Technology
Tools for Teaching
Technology Tools for Teaching
is a monthly
newsletter written for middle school teachers of Harford County Public
Schools. Its purpose is to provide information and ideas to help teachers
integrate technology into the curriculum using the standard middle school
software of HCPS (Office 97, Netscape, and Inspiration).
NOTE: The following Newsletter files are PDF
files - Portable Document Format. They can be viewed and printed with Adobe
Acrobat Reader. If you need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader, click
here.
April 2002
An overview of this web site
February
2002
Ideas for the One Computer Classroom, Inspiration's
Multicolor Tool, PowerPoint Color Schemes, Microsoft Word Numbering Tips,
Internet Tutorials
December
2001
Inspiration, Grouping Objects, Cropping Images,
Recoloring ClipArt in PowerPoint
October 2001
Google, MS Word Tips, Running an Audio CD in PowerPoint,
Web Sites for free graphics and text
May 2001
Pack and Go with PowerPoint, MS Word Tips, TrackStar,
Columns in Excel
April 2001-Front
Using Control-F in Netscape, Adding Word Highlighter
April 2001-Back
PowerPoint Rubric
March 2001
Instructional PowerPoint, Working in Pairs, Printing
from the Internet, Universal Access, Highlighting in Word
February 2001
Running PowerPoint Automatically, AutoShapes in
Word, Planning a PowerPoint Presentation,
Technology Integration
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Microsoft
PowerPoint 97
PowerPoint Rubric
Printable rubric to use for assessing PowerPoint
presentations.
Storyboard
This handout provides students
with a tool for preparing their PowerPoint presentations.
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Netscape
Composer
Netscape Composer is a component of the Netscape
Communicator which allows you create your own Web
pages and publish them on a Web server. Composer's
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editing environment makes creating
and editing Web pages as easy as using a word processor.
Netscape
Composer: An Introduction
This page provides an outline that links to "mini"
tutorials.
Netscape
Composer Tutorial: Tables
This is a very thorough tutorial on making tables.
Composer
Online Tutorial
The sections "Introduction", "Planning a Web Site",
and "Creating a Storyboard" provide helpful information.
Using
Netscape Composer for Web Development
The 2001 Maryland Technology Academy provided
this web page for its fellows.
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Inspiration
Inspiration is a program
for organizing ideas and information and visually presenting them. It is
a productivity tool that is useful for both teachers and students to create
webs, concept maps, brainstorming and idea maps, flow charts, and storyboards.
Learning
to Use Inspiration in Your Classroom
Concept
Mapping Projects
Teachers
Using Inspiration
Strategic
Transitions: K-Grade 12 Model Diagrams
Inspiration.com
Inspired
Teacher Scholarship Guidelines
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Excel
Excel
Tutorial from University of South Dakota
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