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Week of:
9/13/04
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Wow 'Em with
Technology
Looking for ideas for Open House? Check out these practical
ideas for using technology in your classroom, and sharing
information with parents.
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Week of:
9/20/04
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Strategies
for Using Mil-Karts in Your
Classroom
Learn how to best utilize a Mil-Kart in your classroom. Tips
for "hardware" management and lesson ideas
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Week of:
9/27/04
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Using a Drop
Box with your Students
Drop boxes are convenient ways for students to deliver
electronic files or pick up teacher handouts without bogging
down the email system. Files are time-stamped when dropped
so teachers know the day and time the file was
completed.
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Week of:
10/04/04
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Making the Grade - Posting grades
on-line
Learn to post student grades online with just a few
clicks!
Step
by step instructions.
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Week of:
10/11/04
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When and
How to Use PDFs
Have you ever needed to send an AppleWorks document to a PC
user? Wanted to post an assignment or a study guide on the
web? Wanted your students to print out a notes sheet from a
PowerPoint without the web address, date, and time at the
top and bottom? You can do all this with a pdf (portable
document format)!
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Week of:
10/18/04
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Creating
Teacher Handouts
Screen shots can enhance teacher worksheets and help
students learn a process that requires visual
instruction.
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Week of:
11/8/04
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Practical
ideas for using AppleWorks Tables and your
Classroom
Learn how you and your students can use "tables" to
present information in documents. Find out when to use a
table vs. using a spreadsheet.
AppleWorks "Calendar" assistant
creates a great table that both teachers and students can
customize quite easily using a few basic "table
skills."
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Week of:
11/15/04
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Best of the Web" is only one click
away
The Ranger Advisors will provide a guided tour of
valuable sites for teachers in all curriculum areas!
Ranger Advisors "on duty" in all periods!
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Week of:
11/29/04
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OS X
Address Book
Learn how the OS X Address book works with the OSX Mail
program to manage your contacts. Create a library of vcards
from messages you have received or previously sent, and
"Group" your contacts together.
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Week of:
12/6/04
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Backing
up your files
Backing up is as easy as dragging a few folders to your
backup location (either your Documents folder on the Patriot
server or to a CD-Rom).
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Week of:
12/13/04
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Scanning Basics
The Ranger Advisor team members will help you learn how
to scan photos or graphics for webpages, email or documents.
Or, if you hate typing, learn how to scan text into
AppleWorks documents! Ranger Advisors "on duty" in all
periods!
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