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JANUARY 30, 2018
Digital citizenship education doesn’t work in a lecture format. Dr. Kristen Mattson, author of Digital Citizenship in Action talks about how they’ve integrated digital citizenship into all of their courses at her school and how you can too. Digital Citizenship that Works. Enhanced Transcript.
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JUNE 14, 2022
That puts the current date into any Word document (use Ctrl+; in Excel and Google Sheets). Be aware: This inserted date will update every time you open the document. If you want the date to memorialize the document, skip the shortkey. Is there a shortcut for people like me? A: Push Shift+Alt+D.
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MARCH 31, 2024
Besides those already discussed, you can: use an auto-backup program like Acronis creates a backup and a mirror image on a schedule email important documents to yourself each time you make changes to it (like lesson plans) Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom.
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FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Today’s tip: Find a file Category: Problem-solving Q: I saved my document, but I can’t find it. A: There are five ways to search for a document you saved, but don’t remember where (see poster below): If none of these work, try these two: One: Open the program you created it in, say MS Word. What do I do? Select File>Open.
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JANUARY 15, 2024
She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. ” Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. .” ” Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.
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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
For basic image editing, Word’s pallet of tools do a pretty good job ( Note: Depending upon your version of Word, some of these tools may not be available; adapt to your version ): Open a blank document in MS Word. Insert a picture with multiple focal points (see samples). Duplicate the image once for each focal point.
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JUNE 13, 2023
Sometimes, they find a version of the document, but not the latest version. Often, students save it to a default location—like My Documents on the local drive. Can they search the network for it (which requires they know the name of the document)? They assume (often wrongly) that it’s gone forever and they’ll have to start over.
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