Tech Tuesday - Outlook - Nov 23

Tech Tuesday - Outlook How To’s - November 23

Outlook:
Get a grip on all that Outlook can do for teachers. Learn to:

• manage your inbox with folders
• archive folders at specific times
• View and use your calendar and other public calendars
• many other tips

Resources:

Science: A too cool 3D animation of the mighty mitochondria. Harvard University has produced several of these colorful videos. They are lacking any narration (which can be great for teacher) but instead are produced with a techno music background.

        To go right along with the video above, Biological Animations is a great website to find .swf files. Most are at the high school level but the animations are very simple and colorful (like DNA replication and protein synthesis.) Take a look at the Explorable Cell too.

ALL: Sure you know how to use PowerPoint, but do the students? PowerPoint in the Classroom is a tutorial style website that guides them through the basics and even the more complex aspects of making a good, portable, presentation.  This is a great link for your Blackboard Assignment.

ALL: Flowcharts and diagrams are used to differentiate instruction. Now you have the power of Gliffy to make this happen either in a lab or as a home assignment. Gliffy is online diagramming software the does NOT REQUIRE a log-in. Once the diagram is finished you have the option to print it, save as PDF, or export as JPEG or PNG. Yes, these file types can be turned in through Assignment Manager or Digital Dropbox.

English, ESOL, and ANY: Wordsift was offered to me by another teacher and I’m still playing with it. In a nutshell, you can paste any text and it will create a Tag Cloud. That in itself is not new on the web, but the further interaction with the words is what makes Wordshift special. You can separate them into academic words, curriculum based words, or rare words. Wordshift links words to articles, photos, and the visual thesaurus. Every instance in which the word is found is listed. Activities are suggested here at their website. I particularly like this as a pre-reading activity.

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