VSTE+Tammy+Worcester

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=Tammy Worcester Sessions at VSTE 2008 =  tons of resources, handouts, etc. at [|her website]

Reading and Writing in the Classroom
 to make text larger in word: hold down control and shift keys, then keys (highlight text first)

suggests using powerpoint instead of word...have a little more control over textboxes change page set up to portrait when printing choose handouts...print 4 slides and fold to make booklet

tshirt activity create content related shirts (Virginia is T-rrific because)

pasting text into powerpoint: add a textbox first the correct width and paste inside of that paste special...paste as unformatted text

summary sleuth activity - create magnifying glass with 3 ovals and group make "glass" about 20% transparent write summary in textbox on glass in larger font

pyramid report each line (fact) must be longer than the fact above (hats off) activity on webpage

sticky notes can create notes for reviewing writing requirements make "from the desk of...." note cards use washout for picture on note print 4 at a time on a page place real stickies on top of squares and print again (find out which way paper feeds through printer)

Excel charts to add column or row to chart, grab the bottom corner of selected data and drag to include new row or column select column, data menu, auto filter to add dropdown menu so can see only one student's information at time

Hinky pinks slideshow

use a story starter in slides, show 3 alternate endings create slideshow use action buttons to move through show

Math and Technology
 check her website for handouts (just pictures on vste link...but there are pdfs elsewhere)

Pizza Glyph

toolbars in powerpoint: standard, formatting, and drawing open create large oval girl yellow/ boy brown crust put smaller white circle inside large one rectangle sausage on right/left side by handedness and color of hair pineapple (triangle) top/bottom by even/odd age pepperoni - favorite color - one for each letter in first name (teach copy/paste or duplicate) can continue adding objects as desired... I am fairly sure that this project is explained in one of her books :)

transformations flips, slides, turns powerpoint slideshow that lets kids practice the skills can print as resource during the year

tessalations in powerpoint http://tinyurl.com/yvl8fr download example powerpoint

use excel to create pictograph replace bars with pictures select picture and go to fill effects choose stack and scale will create pictograph

Adding excel chart to PowerPoint when pasting an excel chart into powerpoint, first copy from edit menu paste special paste as MS Office object so it will remain a chart instead of a graphic can add animation to chart, such as dissolve in can group by series...will animate accordingly

Use Excel to show the power of a penny Learn fill down double amount each day

Excel - conditional formatting cells change colors depending on number that is input into cell

Science and Social Studies Activities
 Create own zoo Add an animal image to a slide Build a cage over the animal using the rectangle tool ...long and skinny duplicate line and move to new position then continue to press control D and lines will move to next relative position

add text box..add color, border print and exhibit or create slideshow with all animals :)

Use powerpoint as simple photo editor (crop, resize, etc.) then create picture postcards

Water cycle search for cloud, etc....to find animations, uncheck everything except for movies when searching have to view in slideshow to see animations cloud, water, sun, tree, mountain put clipart exactly where they want it and don't move it use textbox for name, title Add text and arrows on each slide for each individual part of the cycle set slides to advance automatically after 2 seconds or so loop continuously

could adapt for any topic in science and social studies...how things work

Earth layers label layers with text boxes and arrows add action buttons that cover each circle (transparent???)...need to actually create this or look in book for instructions use mouse over to move around slides...appears to change textboxes, really changing slides

Use Melissa Data to look up climate data for particular zip code copy data chart into spreadsheet create range of temps in new column Create chart using stacked columns....select month, low temp, and range use border and color tools to get rid of lower border...leaves only average range for month line graphs with average temps..paste special over bar graph

Imagination Cubed web site

Quick and Easy Computer Activities
 PowerPoint:

Acrostics use word art tool to make vertical work use text boxes beside each letter to write fact for each letter Try adding phrases at beginning with acrostic letters in the middle of the line

Bookmarks

find picture of book cover write descriptor of book view rulers....center is marked with zero in powerpoint add lines at 0 and 2 and 1/2 mark on each side Create bookmark inside first rectangle, then duplicate Place 2nd bookmark in position, then duplicate again and it will go into the correct position Print out and use in classes to let other people read their bookmarks

Word Art look at PicturesOfPlaces.com not searchable, but nice images need to save picture (not copy/paste) in ppt, word art...choose bold font...type word select word art, right click, fill effects, choose picture Can easily do the same thing in Word...I already have a handout for this

Can do the same thing with shapes Change color of background to make it pop Add textbox at bottom to add definition of the word Use word art for vocabulary words (interactive notes???)

Fact Flipper 5 questions and answers written down create slideshow...one question per slide print handouts of slide questions...6 slides per page print answers of slide questions cut flaps of questions and fold up to reveal answers need to check book for exact directions for this

Kidspiration Number autobiography timeline effect...interesting thing that happened to them during each year of their life

Now and Then what they do now and what they think they'll be doing when they're 30

PowerPoint Sense Poetry Choose a concept (love, greed, happiness...etc.) find a picture and describe using each of the 5 senses make black/white change from picture tab and make grayscale add borders

ABC Biography Create slideshow in which facts are presented in abc order first fact begins with A, second with B, etc. extra challenge...biography of famous person....also put in chronological order more than one letter per slide add animations to make each letter textbox come in on click

Who Am I slideshow riddle slideshow clues along with a portion of a picture of the person on each slide last clue reveals the rest of the picture and the answer

What Am I slideshow same process

had to find facts, order to present facts, first person clues

to control picture, cover it with rectangles equal to the number of clues make rectangles and their border match background insert duplicate slides and change clues delete one of the rectangles for each slide insert new duplicate and delete another rectangle, etc. add slide transition if desired

Tips and Tricks
 Look for link on website

Web Tools:

delicious look for link rolls - code to put bookmarks in your web page automatically :) specific tags we need to explore for itrt site Tammy uses this for her links pages...definitely need to check out!....don't know if you can include descriptions...would need to be more careful about how titles, etc. come in

Screen Capture:

Skitch (mac only) Jing Project

Tiny URL [|timeme.com] (online stopwatch) http://www.timeme.com/ stumble upon Ring Clock http://www.cybersalt.org/images/stories/swf/clocks/ringclock.swf newspaper headline generator http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp great for historical articles, creative writing saves as jpg no signup required random number generator http://www.mathgoodies.com/calculators/random_no_custom.html random word picker http://www.classtools.net/main_area/fruit_machine.htm part of class tools coin flip http://www.flip-coin.com/ fuzz mail http://www.fuzzmail.org/ actually records typing...send as email...useful for keyboarding?

vozMe.com converts any text to an audio file

Google Tips and Tricks

calculations (type problem and press enter) weather (weather Salem, VA) conversions Be sure to use the word “in” 1 mile in feet 1 cup in tablespoons 100 dollars in euros 180 c in f dictionary define: word

Advanced search input exact phrase (simple machines) then search for format (i.e. powerpoint) can be edited (fair use for education) cautious about students knowing how to use this and change name to take credit for products

Google Maps type in address switch to businesses then type in "hotel" or "pizza" in what textbox...leave address in where textbox in map directions, can drag route line down to go through specific cities and change directions

talked about igoogle

Office Shortcuts - Control (Option) drag to duplicate - Control (Command) + Shift + > to increase text size - Control (Command) + Shift + < to decrease text size - Control (Command) + E to center text - Control (Command) + R to right-align text - Control (Command) + L to left-align text

Firefox Shortcuts - Control (Command) + + to increase text size - Control (Command) + - to decrease text size - Control (Command) + T for new tab - Double click in blank area for new tab - Control (Command) + L to select location bar - Control (Command) + Click on link to open in new tab

showed how to set more than one homepage hold down ctrl (pc) or command (mac) when click on link to open in new tab

Smart Keywords http://johnbokma.com/firefox/keymarks-explained.html specific to browser on local machine, I think

Mac Shortcuts Two fingers on track pad to scroll - Control + Click = Right Click - Two finger click = Right Click - Control + two fingers to zoom

Zoom in on Mac with 2 fingers on track pad hold down control key while scrolling

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