laptops

Look here for heaps of resources about the laptops fro how to introduce them to your students to lessons that can be done online right through to whole units of work. Don't forget to also visit the computers page later for more ideas. Unit to help teach kids about how to use laptops Know your laptop software

Teachers Toolkit IDEAS FOR HOW TO USE LAPTOPS [|laptop rules.pages] [|faqs about laptops.pages] [|examples of Laptop use in English classroom.pages] What software to use for what kind of lessons? [|software_tech.pages] [|software for the English classroom.pages] [|representpost.pagesorganisingpost.pages]Other ideas: blogs as learning journals and creating an avatar [|make an avatar lesson to do online.pages] [|Learning blog.pages][|Blogging online work.pages] [|commenting on blogs lesson.pages] Please visit the Computers page for more information

Orientation lesson ideas

Correcting students work with a DIGITAL red pen
 * Microsoft Word Track Changes**. Make corrections of your students' Word Document work using the "track changes" tool. Let them accept or reject changes.

Google EARTH Tutorial on You Tube  This set of tutorials can help you understand how to use the fun, powerful features of Google Earth. Each tutorial provides a hands-on lesson using the application. Tutorials topics include:
 * [|Navigating on the Earth]
 * [|Searching for locations and businesses]
 * [|Marking locations]
 * Obtaining coodinates (video, English only)
 * [|Using Sky] (video)
 * [|Geotagging photos using Picasa] (video, English only)
 * [|Making movies in Google Earth Pro and EC]
 * [|Importing addresses in Google Earth Pro and EC]

Use One note when researching! You can open a side note to jot down notes, record your ideas, take screen views (or even part of one) and copy/paste pictures/quotes, sources etc.Side Note "One Note"

Cybersafety Buddie tale (and Cybernetrix site is good)