Tech Tip #47

When Should you Properly “Eject” your thumb drive?

 this is related to Windows OS 

 Some users just yank it out any device , while others perform religiously rituals every time.     How do you when you should properly eject a drive before removing it?   Some devices never need to be ejected before removing, and others may corrupt the file systems.  

NEVER NEED EJECT

·         Read only media – CD’s, DVD's, SD cards, portable devices like media players and cameras

ALWAYS EJECT

·         USB Flash Drive, External Storage Drives -  These devices do not like power being abruptly cut off ; this will help prevent file system corruption

HOW TO SAFELY EJECT  

·         Right Click on the Drive icon in My Computer and choose Safely Remove

·         Right or Left click on the Device in your system Tray –  choose Safely Remove Hardware  (picture above shows system tray location, bottom right side of your desktop )

BEEcap

Congratulations to Shaheer Imam on winning the 7th Annual Baltimore Spelling Bee at Towson University!

Champion Shaheer with the pronouncers,
judges, and Learn It staff members.

Shaheer is 8 years old and in 3rd grade at Al-Rahmah School.  He is from Catonsville, MD.  Shaheer correctly spelled "Fuselage" in the 17th round to take the Baltimore Spelling Bee.  He will now go on to represent Baltimore at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC.  Today's Bee featured 49 spellers from Baltimore City and Baltimore County.  Second place went to Elizabeth Bernatowicz of Masters Academy and in third place was Lance Pacis of the St. Clement Mary Hofbauer School.

A big thanks to Baltimore City Councilman Bill Henry (District 4), Baltimore City Schools Title I Director, Tasha Johnson, and Nadia Nasr and Jennifer Langdon of Towson University for judging the event as well as Learn It Systems, the Baltimore Spelling Bee's head sponsor. 

Learn It staff members pose before
checking in student participants

All student particpants gather outside for a group photo
with Baltimore Bee pronouncers, judges, and Learn It staff members.