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SkyDrive in the Classroom
SkyDrive – Easily share or upload your files to this free online storage What is SkyDrive? Windows Live SkyDrive is part of Microsoft’s Windows Live range of online services. SkyDrive is a file storage and sharing service that allows users … Continue reading
Posted in Communication
Tagged communication, computer curriculum, email, file backup, file storage, internet, pictures, sharing, using technology in the classroom
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Computer Curriculum Long-Range Planning in Four Easy Steps
Whether required by school administration or initiated by teachers organizing their school year, long range planning is an effective tool to build a technology-rich learning environment. A successful plan for computer curriculum can: focus learning in a systematic way manage … Continue reading
Posted in Computers in Schools
Tagged computer curriculum, computer education, ict, longe range planning
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Environmental Online Resources for Students
In my last blog entry, I wrote about how social bookmarking can be an effective and time saving tool for teachers. Delicious is an example of a social bookmarking site that teachers can use to view or collect themed links … Continue reading
A Teacher Speaks Out: Yes, you should teach Internet skills!
I recently conducted an interview with the classroom teacher upon the completion of teaching TechnoJourney to learn more about her thoughts and ideas about the experience. Your students just spent the past few weeks completing activities from the technology project … Continue reading
Video and Sound Production Skills in the Classroom
Today’s students are media savvy. They listen to music, take pictures with cell phones and cameras, play electronic games, use the computer to download songs and view videos, and watch movies and television. They are avid consumers of a variety … Continue reading
Desktop Publishing Skills in the Classroom
Desktop publishing is a technology skill used every time a publication is created. Desktop publishing involves using the computer to create visual displays of ideas and information by combining images and text to produce an attractive layout and design to … Continue reading
Presentation Skills in the Classroom
Presentation software offers a motivating and comprehensive way for students to demonstrate their learning by creating a slideshow. A slideshow presentation is a formal display of information organized onto slides to show or explain a concept to an audience. Students … Continue reading
Resizing Images Without Losing Quality
Have you ever spent hours on a document making sure the layout was just right only to have it rejected by your ISP when you try to email it to a coworker because the file size is too large? Or … Continue reading
Posted in Computers in Schools
Tagged computer curriculum, computer education, software, technical issues, using technology in the classroom
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12 Tips for Internet Research
Internet research is a key component to many technology-based projects. Without facts, students cannot create quality reports, travel advertisements, biographies, or presentations. However, Internet research that is not well-managed wastes instructional time. When this happens, teachers risk running out of … Continue reading
Frozen Computers Foil Internet Research
For those teachers who have had the experience of teaching in a computer lab when a technical issue derails a well-planned lesson, I know you will sympathize with my plight. Today was the first class for TechnoEnvironment. I was prepared … Continue reading
