Technology Tips For The Teacher
Teacher’s
Convention Feb. 12-13, 2004 http://www.aspenview.org/schools/epc/jbeach
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A. Dynamic Geometry Software
1. Create a worksheet with perpendicular line segments
2. Add Script tools to Geometer’s Sketchpad • Display\preferences… \More…\Set • Double click a measurement with the text tool to change its view B. Wordprocessors
3. Use Special Hyphens, Spaces, Returns, Page breaks
4. SPECIAL CHARACTERS Subtraction:
use En Dash Alt - 0150 or (In Word: ctrl-Num -) Character Codes: for math symbols. Alt - 0176 is character ° .. On Number pad. With Num Lock
on, hold the Alt button while typing the digits. … Character Codes … Insert Symbol … Character map 5. To create a math symbol: Equation Editors create a graphic of an equation which can be edited. ·
Equation Magic ·
Microsoft Equation
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Mathtype 6. Use Hidden text
for test keys Don’t forget to include “Key” at top of page. Select Font and choose Hidden. Check “print hidden” when printing first copy. |
7. Pasting from a Web page. Most of the
time text pasted from a web page will create tables in Word Use Table to Text… Shift del (deletes a table) Embed multiple tables into a table 8. Pasting from a PDF file. Three tools are available: · Select paragraph Text · Select column Text alt-drag Text in Acrobat Reader
v6 · Select graphic After
selecting a graphic, zoom in 200% to copy at a higher resolution. Note: web
plugin may have some of these features hidden… use a saved file. 9. Pasting from Excel Shift-Edit adds “Copy Picture…” includes lines or Row and
column headings 10. To draw Angles (Standard Position)
Use MS Draw… Auto Shape Arc… Use multiple semicircles for
> 360° 11. Insert Objects: An Excel
spreadsheet can be useful within a Word document. Create
one document with multiple environments. right click to
open in a new window. C. Spreadsheets
12. Paste to Excel from Word. Either from a table or
inserted object from Word. 13. Auto Format in Excel Auto Format in Excel 1 324 000 is treated as text. Fix: Data menu: “Text to Column…” can be used to change back to
numbers. Use “Delimited”, blank for “Thousands separator”. 5% is formatted as a percent.
So formulas referencing this cell do
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14. Absolute/Relative reference Absolute/Relative
reference F4 will toggle through these formats. eg. =$A$1*B2 D. OS Systems
15. OS: Adware, Spyware, Browser Hyjackers Software for cleanup: Adaware Spybot 16. OS: Windows vs Mac Many School divisions have changed to Windows because of cost. Save with .doc or .xls at end of file name. (Word and Excel) Graphics in Word transfer well. 17. OS: System Error! OS: System Error! How to send it to a technician. Ctrl-c will copy most messages. Alt-PrtSc will capture any window as a graphic. 18. OS: Backup your files OS: Backup your files Technicians usually don’t back up: Favourites Preferences. (normal.dot) Address books. E. Testbanks
19. Testbanks Many types: LXR: all equations are graphics Acces: Premade questions from Addison
Wesley Textbooks. Can create questions. Equations are TeX format. Some
external graphics. F. Graphics
20. Graphics Vector vs Raster Save Digital camera images as
jpg, then insert into Document. This keeps file size small. Copy paste
creates large files. 21. Graphics Creating Functions and Relations ·
Virtual TI ·
Grapheq ·
Graphmatica ·
Zap-a-graph ·
TI-Interactive |
G. Saving Files
22. Saving Files to CDR’s Copying files
from a CDR leaves files as “Read Only” Copy files in
a folder on C: drive Right click
folder: change folder attributes to Read Only. Right click
folder again and uncheck “Read Only”, then select “Apply changes to this
folder, subfolder and files” Created by
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