"Wis. College Says New E-Mail Font Will Save Money - Education News Story - WMUR Manchester"
The link:
http://www.wmur.com/education/22954048/detail.html?taf=man
Take a look at this. Doug V. brought it to my attention. Seems simple but if we change the default font on our iWork applications and encourage others to do so--we can save money on ink.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
Free Student (Audience) Response Tool
I just used a free online audience response tool to pose questions to my high school journalism class. The students used their cell phones as "clickers" in order to respond to my survey which was projected from the computer in my classroom. It worked great! We not only were able to discuss the answer to the content question (formative assessment), but we were also able to discuss the use of the application in school settings. Not all of the students participated--I warned them upfront that if they did not have an unlimited texting plan from their provider that it would cost them a text message fee.
Online address...
http://www.polleverywhere.com/
Online address...
http://www.polleverywhere.com/
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Moodle
If you need to know more about Blackboard or Moodle, I have used both recently and could help.
I am currently using Moodle and could show you the site.
Thanks!
Mark E. at SLHS
I am currently using Moodle and could show you the site.
Thanks!
Mark E. at SLHS
Shortcuts and Hot Keys
Kevin recommends this site for shortcuts and hot key combinations...
http://www.danrodney.com/mac/index.html
The site includes Keyboard Shortcuts, Multi-Touch Gestures, Tips & Tricks
http://www.danrodney.com/mac/index.html
The site includes Keyboard Shortcuts, Multi-Touch Gestures, Tips & Tricks
Monday, February 22, 2010
Website Recommendation
Hi Everyone,
This weekend I stumbled upon a site with tons of teacher tips/websites/etc. that may be helpful to you as we embark upon our laptop computer adventure...
http://www.tammyworcester.com/Tips/Tammys_Technology_Tips_for_Teachers.html
I hope you find this site helpful - let me know if you have recommendations of sites you've discovered!
Thanks,
Annette
This weekend I stumbled upon a site with tons of teacher tips/websites/etc. that may be helpful to you as we embark upon our laptop computer adventure...
http://www.tammyworcester.com/Tips/Tammys_Technology_Tips_for_Teachers.html
I hope you find this site helpful - let me know if you have recommendations of sites you've discovered!
Thanks,
Annette
Friday, February 19, 2010
Numerical (Number) Keypad on Laptops
From Kevin:
If you have an iPhone or an iPod Touch, you can use it as a number pad for your laptop. You just need the NumberKey app on.
From Jan:
Here are the results I found for the keypad. I think that the second one looks the most promising, at least the most universal for teachers.
Use your iPhone/iPod and the NumberKey Connect software on your Mac. You can then use your iPhone/iPod as a wireless number keypad for you Mac.
Download a copy of Takayama Fumihiko’s free KeyRemap4MacBook. This is a PreferencePane that lets you remap the Mac’s keyboard in interesting ways.
In order to bring the MacBook’s number pad functions back from the dead you need do nothing more than install KeyRemap4MacBook and restart your Mac. If you’re running Snow Leopard you don’t have to remap anything or even open the Preference Pane. Just hold down Fn plus the letters you mentioned and your laptop will cheerfully produce numbers as did your old one.
If you’re running Leopard you must open KeyRemap4MacBook in System Preferences, flip down the triangle next to Remap Fn Key, and enable the Fn to Fn (with NumLock) option. Your Leopard-running laptop will now have a functional number pad
Here is the web page for that software.
http://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/index.html
If you have an iPhone or an iPod Touch, you can use it as a number pad for your laptop. You just need the NumberKey app on.
From Jan:
Here are the results I found for the keypad. I think that the second one looks the most promising, at least the most universal for teachers.
Use your iPhone/iPod and the NumberKey Connect software on your Mac. You can then use your iPhone/iPod as a wireless number keypad for you Mac.
Download a copy of Takayama Fumihiko’s free KeyRemap4MacBook. This is a PreferencePane that lets you remap the Mac’s keyboard in interesting ways.
In order to bring the MacBook’s number pad functions back from the dead you need do nothing more than install KeyRemap4MacBook and restart your Mac. If you’re running Snow Leopard you don’t have to remap anything or even open the Preference Pane. Just hold down Fn plus the letters you mentioned and your laptop will cheerfully produce numbers as did your old one.
If you’re running Leopard you must open KeyRemap4MacBook in System Preferences, flip down the triangle next to Remap Fn Key, and enable the Fn to Fn (with NumLock) option. Your Leopard-running laptop will now have a functional number pad
Here is the web page for that software.
http://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/index.html
Word Application: How To Create Forms
A: Jan B. checked on the Open Office tutorial and you can build a form with drop down choices, fill in the blank, check boxes, etc. The setup is different than Word 2007 but there is a tutorial on-line and it has both a MAC and PC version. Jan B. attached a picture that shows some of the choices. If you would like to see the tutorial for a check box, it is at this address:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Basic/Check_Box
Q: Teachers want to create forms on (Apple) Pages or iWeb or Google Docs on their new computers similar to what they can do on Word. Here is info from the help menu on Word. At the very end of this information is a thread on the Apple site that may give some information.
The following is from the help menu on Word...
Word > Creating specific documents > Forms
Create forms that users complete in Word
Starting with a template, you can add content controls and instructional text in Microsoft Office Word 2007 to quickly and easily create a form that you can send to others to fill out using Office Word 2007 on their computer. In an advanced scenario, any content controls that you add to a form can also be linked to data.
You can also create a form by starting with a sample template. Many are available on the Microsoft Office Online Web site. NOTE :You can print a form that was created by using content controls in Office Word 2007, but the boxes around the content controls will not be printed.
What do you want to do?
________________________________________
Create a form
Protect and distribute the form
________________________________________
Create a form
Step 1: Set up Word for creating forms
1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Word Options.
2. Click Popular.
3. Select the Show Developer tab in the Ribbon check box, and then click OK.
Step 2: Open a template or a document on which to base the form
1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click New.
2. Under Templates, click My templates.
3. Double-click Normal, and then click Template or Document under Create New.
4. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Save As.
5. In the Save As dialog box, give the new template or document a file name, and then click Save.
Step 3: Add content controls to the form
Design the form by sketching a layout first, or use an existing form as a guide. In your form, you can add content controls, tables, and other graphics elements.
On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Design Mode, and then click where you want to insert a control.
Do any of the following:
Insert a text control where users can enter text
1. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click the Rich Text control or the Text control .
Insert a drop-down list that restricts available choices to those you specify
1. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click the Drop-Down List control .
2. Select the content control, and then on the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Properties.
3. To create a list of choices, under Drop-Down List Properties, click Add.
4. Type a choice in the Display Name box, such as Yes, No, or Maybe.
Repeat this step until all of the choices are in the drop-down list.
Step 4: Set or change properties for content controls
Each content control has properties that you can set or change. For example, the Date Picker control offers options for the format you want to use to display the date.
1. Right-click the content control that you want to change.
2. Click Properties, and change the properties that you want.
Step 5: Add instructional text to the form
Instructional text can enhance the usability of the form you create and distribute. You can change the default instructional text in content controls.
To customize the default instructional text for your form users, do the following:
1. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Design Mode.
2. Click the content control where you want to revise the placeholder instructional text.
3. Edit the placeholder text and format it any way you want.
4. If you want the content control to disappear when someone types in their own content to replace your instructions in a Rich Text control or a Text control, click Properties in the Controls group, and then select the Remove content control when contents are edited check box.
5. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Design Mode to turn off the design feature and save the instructional text.
NOTE Do not select the Contents cannot be edited check box if you want form users to replace the instructional text with their own text.
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Add protection to the form
You can protect individual content controls in a template to help prevent someone from deleting or editing a particular content control or group of controls, or you can help protect all of the template content with a password.
TIP If you want, you can test the form prior to distributing it. Open the form, fill it out as the user would, and then save a copy in a location that you want.
Protect parts of a form
1. Open the form that you want to protect.
2. Select the content control or the group of controls to which you want to restrict changes.
To group several controls, select the controls by pressing SHIFT and clicking each control that you want to group. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Group, and then click Group.
3. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Properties.
4. In the Content Control Properties dialog box, under Locking, do either of the following:
Select the Content control cannot be deleted check box, which allows the content of the control to be edited but the control itself cannot be deleted from the template or a document that is based on the template.
Select the Contents cannot be edited check box, which allows you to delete the control but does not allow you to edit the content in the control.
NOTE This option is not available for all controls.
Protect all of the contents of a form
1. Open the form that you want to help protect.
2. On the Developer tab, in the Protect group, click Protect Document, and then click Restrict Formatting and Editing.
3. In the Protect Document task pane, under Editing restrictions, select the Allow only this type of editing in the document check box.
4. In the list of editing restrictions, select Filling in forms.
5. Under Start enforcement, click Yes, Start Enforcing Protection.
6. To assign a password to the document so that only reviewers who know the password can remove the protection, type a password in the Enter new password (optional) box, and then confirm the password.
IMPORTANT If you choose not to use a password, anyone can change your editing restrictions.
Use strong passwords that combine uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. Weak passwords don't mix these elements. Strong password: Y6dh!et5. Weak password: House27. Passwords should be 8 or more characters in length. A pass phrase that uses 14 or more characters is better. For more information, see Help protect your personal information with strong passwords.
It is critical that you remember your password. If you forget your password, Microsoft cannot retrieve it. Store the passwords that you write down in a secure place away from the information that they help protect.
Thread on the Apple site that may give some information:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2291705&tstart=30
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Basic/Check_Box
Q: Teachers want to create forms on (Apple) Pages or iWeb or Google Docs on their new computers similar to what they can do on Word. Here is info from the help menu on Word. At the very end of this information is a thread on the Apple site that may give some information.
The following is from the help menu on Word...
Word > Creating specific documents > Forms
Create forms that users complete in Word
Starting with a template, you can add content controls and instructional text in Microsoft Office Word 2007 to quickly and easily create a form that you can send to others to fill out using Office Word 2007 on their computer. In an advanced scenario, any content controls that you add to a form can also be linked to data.
You can also create a form by starting with a sample template. Many are available on the Microsoft Office Online Web site. NOTE :You can print a form that was created by using content controls in Office Word 2007, but the boxes around the content controls will not be printed.
What do you want to do?
________________________________________
Create a form
Protect and distribute the form
________________________________________
Create a form
Step 1: Set up Word for creating forms
1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Word Options.
2. Click Popular.
3. Select the Show Developer tab in the Ribbon check box, and then click OK.
Step 2: Open a template or a document on which to base the form
1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click New.
2. Under Templates, click My templates.
3. Double-click Normal, and then click Template or Document under Create New.
4. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Save As.
5. In the Save As dialog box, give the new template or document a file name, and then click Save.
Step 3: Add content controls to the form
Design the form by sketching a layout first, or use an existing form as a guide. In your form, you can add content controls, tables, and other graphics elements.
On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Design Mode, and then click where you want to insert a control.
Do any of the following:
Insert a text control where users can enter text
1. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click the Rich Text control or the Text control .
Insert a drop-down list that restricts available choices to those you specify
1. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click the Drop-Down List control .
2. Select the content control, and then on the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Properties.
3. To create a list of choices, under Drop-Down List Properties, click Add.
4. Type a choice in the Display Name box, such as Yes, No, or Maybe.
Repeat this step until all of the choices are in the drop-down list.
Step 4: Set or change properties for content controls
Each content control has properties that you can set or change. For example, the Date Picker control offers options for the format you want to use to display the date.
1. Right-click the content control that you want to change.
2. Click Properties, and change the properties that you want.
Step 5: Add instructional text to the form
Instructional text can enhance the usability of the form you create and distribute. You can change the default instructional text in content controls.
To customize the default instructional text for your form users, do the following:
1. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Design Mode.
2. Click the content control where you want to revise the placeholder instructional text.
3. Edit the placeholder text and format it any way you want.
4. If you want the content control to disappear when someone types in their own content to replace your instructions in a Rich Text control or a Text control, click Properties in the Controls group, and then select the Remove content control when contents are edited check box.
5. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Design Mode to turn off the design feature and save the instructional text.
NOTE Do not select the Contents cannot be edited check box if you want form users to replace the instructional text with their own text.
Top of Page
Add protection to the form
You can protect individual content controls in a template to help prevent someone from deleting or editing a particular content control or group of controls, or you can help protect all of the template content with a password.
TIP If you want, you can test the form prior to distributing it. Open the form, fill it out as the user would, and then save a copy in a location that you want.
Protect parts of a form
1. Open the form that you want to protect.
2. Select the content control or the group of controls to which you want to restrict changes.
To group several controls, select the controls by pressing SHIFT and clicking each control that you want to group. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Group, and then click Group.
3. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Properties.
4. In the Content Control Properties dialog box, under Locking, do either of the following:
Select the Content control cannot be deleted check box, which allows the content of the control to be edited but the control itself cannot be deleted from the template or a document that is based on the template.
Select the Contents cannot be edited check box, which allows you to delete the control but does not allow you to edit the content in the control.
NOTE This option is not available for all controls.
Protect all of the contents of a form
1. Open the form that you want to help protect.
2. On the Developer tab, in the Protect group, click Protect Document, and then click Restrict Formatting and Editing.
3. In the Protect Document task pane, under Editing restrictions, select the Allow only this type of editing in the document check box.
4. In the list of editing restrictions, select Filling in forms.
5. Under Start enforcement, click Yes, Start Enforcing Protection.
6. To assign a password to the document so that only reviewers who know the password can remove the protection, type a password in the Enter new password (optional) box, and then confirm the password.
IMPORTANT If you choose not to use a password, anyone can change your editing restrictions.
Use strong passwords that combine uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. Weak passwords don't mix these elements. Strong password: Y6dh!et5. Weak password: House27. Passwords should be 8 or more characters in length. A pass phrase that uses 14 or more characters is better. For more information, see Help protect your personal information with strong passwords.
It is critical that you remember your password. If you forget your password, Microsoft cannot retrieve it. Store the passwords that you write down in a secure place away from the information that they help protect.
Thread on the Apple site that may give some information:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2291705&tstart=30
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