Friday Techspiration
September 30, 2016
Meet the Team - Laura Cortez
Hello y’all! I am Laura Cortez! I have been a member of the Village School Family for the past 10 years. I was born in Mexico and got married to Carlos, my husband for 19 years. We have two wonderful boys, a HS junior, Max, and a HS freshman, Chris. I graduated from a Computer Science career in Mexico and then got a Master's Degree in Management of Information Systems.
My main job at Village is to make sure all the database systems run perfectly and to make sure I support every faculty and staff member to use those systems without any trouble. When system problems arise, I try to help to resolve their issues or make sure someone takes care of the problem. The biggest system that I manage is Skyward, our student information and grade-book system. Recently, I was asked to support the other Nord Anglia schools that are also using Skyward. I love helping people! I also help the Marketing department with the website (DID YOU KNOW WE ARE LAUNCHING A NEW WEBSITE NEXT MONTH….?) as well as helping the Communications department in training staff members to successfully use the tools that we have available at Village for communication.
I enjoy watching movies and series. Netflix is my best friend! I recently watched “Stranger Things” and “Between”, I also enjoy listening to music, "zumbalking" (walking at the beat of zumba music!) and swimming.
Google Mail Canned Responses - SO USEFUL!
I LOVE using Canned responses. Since I work in tech-support, I have to constantly answer the same questions to students, parents and staff members. To avoid re-writing the same answers over and over again, I create these canned responses and insert them when I need it. I am including a link that takes you to a site with some useful instructions on how to use this option. This is a Lab in Gmail so you first will have to enable this lab in your settings, but don't worry, it is all in the instructions!
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Contact the Instructional Technology Specialists
Email: instructional-tech-help@thevillageschool.com
Location: Room 310
Twitter: @vedtechs