TWTW Teaching with the Web	The Instructional Technology Journal of Greenwood School District 50 http://www.gwd50.org Volume 4, Number 11 January 15, 2009
Excel 1/15/09 Does Microsoft Office Excel intimidate you? If the number of Excel “how to’s” on the Web is an accurate indicator, there are multitudes of teachers who feel the same way! Take a look at these “Techtorials” from Education World: Create a Seating Chart With Excel Create a Chart or Graph with Excel Create a Grade Book in Excel Create a Labeling Worksheet Create a Watermark With Excel Create an Adlib Story With Excel Create an Interactive Map in Excel Create Class Surveys With Excel Create Self-Correcting Worksheets Create Tessellations With Excel Excel-ent Activities Across the Grades Make A Poster With Excel! Teaching Excel Timelines in No Time Top 10 Excel Questions Using Excel to Create Interactive Crossword Puzzles Using Spreadsheets to Create Interactive Grade Books	Important Teacher Notes · ePortfolio 1/21 - Make-up Session: Technology Proficiency Recertification Process Training, 3:30-5:00-Rm 503, Genesis * 1/22 - Make-up Session: Technology Proficiency Recertification Process Training, 3:30-5:00-Rm 503, Genesis * 1/26 - ePortfolio/Level 1 Workshop, 3:30-5:00-Rm 503, Genesis 1/29 - ePortfolio/Level 2 & 3 Workshop, 3:30-5:00-Rm 503, Genesis *Email Cindy Hughes to register if you’ve been contacted and have not registered. · Backup your folders and files regularly. If a laptop is damaged or stops working, no attempt will be made to recover those folders and files. Only the original image of the laptop will be restored; your folders and files must be restored from your backup. Use your flash drive, a CD, or your network folder. · Here is a list of keyboard shortcuts that are available in Microsoft Word 2002, in Microsoft Office Word 2003, and in Microsoft Office Word 2007: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290938/en-us
Research Paper Strategies § A+ Research & Writing Look over the Table of Contents and then browse the Step by Step section for a proven approach to a successful research paper. § Research Paper Strategies for Struggling Writers Internet-based economic education lesson plans for K-12 teachers and their students. § How to Write a Research Paper How to make a monumental project into a straightforward process that can be followed step by step. Have plenty of note paper, multi-colored highlighters, and a pack of multi-colored index cards! § Writing Research Papers: A Step-by-Step Procedure This printable page illustrates the step-by-step procedure of writing a research paper. § Basic Steps in the Research Process This list of steps is a guideline. Not everyone will do these steps in the same order; they may go back and forth between them. Also included is a "Make Your Own Outline" form. § Research Paper Rubric (PDF) Use the printable Research Paper Rubric to evaluate students' work on the paper itself. (From EduHound) TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT	Site Survey: Websites that Educate, Enlighten, Entertain, and Engage · NSF Multimedia Gallery (PreK-12) http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/index.cfm?s=2 The National Science Foundation Multimedia Gallery offers nearly one hundred videos, two thousand images, and three hundred and fifty audio files on a range of science topics such as: astronomy and space, biology, Artic and Antarctic, computing, earth and environment, nanoscience, and more. · FBI for Kids (PreK-5) http://www.fbi.gov/kids/k5th/kidsk5th.htm Take your students on a virtual field trip to the FBI. They can learn about the history of the FBI; find out what the FBI does including information about fingerprints, polygraphs and DNA, complete a crossword puzzle to check for understanding; and explore jobs and support positions at the FBI. Find safety tips about the Internet, talking to strangers and guns. There is also information about the working dogs at the FBI and the kinds of work they do. · Johnnie’s Math Page (K-8) http://jmathpage.com/ Find here links to interactive sites across the Web. Links are organized by topic including number, geometry, fractions, multiplication, measurement, statistics, probability, and fun. Each topic contains an assortment of activities that are labeled by level.
	The Laptop-and-Projector Project Website Tech Project: http://www2.gwd50.org/TechPlans/TechPlan2006.htm Resources: http://gwd50.schoolwires.net/16891058111442710/site/default.asp? Previous TWTW Issues: http://www2.gwd50.org/techplans/TWTW-Index.htm Instruct. Tech. Specialist: http://www.gwd50.org/1689105110365557/site/default.asp