March 2011
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Server Outage Today
For a couple hours today, SuperTeacherTools was down (I knew right away because I happened to be using it with a class myself!). Apparently the data center that hosts the site had some serious problems that took a number of other sites offline for the afternoon as well.
I understand how important it is for teachers to be able to access these tools reliably and there are few feelings on this...
December 2010
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Big Move Ahead...
After months of careful planning and research, SuperTeacherTools is just about ready to move to a new server. After almost 2 years of living in a shared server environment, the site has grown to the point that it is time to get a place of its own.
What Does This Mean For You?
Better site performance
Better customer service (easier to locate lost resources for one thing)
More secure...
May 2010
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SuperTeacherTools has been cured...
I have received emails from several users that claimed the site was being blocked by their schools content filters. After some investigation, it turned out that SuperTeacherTools was the target of an attack. Some clever (and very dishonest) hacker inserted a piece of code that was forwarding users to the site to other external websites.
The good news is that after scanning hundreds of thousands...
April 2010
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Just a few reminders...
I get a lot of emails from people using the site. I thought it might be worth posting some of the most common answers in case it ever comes up and I can’t get back to you right away…
First up: finding games weeks, months, and years later. Your games are never deleted. That means if you bookmark a game page, it will always be there for you. Most of the software on the site allows...
March 2010
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Dealing with Growth...
2009 has been a year of huge growth for SuperTeacherTools.com. The site has really grown from the one classroom review game (Flash Jeopardy) that I put online to make it easier for me to access it in school.
Now the site has several different review games, a number of popular classroom management tools (seating chart maker, random name generator, and Group Maker to name a few), and some fun...
February 2010
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The Class List Nightmare Is Over...
In recent weeks, many users of my Seating Chart Tool, Student Group Generator, and Random Name Generator have returned to their pages to find that their class lists have been replaced. While many were plunged into an existential crisis wondering if all of their students had suddenly moved out of district only to be immediately replaced by other students, most users were just annoyed that they had...
January 2010
3 posts
Recover Your Lost Jeopardy Game
At long last, it is possible to recover a lost Jeopardy Game. All you need to know is your game number. For example, a game that used to be located at http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/online/game1235613869.php has a game number of 1235613869.
Take your game number to this page: http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/recover.php
There you can restore your game and share the new link...
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Don't Panic...
After a week of stressing out over server issues, lost games, and the general meltdown the site has experienced, we are now finally approaching some sense of normalcy.
You can create new games in all of our current offerings. You can also create and modify new class lists. That is the good news.
The bad news is that most of the older games are currently in lockdown mode. The short version of...
Pardon Our Mess...
We are all apologies! There seems to be an issue with our site host that we need to rectify. The issue is keeping many, many, many of our users from accessing the resources they have created. I will be working to fix this issue as quickly as possible.
I am very sorry for the annoyance. As a teacher, I understand that your time is valuable. I hope to recover all of the information on the...
December 2009
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Let the Upgrade Commence...
I am starting the process of upgrading some of the scripts on the site and doing a little cleanup. This upgrade will likely continue throughout the coming week. I don’t anticipate any outages or interruption of service to the site.
Stay tuned to this page and our Twitter feed for updates!
Thanks for your patience and support!
Preparing for the big holiday upgrade...
It’s almost Christmas and you know what that means….
Time for SuperTeacherTools to reorganize its file system and upgrade the MASSIVE number of game files into a more manageable file structure before GoDaddy shuts us down.
Not what you were expecting? Well, neither was I. I was just informed by GoDaddy that they limit the number of files in one folder on a website to 1,024. Sounds...
Big Holiday Upgrade
Just so all the users are prepared, I am planning a huge upgrade over the holidays. I was recently informed by my web hosting company that SuperTeacherTools is really eating up resources the way it is currently configured. There are some major changes in order to get us back in compliance with our host.
I am planning on making these changes during the week between Christmas and New...
Hello World!
Super Teacher Tools has really grown over the past year. The site has gone from a place for me to host my own Flash Jeopardy games to having a handful of users to now boasting thousands of visitors each day!
I’ve used Twitter and Facebook to reach out to users when we post something new, fix a mistake, or just want to wish you a Happy Holiday.
It seemed high time that a blog was part of...