Technology
Tips & Tricks

 

 

Technology Tip #16 -
Use quotation marks when looking for information in a search engine. This will keep the two words together in the documents you search for. (WWW)
Technology Tip #15 -
Always change the Advance Search settings in Google when searching for images with students.
Change the settings to Safe Search mode. (WWW)
Technology Tip #14 -
Double click on lines between two column headings to Auto Fit the text. (MS Excel)
Technology Tip #13 -
Use PowerPoint to create Award certificates. The slide is the perfect size and you can easily add in backgrounds. (PowerPoint)
Technology Tip #12 -
Use one color / fill/ gradient fill background for each unit. This will help your students tie all the information together. (PowerPoint)
Technology Tip #11 -
Want to find a PowerPoint  online? Use a search engine, type in your topic and then the plus sign and the letters ppt. (WWW)
Technology Tip #10 -
Use the photo album to add photos quickly, then add in your other information by adding new slides. (PowerPoint 2007)
Technology Tip #9 -
Keeping the same background on all your slides will give your presentation and professional, cohesive look. (PowerPoint)
Technology Tip #8 -
Use page borders as an organization tool - either for the teacher or for the students. (Word)
Technology Tip #7 -
Use color to help a section of text to stand out. (Word)
Technology Tip #6 -
Did you know that there are three ways to copy information? First always highlight the text...then:
1. Ctrl + C ; 2. Right click - copy; and 3. copy on the tool bar. (MS OFFICE)
Technology Tip #5 -
Make bookmarks for students using a 3-column document. (Word)
Technology Tip #4 - 7/26/2008
Save documents you use regularly as templates. Then save them and reuse - you will be asked to rename them. (MS WORD)
Technology Tip #3 -  7/11/2008
Keep headers/ heading 2 sizes larger than your regular  text. (MS OFFICE & FrontPage)
Technology Tip #2 - 7/9/2008
Use the format brush to copy all of your formatting at one time (MS OFFICE)
Technology Tip #1 - 7/8/2008
Type in your information first - then tweak it and change how it looks. (font, color, size, alignment)

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