The MOUSE Squad Wire

Ironically, you may have already heard of the newest WiFi standard, 802.11N, from the myriad of online and offline retailers already peddling devices that support the latest wireless protocol before its a decided upon technology. 802.11n, the next consumer oriented version of WiFi release that promises to be 8 times as fast as 802.11g […]

On Friday, March 30, Council Member Brewer and Borough President Carrion invite all Bronx residents, nonprofit organizations and businesses to testify about the availability and affordability — or lack of — of broadband (that is, a high-speed connection to the Internet) in their neighborhoods.
Some questions we would like to get answers to include:
1. Why is […]

Dear Mouse Squad Students,
I’ve had the chance to work with real tech s at UBS as part of the MOUSECORPS job shadowship program it was really interesting. The work is very similar to what we do at our schools. They have to fill out tickets just like us but they’re a little bit different. Their […]

Sure, your could settle in for a righteous thumb fest with your buddies and a PSP or Xbox over the upcoming break in April. Or you could make the most of what little time you have left in High School and get in line for one or all of the schools on the new […]

Thomas A. Edison High School’s MOUSE Squad has released its first Tech Tutorial Video!
Edison’s MOUSE Squad is making tech tutorial videos to assist other MOUSE Squad students in accomplishing common school technical support tasks. The first video demonstrates how to make an Ethernet cable (37 MB - WMV.) Please feel free to provide us […]

Recently I had the privilege of attending the Google Teacher Academy (GTA) at Google’s offices here in New York City. In a single day, I took a virtual tour of the world via Google Earth, created a 3D model in Google Sketchup, co-authored a document using Google Docs and shared it with my fellow […]

The Robotics Competition, March 17th and 18th, is an international high school technology design challenge with 37 regional competitions, 1 world championship, 1300 teams and 40,000 students. This event is free of charge at the Jacob Javits Convention Center at 655 West 34th Street. Click here for more information: http://www.nycnjfirst.org/newsletter_jan.html#article1
We had considered using this […]

The MOUSE Squad Training kicked off with a MOUSE Squad Essentials Training on 2/10/2007 and MOUSE Squad Tech Skills Seminar on 2/17/2007.
The first MOUSE Squad Essentials Training of the year was held at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center Campus. 67 students and teachers took the MOUSE Squad Pledge to serve 12 different schools in New […]

WHO? ALL MOUSE Squad Faculty Advisors.
WHAT? Automatically become eligible for our Faculty Advisor Raffle Contest by answering our annual survey! At least three $100 gift certificate winners will be announced in April!
WHEN? Between now and April 15.
HOW? Take the time to answer the questions on this 15-20 minute survey, and we will enter […]

Congratulations to Brandeis High School, IN-Tech Academy & Irwin Altman MS 172!
Each of these MOUSE Squad schools won a $2500 Best Buy Teach Award, for schools “using interactive technology to make learning fun.”

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