Tech+Tip+of+the+Week

=Please send me suggestions for this page. What kinds of tips can you share with others in terms of technology - software, hardware, etc.=

= Tip for the Week of October 17 = = Did you know that you can capture any picture or portion of a web page or any other document using the "Snipping Tool"? You don't have to use the ALT +Print Screen or CTRL+Print Screen option to do this any longer. = = = = Here's how... = = = = When you are on a web page or in a document and you want to capture the image, go to the Start button in the lower left corner of your screen. Click and find "Snipping Tool." You can snip a small area or the entire window--you can even free-form what you snip. = = You can "Save As" your "snippet" as a picture file (JPEG, PNG, GIF, etc.) and treat it like any other picture file to insert in a document. = = = = Try it and be amazed!! This is a favorite tool of the students. They have found some very creative things to do with this--including capturing a screen in a Web 2.0 tool that has frozen and won't save. Then they can insert it into a blank document or slide. Pretty smart! = = = = Tip for the Week of October 24 =

= Are you fuzzy about copyright and fair use law? Are your students confused about what they can use and what they can't? = = Follow this link to the "Copyright/Creative Commons" page on the technology wiki to view a short video that is very clever in explaining it. = = = =Copyright Video=

=Thanks to Brock Kinser for the following tech tip:=

=I like to use OGT release questions on tests / quizzes / short cycle assessments, especially the charts, graphs, and maps - to pull the visuals off of the tests, select "Tools" from the top bar, go to "Select and Zoom", and choose the "Snapshot Tool". From there, go to the top left corner of the image and click and drag to the bottom right corner - this will automatically select the image. Next, go to your test / assignment and hit "Ctrl+V" or right-click and select "Paste". The image will appear, and teachers can size the image to meet their needs.= = = = Tip for the Week of October 31 = = Most Web 2.0 sites require users to create account and log in to the site so their work can be stored and retrieved when needed. Many of these websites do not allow account holders to be under 13 years old, so read the fine print. If you don't want to hassle with student email accounts, consider using the following method that works great!! = = =
 * Piggy-back it! **
 * ** Teacher creates the main email account (clwalter52@gmail.com). I use GMAIL to keep this separate from the school account. **
 * ** Students (or you can do this for them) can then piggy back on it: clwalter52+johndoe@gmail.com **
 * ** This provides a unique email address for each registration and all email arrives in the teacher's main gmail account! **
 * ** PROBLEM SOLVED:) **

= Tip for the Week of December 5 = ** Do you play Jeopardy with your students? Want a really nice Jeopardy PowerPoint that looks amazing on the Promethean Board? **


 * ** Open PowerPoint. Click "File." Click "New." **
 * ** A screen of templates opens. **
 * **In the middle of the page there is a window that says "Search Office.com for templates."**
 * **Type in "Jeopardy Game."**
 * ** BE AMAZED! There's even a "Twlight" Jeopardy. Yikes! **

**Take some time to look through available templates in both Word and PowerPoint. There is a wide variety of pre-formatted documents to save you time and add some polish to your documents.**

= = = Tip for the Week of December 12 =


 * Last week I found an excellent website I wanted to share with you. The site has videos, lessons to re-teach, etc. for Algebra, Biology, US History, American Government, Physics, Calculus, Environment Science and more. Please take a few minutes and look at this terrific site. You can even create a custom page on the site for your students to visit. **

www.hippocampus.org

= Tip for the Week of January 9 = = I have fallen behind on sending out some tech tips of the week so I'm going to make up for it by sending you 180 of them in 1 email:) If you click on the link provided, you will be sent to a site that provides tech tips by software so you can look through the tips for the software you use most often. There are really clever ideas here so please take some time and look through a few. = = = =@http://www.180techtips.com/index.htm=

= Tip for the Week of January 17 = =Check out this "must have" list for choosing the best search tools for your information needs. Those of you doing research projects might find this especially helfpful in guiding your students to appropriate tools for search - not just Googling.= =[|Noodle Tools]=

= Tip for the Week of January 23 = =Have you ever had an issue getting documents from Point A to Point B? Do you want your students to submit work to you electronically but they don't have email at school? If so, you need SENDITHOME.NET. No login is required - you (or your student) just type in your name, the email address you want the document sent to, browse to find the document to attach and hit send. I tried this one myself this weekend and it works beautifully. This would be perfect for student submissions-- eliminates the need for flash drives.=

=[|SendIt Home]= = This tip was submitted by a Web 2.0 student. = = = = Tip for the Week of February 6 = = I wanted to share a new video from a service I subscribe to - it's a short entertaining little video about copyright and creative commons. = = http://mthtechwiki.wikispaces.com/Videos = = Below it are similar videos on other topics - don't see one you would like to see??? Ask me and I'll see if one is available. Feel free to show them to students on the white board. Find this and other helpful technology information on the MTHTechWiki at www.mthtechwiki.wikispaces.com = = =

= 2012 - 2013 Tech Tips = = __**October 2012:**__ This tech tip is about Tildee.com. Here is the link: [|www.tildee.com] = = Tildee is a great program to develop your own "step-by-step" directions with illustrations. So suppose you teach a science lab and want to make the directions available on your wiki or webpage so students can work independently. You can create step-by-stepdirections including illustrations through Tildee. Or perhaps you want to do a tutorial in Math - you can upload ActivInspire flipcharts or Word documents and add directions to them, put them on your wiki and TAH DAH...How cool is that!!! The best part is Tildee is free and registration is easy. So give it a try. =

=__** November **__** 2012: ** Take some time and look at this cool tool I found that is embedded in Google. This would especially be a cool tool for those of you that have your students do research. It will even cite the sources and pictures based on the particular style you choose. You may already know about this, but I had never seen it and think it would really make life easy for students doing reports. The example is research on OWLS - now if that isn't just made for us!!!= = [] = = = =__**February**__ **__2013__:** AppsGoneFree is a free app that publishes 6-7 apps daily that WERE paid apps (anywhere from $.99 - $10.99) that are offered FOR FREE for a limited time.= =The apps range from games to productivity tools and are available for iphone, ipad, and universaluse for droids. Once you install (I put it on both my phone and ipad)it, you check the app daily and see what's available. If you msis a day, you can go back and look at previous days and sometimes they are still available - but don't wait too long - the offers do expire.=

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