Krio for Dummies
Bottom line: we need to learn Krio. We are adopting a little girl from Sierra Leone (God willing), and her great grandmother, who does not speak English, is concerned that she will not be able to communicate with us to check on Rema’s progress, especially if she moves back to Africa. Every journey begins with [...]
Excel Essentials
Here are some great links for free Excel tutorials and training: Training for many software packages, including Excel and Calc – In Pics! Microsoft Excel 2003 Training Microsoft Excel 2007 Training More Excel 2007 Tutorials – includes other Office 2007 Tutorials Microsoft Excel Chart Tutorial – with voice OpenOffice Calc Tutorial
Healthy, Happy Computers
Your computer is starting to drag, and it’s only six months old. Sound familiar? It happens to us all – but there are simple FREE solutions! Here is useful list of important tasks that will keep your computer running smoothly: Delete unused programs, folders, and files. They take up useful memory. If you’re a pack [...]
COABE/Pro-Literacy Conference 2010
I’ve been attending workshops at this amazing conference all week! Will post some of the highlights after my return. For those of you who attended my workshop yesterday, where Jeff Fantine, Bob McIntire, Jim Burke and I talked about what we are doing in MARTI, I have some links for you: Our workshop site: https://sites.google.com/site/martilearns/ [...]
Ready, Set, Click!
Here is a post for the true beginner – I will continue to update this page with more tutorials: Microsoft’s Demo on How to Use a Mouse Microsoft’s Demo on Using the Keyboard Windows Basics – Many topics, including the two links above and MORE How to Copy & Paste – Practice on this site [...]
TeacherWeb
Here are some cool links for the folks attending my three TeacherWeb sessions tomorrow… Tutorial Videos: http://teacherweb.com/AK/Appleton/TutorialVideos/apt12.stm Sample TeacherWeb sites: http://www.teacherweb.com/tweb/SampleTeacherWebsites.aspx TeacherWeb Features: http://teacherweb.com/tweb/Intro.aspx TeacherWeb Webquest Page: http://teacherweb.com/tweb/WebQuests.aspx
SMARTBoard Training & Tutorials
As SMARTBoards gain popularity, it’s important that we share information with one another. Here are some of the best training sites/videos that I’ve discovered: SMART Training Center – tons of free tutorials! Several links courtesy of Jim Burke: Western Maine Learning SMARTBoard Training Learning in Maine SMARTBoard WikiSpaces Please share your SMARTBoard links!
Nings, Wikis, & Blogs…
As I’m facilitating a workshop today for the Sanford School Department entitled, “Nings, Wikis and Blogs, OH MY!”, I thought I’d post that information here as well. Nings are tiny social networking sites, much like “Facebook”, that one creates and maintains. They are perfect for both work and school, but I could also imagine that [...]
The Very Best of Google
In the autumn of 2007, I became part of MARTI, which stands for “Maine Adult Education Rural Technology Initiative”. We are folks from all over Maine, working together to assist adult educators with the use of technology to advance education. Our major focus has been open source software. My personal focuses have been Google and OpenOffice. [...]
MAEA Conference 2009
I returned home last night after a whirlwind trip to Waterville, Maine for the annual Maine Adult Education Association’s Conference 2009. It was held at the Colby College Campus, which is gorgeous. The best thing about professional development opportunities, aside from the obvious chance to take a breath and kick back a bit, is the [...]