Teacher Technology Workshops

Podcasting

Great sample of teacher and student podcasts: Mabry Middle School

Source for Free Music Clips: www.freeplaymusic.com

Lame MP3 Encoder - necessary for Audacity to convert to MP3
When you download Lame from home, it will be in a zipped file. Right click on the folder and select Extract All. Open the new folder on the desktop and double click on the lame.exe file. The .exe file extension usually indicates a file that will install something on your computer.

PowerPoint - Adding .flv Video

To insert flv video into PowerPoint, one way is to make use of the VLC Media Player.

First, install the VLC Media Player which can be downloaded free at http://www.videolan.org

Once done, follow these steps:

Create a folder on your desktop and move the presentation and flv video to the folder.
Now, open the presentation.
Go to the slide which you want to have the Flash Video inserted.
You will need the control toolbox to be displayed.
Click View > Toolbars > Control Toolbox.
On the toolbar, click on the last icon which should be "More Controls". (For PowerPoint 2007, Click Developer tab. Under Controls, click on the icon "More Controls".)
Scroll right to the bottom and look for VideoLAN VLC ActiveX Plugin (both v1 or v2 is fine).
Click Ok.
Your cursor will change into a cross-hair - draw a rectangle anywhere on screen
Now, right click on the control that has been added, select Properties.
This will bring up the properties dialog box.
Under MRL, enter the filename (e.g. abc.flv).
Once done, close the dialog box.

To view the video, click on the Slide Show Button located near the bottom, left corner of your PowerPoint window.

Turning Point

Before You Begin:
(The following steps should only have to be followed once J … We'll see.)

Have software installed on computer.
Create a Participant List

On the Turning Point Toolbar…
Click on Participants
Select Participant List Wizard
"Please Select…" Window…Click Next
"Please Select…" Window…Click Next
"Add Groups…" Window…Click Next
Beside Name: Type the word "Test"
Click Finish
Move Cursor to First Cell and hit Enter. Continue to hit enter until there are 32 rows.
In the Device ID Column, type the corresponding # for each Cell…1-Enter-2-Enter-3-Enter … until you get to 32.
Click Done
From the Turning Point Toolbar, Click on the dropdown arrow in the box next to Participants and select "Test"

To Display Table at bottom of slide:

From the Turning Point Toolbar, click on Tools
Select Settings
Click on the Settings Tab
Click on the word Presentation
Scroll Down to Response Reminders Settings
Find "Response Table"
Click on the word beside it….should be None…select Fixed

Run a Polling Test

From the Turning Point Toolbar, click on Tools
Select Settings
Click on the Polling Test Tab
Click on Start Test
Point different responders toward receiver and click…Device ID # should match number on back of pad.
Click on End Test

Create a Slide

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FOLLOWED THE STEPS FOR DISPLAYING THE TABLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE. YOU CANNOT GO BACK AND ADD IT ONCE YOU HAVE CREATED YOUR SLIDE!!

Click on Insert Slide
Choose Type of Slide
Fill in the appropriate text

Set Correct Answer

Right-click on number of correct answer
Choose "Set as correct"

Advanced MS Word (Christmas Cards)

Christmas Clip Art:

Font Downloading Tips:

Click on link to download font.
Choose Save and Save folder to Desktop.
Right Click on Folder and Select "Extract All". A new folder with the same name will be created on your desktop. This is the folder where the usable font is located.
Click on the Start button on your Desktop.
Select the Control Panel and Double Click on the Font folder.
Now, open the new font folder on your desktop and drag the font into the Font Folder you opened in the control panel.
The next time you view your font list in Word or PowerPoint, the new font should appear.

Font Downloading Sites:

Basic html for Web Pages

Basic html code for your Quia Webpage:

Headings (big to small):
<h1></h1>
<h2></h2>
<h3></h3>

Breaks:
<br /> returns text one line
<p> double space between lines

Other:
<center>Center Text</center>
<b>bold</b>
<i>italics</i>
<u>underline</u>

Add Web Link:
<a href=”http://www......”>Name to appear on page</a>

Example: <a href=”http://www.quia.com/pages/solpracticepage.html”>Couliette’s Page</a>

Will Look Like: Couliette's Page

Adding Word Documents/ppt/Images:
Save document or image to desktop first
From the Quia Instructor Zone, click on the Files Tab.
Click Upload
Browse for file
Upload file.

Edit your Classpage.
Go to Section 4
Make sure cursor is located at the bottom of the window.
At the bottom of Section 4, choose what you want to import.
Click on the Browse Button
Select item and click on ok

Search for new html code…copy and paste it to the location you would like it to appear in your document.

Image code:
<img src='/files/quia/users/couliettegoodwin/bike.jpg' border=0 width=450>

To change the size of the object, simply add width=150. Change number to increase/decrease size.

Changing the number after border= will add a border around your image.

Power Point Basics

Notes coming soon.