This week, I’m providing tips for how to prepare for the New Year–that pesky end-of-year technology maintenance. Sure, you should do it once a month if you’re active on your computer, but AT LEAST do it yearly. Like today. Tech Tips for Writers is an occasional post over on my Writer Blog, WordDreams, on overcoming … Continue reading
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End-of-Year Tech Tips: Back Up Your Computer
This week, I’m providing tips for how to prepare for the New Year–that pesky end-of-year technology maintenance. Sure, you should do it once a month if you’re active on your computer, but AT LEAST do it yearly. Like today. This one’s from Tech Tips for Writers, an occasional post over on my Writer Blog, WordDreams, … Continue reading
Tech Tip #71: Visit Foreign Language Google Search
As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Each week, I’ll share one of those with you. They’re always brief and always focused. Enjoy! Q: English isn’t my first language. How do I go to Google in other languages? … Continue reading
10 Ways Any Teacher Can (and Should) Use Technology
Common Core notes: New technologies have broadened and expanded the role that speaking and listening play in acquiring and sharing knowledge and have tightened their link to other forms of communication. Digital texts confront students with the potential for continually updated content and dynamically changing combinations of words, graphics, images, hyperlinks, and embedded video and … Continue reading
Tech Tip #69:Change Size of Desktop Icons
As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Each week, I’ll share one of those with you. They’re always brief and always focused. Enjoy! Q: The desktop icons are tiny on my desktop. I don’t know how it happened, … Continue reading
Tech Tip #67: How to Add Accents and more
As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Each week, I’ll share one of those with you. They’re always brief and always focused. Enjoy! Q: I teach Spanish and need a quick way to add accents to words. Can … Continue reading
Tech Tip #66: Zoom In/Out of Websites
As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Each week, I’ll share one of those with you. They’re always brief and always focused. Enjoy! Q: I can’t read the internet page. How do I zoom out of a browser … Continue reading