Technology Information and Tutorials

• Animated GIFs

• Classroom Conferencing

• Cleaning out your hard drive

• Clock  - Setting your computer clock - scroll down to PCs

• CPS Units - Classroom Performance System - How to use
     Demo of what you can do with CPS

• Digital Camera, Sony Mavica -Taking Pictures with Sony Mavica Digital Camera

• Digital Cameras in the classroom

• Edmark Software - Guide for Class Setup and Use of Software  - Software Titles include: Millie's MathHouse, Calculating Crew, Zoo Zillions, and Carnival Countdown.

• ELMO - Working with your Document Camera - Check this user's guide for setting up and using an "Elmo" document video camera as a classroom tool.

• Excel:
     Excel Tutorial
     Basic Excel
     Excel Videos
     Create a Seating Chart with Excel
     Create a Chart or Graph with Excel
     Create a Grade Book in Excel
     Create a Labeling Worksheet
     Create a Watermark with Excel
     Create an Adlib Story with Excel
     Create an Interactive Map in Excel
     Create Class Surveys with Excel
     Create Self-Correcting Worksheets
     Create Tessellations with Excel
     Excel-ent Activities Across the Grades
     Make A Poster With Excel!
     Teaching Excel
     Timelines in No Time
     Top 10 Excel Questions

• Formatting a disk

• Inspiration:
     Inspiration Tutorial -  This tutorial is a great starting point for learning how to use Inspiration
     Inspiration in your Classroom - make a simple concept map
     Inspiration Tutorial
     My First Inspiration Project

• Internet Explorer Tutorial
     Tips and Tricks for Using Internet Explorer

• Java and JavaScript Programming
     Programming 101 By Way of Java
     Java Programming For Kids

• Keyboard Functions

• Kid Pix:
     Kid Pix Slide Show - step-by-step instructions
     Kid Pix Integration Ideas

• Module Maker

• NetMeeting in an Online Learning Environment

• Power Point:
     Basic Slide Shows
     PowerPoint Tutorial
     PowerPoint Tutorial: 2
     PowerPoint in the Classroom
     Creating a Class PowerPoint Presentation
     Create Interactive Maps in PowerPoint
     Quiz Students With PowerPoint
     Writing Storybooks With PowerPoint

• Publisher:
     Videos

• Scanner

• Search Engines - How they work

• Shortcuts for the PC

• Timeliner

• Creating a Web page for Windows.

• Web Searching

• Web Teacher

• Who owns it? - Copyright and Fair use

• Windows Movie Maker:
     Importing Images in to Moviemaker(Flash)
     Changing the duration of images (Flash)
     Adding fades to the images(Flash)
     Adding movement to images(Flash)
     Exporting to a movie file(Flash)
     Movie Maker and Photostory Tutorials

• Word:
     Word Tutorial
     Word Training Videos 1
     Word Training Videos 2
     MS Word
     customize toolbars in MS Word
     Creating Graphic Organizers with Word
     Creating Test Forms with Microsoft Word
     Editing Images in Microsoft Word
     Editing With Microsoft Word
     How to Make Trading Cards With Word
     Make A Class Newsletter With Word
     Make a Concentration Game with Word
     Make a Watermark with Word
     Seven Wonders of Word

•    Photostory
      Photostory Tutorial

 

   

   

Command	PC shortcut
save	ctrl + s
copy	ctrl + c
paste	ctrl + v
cut	ctrl + x
undo	ctrl + z
redo	ctrl + y
print	ctrl + p
quit	ctrl + q
double space	ctrl + 2
single space	ctrl + 1
open a new file	ctrl + n
open a saved file	ctrl + o
close the window	ctrl + w
select all	ctrl + a
bold	ctrl + b
italic	ctrl + i
underline	ctrl + u
spell check	F7
thesaurus	shift+F7