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June 20th, 2008 — google, Email, TechTips, Education, Resources
Google Docs
To embed a document into an email
Open the document you wish to send
Click Share
Choose Email as an Attachment
You will see a pop up menu
Choose Paste the document itself into the email message
Some email clients do not show images or embedded html pages so to be sure everyone can see it, publish the document and include the URL and a message letting the recipient know that if they cannot see the document in their email to click on the URL
This tip was found in the Google Docs How To Group courtesy of the awesome Ahab!
May 22nd, 2008 — Email, Microsoft, TechTips, Education, Resources
Here is my handout. Some of it is covered in other places in this blog. I created it on a Macbook using Pages and exported it as a PDF. Coolness.
Jumpdrive
Create a folder
PowerPoint Backgrounds and creating content in Word
Adding Sound to PowerPoint and making the music play across multiple slides
Creating Screenshots
Creating a group in Outlook Express
Locking your computer
Word Tips
FireFox
End of year grade export
April 17th, 2008 — Web 2.0, TechTips, Education
Hurray! I haven’t checked the new features in Google Docs in awhile, but tonight I was uploading some documents and decided to peak at the presentation piece. When I last tried to use it I got frustrated because you couldn’t download the presentations into PowerPoint. They have fixed that and now your presentations can swing either way! I was sure it was just a matter of time and now it’s here!
You still can’t have all the functionality as far as animations and themes but you can create your basic slides and get all your text set up. You can also share with a team and track changes.
If you have a student who doesn’t have Microsoft Office on their home computer this is a way for them to get a bit ahead as long as they have access to the internet.
April 17th, 2008 — Education, Resources, General
April 15th, 2008 — PISD, Education, PHS Related
The 406 lab is open until 5:00 every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and some Wednesday’s til 6:00. May 16th is the deadline for you to get your hours in and have a nice four day weekend including May 23!
We have access to wonderful web-based tutorials and I can sign you up for an account. Bring your headphones if you have them and finish up your credits - we would all rather be home having a BBQ than sitting here in a computer class!
I’ll be sending out emails to you to let you know where you stand so come see me and lets get this done!!
April 10th, 2008 — Education, Resources
What can they do?
For TAKS:
Interactive Study Guides
Interactive Tool
For Vocabulary Enrichment
FreeRice
For Planning For the Future
Reality Check
March 6th, 2008 — Microsoft, TechTips, Education
You can type the content for your PowerPoint presentation in Microsoft Word. If you highlight a section and choose Heading 1 in the formatting toolbar, that section of text can become a slide title. If you highlight another section and choose Heading 2 in the formatting toolbar, that text will become a bullet point. Header 3 will give you a bullet one level in. Normal text will not show up at all.
When you are finished typing your information, save your text in case you wish to edit or re-use later. Go to File/Send to (click the chevron arrows if necessary to see all the choices) and choose Microsoft PowerPoint.
You now have a basic presentation with all your text already in place. You can now add backgrounds, animations, slide transitions and whatever else you want to dress it up.
This technique makes it easy to see the flow of your presentation and to see where you might want to add notes if you are creating notes pages for yourself. You could type notes into Word as you work on your original text - just leave the notes as normal text. They won’t show on the presentation when you “send” it but once your Slide titles and bullets have been created in PowerPoint you can switch view to notes page and you can easily paste your notes onto the bottom section and you will have a complete presentation package complete with notes for you to use as you present.
If you’ve ever watched students work on a presentation you know that they tend to want to spend the bulk of their time working on the bling. By creating content in Word and then sending it to PowerPoint you know they are starting with the “cake” and then working on the “frosting”.
If you are ever asked to create a PowerPoint for someone else, you can tell them you would be glad to help and if they will type their information in Word and send it to you you will have it done very quickly for them.
February 17th, 2008 — TCEA08, TCEA, PISD, Web 2.0, Education, podcasts
I didn’t get to attend this presentation - it was one of those time-slots when I needed a few clones to attend several sessions at the same time. Through the magic of technology I can still hear and “see” the presentation! After “attending” online I am very excited about the real event!
If you will go to Mrs. Alsup’s web presence there is a link on the sidebar to 2008 TCEA Presentation which will let you download the entire PowerPoint. You can view the PowerPoint and listen to the presentation at the same time -there is also a Podcast online - just click this link and put on your headphones - the Podcast lasts about 40 minutes. Writing Safari Podcast
There were only five presentations up at Conference Connections from TCEA so kudos to some of our own for being up there!
February 15th, 2008 — PISD, TechTips, Education, PHS Related, GradeBook
- Double click in the box where the student’s name appears and using the back arrow, move to the tilde and delete it
- * This makes the student “active” again
- Now you can highlight the student(s) you have just made active and go to report/individual report
- Print out report(s) to give the teacher they have transferred to
- Close gradebook and re-open and the tilde’s should be back making the student “inactive” in your gradebook
- You can give those reports to the new teacher so they will have a copy of the student’s grades - when a student transfers from one teacher to another their information moves with them but not their grades.
Thanks to Mrs. McCuen for the steps to do this!
February 13th, 2008 — Fun, Education
Google has a new contest - create a logo! Go to Doodle 4 Google read about the original “doodler” Dennis Hwang, register your school, find exactly what the requirements are, lesson plans, the template and more. Your campus tech person should have already received an email about the contest.
Prizes
The National Winner will win a $10,000 college scholarship to be used at the school of their choice, a trip to the Googleplex, a laptop computer, and a t-shirt printed with their doodle. We’ll also award the winner’s school a $25,000 grant towards the establishment/improvement of a computer lab.
- Each of the other 3 National Finalists will win a trip to the Googleplex, a laptop computer, and a t-shirt printed with their doodle.
- Each of the other 36 Regional Winners will win a trip to the Googleplex and t-shirt printed with their doodle.
- Each of the other 360 State Finalists will receive a “Doodle 4 Google” certificate.
Important Dates:
School Registration Deadline - March 28, 2008
Doodle Entry Deadline - April 12, 2008
The judging will be broken down into 4 age groups and the theme is “What If?”
