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Education World Techtorials are weekly, step-by-step instructions on using some aspect of technology in the regular classroom. Short, practical, and educationally sound, Techtorials provide classroom teachers with simple, straightforward tips they can use today.

APPLE
Create a Presentation With Keynote 2
Create Matching Worksheets With AppleWorks
Make a Bingo Game With AppleWorks
Make a Classroom Banner With AppleWorks
Make an AppleWorks Graph Template

COMPUTER BASICS/NAVIGATION
Software Basics
Windows Wonderland

COMPUTER MAINTENENCE/TROUBLESHOOTING
The ABC's of PC Maintenance
Clean Your Machine
Find Lost Files and Folders
Summer-ize Your Computer
Troubleshooting Technology

EARLY CHILDHOOD
Tips and Cautions for Pre-K-2 Technology Use
Using Paint Tools in Pre-K-1 Classrooms

E-MAIL
Educate With E-Mail: Part One
Educate With E-Mail: Part Two

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
Skype: Talk to Anyone, Anywhere for Free
Record, Edit, and Share Sound Files With Audacity
PhotoStory3: Projects, Slide Shows, and More
A Beginner's Guide to Wikis
Build a Blog
Creating a Podcast
Social Bookmarking
Understanding RSS Feeds
What is a Podcast?

EXCEL
Create a Seating Chart With Excel
Create a Chart or Graph with Excel
Create a Grade Book in Excel
Create a Labeling Work Sheet
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 Work Sheets
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

INTERNET
Blogging Basics: Student Journals On The Web
Firefox: An Open Source Web Browser
Fun and Games Replace Drill and Kill
Media Literacy
Notetaking On The 'Net
Online Games in the Classroom
On Track With TrackStar
Post Student Work Online
Simplifying Access to the Web
Surf Like a SHARK
Tips for Creating Your Own WebQuests

KEYBOARDING
Keys to Keyboarding
Keyboarding Games

MISCELLANEOUS
Answers to the Top 6 Questions Parents Ask Teachers About Their Kids and Computers
Creating and Saving Screen Shots on a PC
Discover Tapped In
My First Inspiration Project
Teaching to Your Tech Type
Tech Tools For April Fools!
Using Digital Photography in K-8 Classrooms

OFFICE
Hyperfiction How-to's
Hyperlinks Put Learning Into "Hyperdrive"
Mail Merge
Quick and Easy K-6 Office Activities
Save Time With Macros
Using Hyperlinks to Create Student Portfolios

POWERPOINT

Create a PowerPoint Photo Slide Show
Creating a Class PowerPoint Presentation
Create Interactive Maps in PowerPoint
Creating Word-by-Word Audio Books in PowerPoint
Make a Countdown Clock
Narrating PowerPoint Slide Shows
Quiz Students With PowerPoint
Stop-Action Animation With PowerPoint
Writing Storybooks With PowerPoint

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/CURRICULUM
e-Portfolio Fever
Teaching in a Tech-ing Classroom
Creating Tech Handouts  
Back-to-School Tech Checklist
Create e-Portfolios for your Students and for Yourself
Downloading and Using e-Books in the K-12 Classroom
Higher Order Thinking Through Technology
Teaching in a Tech-ing Classroom

SPECIAL NEEDS
Accessibility Resources for Special Students

WEB DESIGN

HTML Basics
Put Your Class on the Web

WORD
Create Student Portfolios With Hyperlinks
Creating Graphic Organizers With Word
Creating Test Forms With Microsoft Word
Editing Images in Microsoft Word
Editing With Microsoft Word
Holiday Work Sheets With Word
How to Make Trading Cards With Word
Make A Class Newsletter With Word
Make a Coloring Page in Word
Make a Concentration Game With Word
Make a Watermark With Word
Make Connect the Dots Pages in Word
Make Dominoes in Word
Seven Wonders of Word

Updated 06/14/2011