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Entries Tagged as 'Tech Tips'
Alternatives
October 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · District 62 Support, Free, Tech Tips, Tools, Web2.0
My district generally does not have access to Microsoft Office. In fact we have over 2,000 computers, yet we have fewer than 200 licenses of Office. Changing that is a priority for me & is a work in progress. In the meantime there are free alternatives that you can use that are completely compatible with [...]
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Google Earth Update
October 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Tech Tips, Tools
Google has released an update to its way cool Google Earth application. In its latest iteration Google Earth has added some stunning new features. New interface controls let you swoop in & out of locations easier, photo-realistic images load more quickly…but the cool stuff isn’t even on Earth! You can now see the light, dark, [...]
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The Best of History Web Sites
September 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Tech Tips, Tools, Websites
There is a lot of information out on the web and you’re a busy social studies or history teacher. www.besthistorysites.net is here to help. Veteran teacher Tom Daccord has put together a compendium of websites appropriate for school use that concentrate on history. He has organized them logically and includes a discussion for each site, [...]
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Organize, Communicate, Get Things Done
September 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Tech Tips, Tools, Web2.0
There are a lot of posts about using web tools in education. Dave Sherman & Frank Buck wrote about really useful tools at their respective sites. I want to approach it from a little different angle – using these new tools to simplify your life across operating systems, including your phone: Jott, Foxmarks, Evernote & [...]
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The Power of the Feed
September 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Tech Tips
I’m starting what I hope to be a weekly post, staying true to a few real friends of the teacher – the schedule (weekly) and the alliteration. Hence, this weekly post will be called Tech Tip Tuesday, but I think I’ll just post it under the tag/category TTT. Anywho, on to the tip. There is [...]
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