Technology 101 Alice Raden To view this PowerPoint and the hyperlinks within, go to
Work Smarter Not Harder Desktop Basics –Create Folders –Finding folders, your classroom or Lab LMC. –Saving to Lab LMC with kids File –Save As Labshare- Lab LMC Teacher Folder – create your own or have one created for you.
Work Smarter Not Harder s and Attachments –Opening documents Right click on them and open with Word – s out of order – click on received and will put them back in date order –Split screen- good for viewing spam folder –Address Book – create distribution lists – parents New – to box- New button- distribution list – add new name and address.
Work Smarter Not Harder Internet Safety –ClickSmartSafe NS teens – stalkers, posting things online,NS teens Archives – stuff that NEVER GOES AWAY Cyberbulling – Program_Summary_200688_7.pdfhttp:// Program_Summary_200688_7.pdf
Work Smarter Not Harder Search Engines –Google, Bing, MSN, Yahoo Driven by advertising and money(sponsored links) –Wikipedia.com Ever changing – user can modify the text- not always reliable –Links – give credit – plagiarism, citation etc. and credibility.
Work Smarter Not Harder Address Extensions –.gov – government –.edu – education –.com – commerce –.mil – military –.net - network –.org – organization
Normal Search –narrow your search –Tiger vs. Tigers –Siberian Tiger –“Siberian Tiger” Top Blue links –Images and Videos – blocked but can be opened if you ask. –Maps, News and Shopping work. Work Smarter Not Harder
Advanced Search –Enter keywords, titles etc. –Leave out things – ebay and amazon –File type – PDF, PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Pictures-.jpg or.bpm –Lesson Plans –usually comes with worksheets and anything else you might need
Work Smarter Not Harder Specific Websites with Lesson Plans –ThinkfinityThinkfinity –Thru Michigan Virtual University Thru Learnport- free to all Michigan Teachers NetTrekker and other useful resources.NetTrekker – (will need to download learning essentials) –Math Worksheet GeneratorMath Worksheet Generator – – to follow with all hot links needed for Microsoft products
Work Smarter Not Harder –This site requires a membership for full access school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans –Limited access without paid membership UMD-edtech wiki UMD-edtech wiki –This site was created for inservice teachers at UMD. It is a great tool for anyone interested in the integration of technology into the curriculum
HMS Teacher Wiki This wiki is a work in progress. The goal of the HMS Teacher Wiki is to create a one-stop resource share for teachers at Hilbert Middle School. Teachers who choose to join this Wiki will be able to add content that would be useful to co-teachers, parents and students alike. Click on the link above to view some useful online resources