October 31, 2007
If you sign up for a free Google account, one of the benefits is you can use their GoogleDocs service. It enables you to create PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, and Word documents online for free!
You can also upload previously-made documents and presentations. You could use GoogleDocs as a way to backup your important teaching materials, as well as a collaborative tool. You can invite people to work on a document with you simultaneously.
For more information on Google Docs, watch my Faculty Lounge presentation.
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October 3, 2007
Creating an online calendar is a great way for teachers to share important dates and events with their students. Over the years it’s been a trick to find a good FREE calendar that would allow teachers the flexibility they need and they style they want. No More. Google Calendar has given everyone the ability to create and share a calendar with anyone they want. To learn more about using the Google Calendar check out this article by Chris O’Neal from Edutopia.
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September 4, 2007
Helen Bradley from PC Magazine talks about four choices that Excel can do for you if you know the correct formula. The IF function, A Nested IF, LOOKUP, and CHOOSE are all described in this article.
This link will take you to Pioneer Library. If you are in a school it will open right up, but if you are not, then you will need to know the Pioneer username and password.
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cph&AN=26205274&site=ehost-live
Ross
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September 4, 2007
In every issue of PC Magazine, Neil J. Rubenking tackles your toughest software and internet problems. In this issue he answers three questions about Excel. Sorting a birth dates, sorting more than three columns, and having numbers for both columns and rows. Take a look and learn something new.
This link will take you to Pioneer Library. If you are in a school it will open right up, but if you are not, then you will need to know the Pioneer username and password.
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cph&AN=26205271&site=ehost-live
Ross
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September 4, 2007
What a great article by Harry Grover Tuttle from Technology and Learning. In this article, he describes fourteen tip to enhance your reading program. Of the 14 that he introduces to you, I would like to point out letters E and G, both are giving you different ideas that you can use PowerPoint for in your classroom. Take a moment and read this article. It is short, to the point, and I think that your students will enjoy doing some of these activities.
http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.php?articleID=196604610
Ross
P.S. If you have any ideas that you would like to share with us, click on the Feecback tab and let us know.
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August 31, 2007
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