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TTT: Automatic Spell Check in Outlook
Tuesday’s Technology Tip Little ‘bytes’ of information to hopefully make your computing life easier. For this week’s TTT, here is a brief video demonstrating how to activate automatic spell checking in Outlook. Click below to play , and once playing there is a full-screen option in the lower right corner of the video. ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ This…
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Content Tech: Summary of Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works
“Using technology for technology’s sake isn’t a good application of instructional time or funding, and it is unlikely to improve student achievement.” (p.217) Over the past few months we’ve taken a look at how technology can support research-proven instructional strategies. Let’s take a few minutes to summarize the ideas presented by Pitler et al in…
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Content Tech: Riding the Digital Wave Conference 2009
Content Tech Ideas for Technology Use in the Classroom Erie 1 BOCES hosted the 5th Annual Riding the Digital Wave Conference at the Harlem Rd. Education Campus. Below is my under-5-minute wrap up of my experience. Click to play, and mouse over the lower right corner of the video to find the full-screen button. Here…
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TTT: Quick Tabs in Internet Explorer
Tuesday’s Technology Tip Little ‘bytes’ of information to hopefully make your computing life easier. When you have multiple web pages open at once, each one can be displayed on a separate tab, rather than in a separate window. These tabs make it easy for you to switch between open websites without having to manage multiple…
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Content Tech: Generating and Testing Hypotheses
Content Tech Ideas for Technology Use in the Classroom In an ongoing look at the book, Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works, the next strategy is generating and testing hypotheses. Technology advances including probeware, interactive simulations, and spreadsheets, allow classroom time to be devote classroom time to interpreting data, rather than collecting data. In…
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TTT: Jumping PowerPoint Slides
Tuesday’s Technology Tip Little ‘bytes’ of information to hopefully make your computing life easier. When presenting, you can easily jump around in your PowerPoint slides out of order. Simply type the number of the slide you wish to jump to and tap the Enter key. You can also right-click the current slide and choose Go…
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Content Tech: Homework and Practice
Content Tech Ideas for Technology Use in the Classroom In an ongoing look at the book, Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works, the next strategy is homework and practice. Marzano’s research indicates that typically, students need approximately 24 repetitions of a skill in order to achieve 80 percent competency. There are many web resources…
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TTT: Indenting Paragraphs
Tuesday’s Technology Tip Little ‘bytes’ of information to hopefully make your computing life easier. There are two ways to set up indenting in Word. First, by using the menus: Choose Format | Paragraph… Set the left and right indents under Indentation The second way is to use the Ruler: If the ruler is not visible,…
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Content Tech: Identifying Similarities and Differences
Content Tech Ideas for Technology Use in the Classroom In an ongoing look at the book, Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works, the next strategy is identifying similaritities and differences. Graphic organizers, including venn diagrams, are once again are great tools to use for this strategy. However, I’m going to focus on how spreadsheet…
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Content Tech: Reinforcing Effort
Content Tech Ideas for Technology Use in the Classroom In an ongoing look at the book, Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works, the next strategy is reinforcing effort. Probably the single biggest factor affecting student performance is the ability to “stick with it” until successful. Technology can be a tough one to incorporate into…