #2: Reply vs. Reply All
Many email programs have two buttons that are shortcuts to replying to a message: Reply and Reply All. When you reply to a message, make sure you don't accidentally click the Reply All button. The Reply option will only send a reply to the address listed in the From header of the message you're reading. The Reply All button on the other hand, will send your reply to everyone listed in the From, Cc, To, and sometimes Bcc headers of the message. This can be annoying and sometimes embarrassing!

Tip #3: BCC vs. Cc
When you compose an email message, you can add recipients by typing addresses into the To, Cc, and BCC areas of your new message window. These areas correspond to the To, Cc, and BCC headers of the message you're sending. To is a fairly obvious place to put a recipient's address, but what are Cc and BCC for?

Cc

"Cc" stands for "Carbon copy" and that's pretty much its function - it sends a copy of your message to all the addresses listed in the Cc header. Business people will be familiar with "Cc-ing" someone on a memo. Although you can put multiple recipients in the To header, there's often one main person to whom the message is directed. Other people, who have an interest in your message but aren't the primary audience, should be listed in the Cc area. This helps people know what level of attention they need to devote to your message.

BCC

"BCC" stands for "Blind carbon copy." BCC acts a lot like Cc, with one huge difference. Addresses listed in BCC don't appear when you receive the message. That's the "blind" part.

These tips provided by Bonnie's Fitware Inc
and the Online Technology Newsletter

Would you like to have your students watch a PowerPoint Presentation that they missed during one of your classes? You can set up the presentation to run automatically for individual students or the entire class by following the steps below:

1. Open PowerPoint slideshow
2. Under Slide Show menu choose set up show. The set up show window appears with several options. Click the following: under the show type box, check presented by a speaker (full screen) and Loop continuously until "Esc". In the slides box, click All. In the Advance Slides box, check Using timings, if present.
3. When finished, click OK.
4. To control how long each slide will appear while looping, you must add timing. To do so, go to slide show rehearse timings. Your presentation will go into slideshow mode and a small clock will appear onscreen counting seconds. At this point, you are setting the time in seconds that each slide appears during the self-running slideshow. Wait as long as you need to on each slide. If you want one slide to appear for only a short time, just wait a second or two and then hit the arrow key to advance it. PowerPoint will record the amount of time you display each slide.
5. After you go through the entire slideshow, PowerPoint asks if you want to record the new slide timings. Click yes.
6. Preview the automatically-looping slideshow. Now when you open the file in slideshow mode it will go into the loop with your predetermined timings in place.
   

HALLOWEEN AND HARVEST FESTIVAL
GAMES AND ACTIVITIES

This website has 4 whole pages of games and activities as well as a page dedicated to Halloween snacks and treats.

Heart Monitors Make Kid's Play Safe

The tool that gets the most mention among advocates of the "New PE" is the heart-rate monitor.

By looking at a wristwatch display during exercise, students can make sure their pulse rates stay within a target zone that is active but short of exhaustion levels.

"We have to get the whole population to understand that this is a tachometer," says Tom McCoy, senior vice president for Polar Electro heart monitors. "A lot of people try to exercise and quickly become discouraged either because of discomfort or because they can't compete with the guy next to them. The first thing the heart monitor does is slow them down.

Polar Electro, a Finnish company, introduced the wireless devices, connected to a device worn around the chest, in 1979. It estimates that its products are used by 1 million U.S. students at 10,000 schools. Sophistication levels of monitors vary. The ones Polar Electro recommends for schools cost about $125 and can record workout data.

Monitors aren't sold as a diagnostic tool, but usage in schools has led to early detection of heart problems.

Last year at Spring View Middle School in Huntington Beach, California, PE teacher Linda Ward noticed that a 12-year-old student, Megan Pulfer, has an unusually high heart rate while running -- more than 200 beats a minute.

Pulfer, active in ballet, was considered fit. But a cardiology exam revealed a hole in her heart, which soon was corrected by surgery.

Phil Lawlor, PE coordinator in Naperville, IL says his district's use of heart monitors has led to detecting some form of heart disease in at least six students.

"Tell me that the perspective of those parents on physical education didn't change in a moment," Lawler says.

Monitors also allow students to focus on their personal improvement, rather than gauge their performance against other children who initially might be far more fit.

This is only part of an article by Tom Weir in USA Today. To read the entire article click here.