Day+3+Additions

=8:00= Leah McCullough: 10 Ways to use IPAD in the classrom http://itcboisestate.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/ipad-2/

So if Facebook, You Tube, and Twitter merged to become one website, what would it be called? Joke from Conan O'Brain

=Historical Tweets=

Mark Osea posts: The Display settings in the control panel allows for access to changing desktop wallpaper, screensaver, etc. However, even if the access to the display settings are blocked, students can still change the wallpaper by bypassing it using Mozilla Firefox's "Set as Desktop Background" option. Here's a link about it and how to prevent it from happening. Set as Desktop Background

Jaime Ann Hopton posts: Granted, the article is from FoxNews so take it as you will, but here is an issue facing our society because of the new culture and the use of technology...[|Flash Mob Robberies]

Jesse Braun: God mode in Windows 7 []

Jaime Ann Hopton posts: Gadgets are my favorite part of Windows 7! [|Gadgets]

Jaime Ann Hopton posts: And if you don't have Windows 7 but you are a Yahoo! user... get [|Widgets]!

Sue Kack: How I wish our school had Windows 7 cuz I LOVE those Gadgets! At least I can play around with them here in class. A great guide for you if you want to learn more: []

Denise McGovney: Here's a link to a site that rates Windows 7 desktop gadgets [|Desktop Gadget Review]

Sheri Henningsen - Mac's "Control Panel" System Preferences @http://t.co/OoQ5eGw

Mark Osea Posts: For those who want to setup remote desktop, here is a Youtube clip that shows you how to set it up. Remote Desktop Setup

Cedric Parks: Just learned what Windows Defender is here is a cool link http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx

Sheri Henningsen - Dashboard (Mac OS X)..., provides access to several fun and functional, mini applications called widgets. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2492

Sue Kack: Just found this on a search of gadgets for Windows XP...sounds like it might work for me--will try it at home! []

Anamarie Anderson: great youtube video for the "visual learner":O) []

janine- personalization for screen in windows vista- []

Anamaria Anderson: Check out this screensaver site for free downloads []

J campbell- so I found a complete guide to Twittter. []

Jaime Ann Hopton posts: From the Troubleshooting PDF, I was reminded of the lovely insert key! **I was inserting text into my document and it was erasing the text as I typed rather than** **inserting.** Your “**Insert ** ” key has been toggled off. Push the “ **Insert ** ” key on the keyboard. Go to “ **Edit ** ” on the Menu Bar and select “**Undo ** ” until you get back to the point where you were trying to insert text and try again. I also didn't know what WORM stood for (write once, read many)! Jesse Braun: Why to update? When to update? How to update? []

Chris Prince: one of the most frustrating aspects of helping people with their computers are printing problems. This is an updated trapshooting guide for Mac Printing [|Mac Printing - troubleshooting tips] I recommend Bonjour printing for less hassle. =Eric Holshoe posted: SBD600 Fact Sheet= LCD Manual

Anamaria Anderson: Troubleshooting your printer...good tip, check that you have choosen the correct printer!! LOL! Sadly, this happens to me at school all the time:O(Anamaria anderson: Wow! great short cuts page (page 4) on "Troubleshooting PDF" Sue Kack: Can't wait to see if deleting the "find fast" files I read about in the Troubleshooting Guide speeds up my home computer!

Chris Prince: troubleshooting and settingup an LCD projector on a mac with 10.6 and later (basically computers that are about 6 years old or so. []

Sheri Henningsen - Didn't know that! **Command-H (Mac)** Hides an application that you have selected via Application Switcher. The Command key must be held continuously from the time your selection is made until you press H. After hiding an application, you must select another via Application Switcher, or it will return to the foreground when you release Command.

Jannette P. Canas post: I was working at work on Excel the other day, getting ready for summer and I found little shortcuts for Excel was useful for me, maybe for you! [|Excel shortcuts]

Cedric Parks: Pretty good list of Shot Cut Keys []

Sheri Henningsen - Mac's onscreen keyboard techiecorner.com/1048/on-screen…This was is a little more detailed... http://my.simmons.edu/services/technology/helpdesk/pdf/OSX-onscreen-keyboard.pdf

Anamaria Anderson: Shortcut keys & Function keeys...Interesting, I didn't know there are a whole set of shortcut keys for each microsoft program:O) good to know! Not to mention, great cheat sheet site!

Jannette P. Canas Useful time saving tips for your Mac. [|Mac function keys]

I'll be using this one! Sheri Henningsen Chris Prince: Setting up an onscreen keyboard on a Mac []
 * Font Menu || Control + D || Command + D (Office); Command + T (iWork) ||

jcampbell LOVE LOVE LOVE the function keys for Firefox. Can't wait to teach my husband. http://www.computerhope.com/shortcut/firefox.htm

Mark Osea posts: Moveover QWERTY and say "Hello" to one of the most difficult and non-ergonomic keyboard layouts. It's the DVORAK! DVORAK Keyboard Layout

Chris Prince : Pretty soon we will be having to learn gestures instead of keyboard shortcuts: []

Jaime Ann Hopton posts: I have been resizing windows forever! I didn't know about tiling... Microsoft Windows has included a window manager since Windows 95 which, while it follows the traditional stacking approach by default, can optionally also act as a rudimentary tiling window manager. To tile windows, first select them in the taskbar. Multiple windows can be selected while holding the Control key during clicking. Then, right click and from the context menu choose or. However, the wording of these options is misleading. Choosing will cause the windows to tile horizontally but take on a vertical shape, while choosing  will cause the windows to tile vertically but take on a horizontal shape. These options were later changed in Windows Vista to and.

Sheri Henningsen - Change your mouse cursor to look like a human finger... http://www.wonderwarp.com/phonefinger/ http://www.steinarknutsen.com/mac-custom-human-finger-mouse-cursor-for-ipad-and-iphone-simulator-screencasts-and-tutorials/

Chris Prince on a Mac you can basically let you assign a hot-key to any menu item. []

Anamaria Anderson: function & shortcut keys...my favorite is ctrl+D will write to date!:O)

Denise McGovney: Here's a link to Kobu Gaming Software where you learn to create games in Xbox or PC format [|Kobu Gaming Software] Here's a review of Kobu [|Kobu Review]

= Commonly Used Programs: =

Jesse Braun:

Jaime Ann:

Sheri Henningsen - Software Inventory Leah McCullough Software Inventory: word, powerpoint, excel, ABI attendance, ABI grading program: nothing else!!

Mark Osea's Software Inventory:

Sue Kack: Software Inventory

Denise McGovney:

Anamaria Anderson: Software Inventory

Cedric Parks: Software Programs that I use

Jannette P. Canas: Software Inventory

Chris Prince: Software inventory

janine campbell- software

= Commonly Used Programs (shortcuts): = Jesse Braun:

Jaime Ann Hopton posts: GREAT keyboard shortcuts for Prezi's ... [|Prezi Shortcuts] My favorite shortcuts for Prezi: M à Menu L à Brings up the loading screen so you can insert photos, videos, etc. S à Brings up the Shape menu Shift + Moving Mouse à Select object as a group Zero (0) à Full screen ESC à  Out of full screen mode

Leah mcCullough [] This is the function key guide for Word: all are new to me and F6, F11, and F10 are the most important at this point. As i get used to using those i will continue on.

Sheri Henningsen - I use iShowU HD to record tutorials. This manual http://downloads.shinywhitebox.com/iShowUHDProManual.pdf was filled with tips and tricks that I was not aware of.

Denise McGovney - Software Shortcuts:

Sue Kack: Sometimes the Discovery Education United/Streaming video I want to use for a particular subject/theme is a bit too long or includes info that my 1st Graders don't really need to use/learn/know....found how to edit those using Windows Movie Maker: []

Cedric Parks: Shortcut Keys

Christian Prince: commonly used programs shortcuts and other features.

janine campbell software research-

Jannette P. Canas [|Word shortcuts]

Mark Osea posts:

Anamaria Anderson: This is a good site w/ infor on excel []

Jannette P. Canas [|excel shortcuts]

Jesse Braun: google has ranked the two 1000 sites on the web []