TWTW Teaching with the Web	The Instructional Technology Journal of Greenwood School District 50 http://www.gwd50.org Volume 05, Number 5 October 15, 2009
Howlingly Helpful Hints 10/15/09 Try these tips: § Want to view two windows side-by-side? Open both of your windows – this will work with any combination of documents, web pages, Excel documents, etc. Right click in an empty space in the bottom tray. Select either “Tile Windows Vertically,” or “Tile Windows Horizontally.” Voila! § How to shrink your document to fit one page: if your document is just over one page, Word can adjust your font so that your document will fit on one page. Go to File > Print Preview > hover over the small icons on your tool bar until you find “Shrink to Fit” > with one click, your document will automatically fit on one page! Continued È	Hints continued… § Let’s create a chart in Excel: 1. Open a new spreadsheet document. 2. Enter data in the cells. 3. Click and drag to select all cells with data. 4. Click the Chart Wizard icon 5. In the Chart Wizard, choose the type of graph you want (a line or bar graph is the best way to start) and click Next. 6. Continue entering information and clicking Next. 7. Click Finish to see your completed graph. ____________________________ From ghoulies and ghosties and long leggety beasties and things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us! - - - Scottish saying
Monster-ous Maps ! Puzzle Map of the United States http://www.paulysplayhouse.com/paulys_playhouse/games/usa_puzzle.html Simply drag and drop the states onto the map. ! Place the State http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html This one is a little harder – no state outlines! ! Maps4Kids http://www.maps4kids.com/ This site is no “one hit wonder!” Build your own maps, view state rankings for different characteristics, check out the “top ten,” take a look at the Seven Wonders of the World, and much, much more. ! Kids Online Resources: Geography of the World http://www.kidsolr.com/geography/ Maps and other geography resources for K-12. ! Charts and Maps http://boatsafe.com/kids/mercator.htm How flat charts and maps are made of our round world! ! Top 50 States http://www.top50states.com/ Check out the many ways to list the American States: symbols, geography, economics, people, cultures, etc. This spreadsheet offers many options! ! Name the State http://www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf Hurry! Hurry! How fast can you drag and drop the correct state name? _______________________________ At first cock-crow the ghosts must go Back to their quiet graves below. Theodosia Garrison	Hauntingly Helpful Sites: Websites that Educate, Enlighten, Entertain, and Engage ö Excel http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/excel.htm Everything you ever wanted to know about Excel! Using Excel in the classroom, Excel posters with labels, create a pictograph, chart a shopping spree – the list goes on and on! You won’t be disappointed! ö Web 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listweb20s.html Links to help classroom teachers find Web 2.0 tools for the K-12 classroom. Here is an incredible list of helpful resources. ö Internet4Classrooms http://www.internet4classrooms.com/ “I4C is a free web portal designed to assist anyone who wants to find high-quality, free Internet resources to use in classroom instruction, developing project ideas, reinforcing specific subject matter areas both in the class and at home and even for online technology tutorials.” If you need it, it is probably on this site! _______________________________ 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 Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble. - - - Shakespeare "Macbeth"