more+tech+tips+2


 * I'm a sucker for keyboard shortcuts and love to copy and paste using control+c (copy) or v(paste). I recently learned about control+z(undo!) It has already sped up my work!

Google's wonderful. Use the following GOOG commands to get valuable information.

1) define: word

The definition of the word you enter is given

2) weather: city

Weather information for the city is given

3) stocks: ticker symbol

Information on stock is given

4) movies: movie name

Information on the movie entered is given

I am hoping this year with our new rolling carts to allow my students much more time to use this site. It was like a feeding frenzy last year when we were able to get on this site.
 * The site www.thinkquest.com is the greatest for differentiation within the classroom.

I have found the visuword site to be fascinating. You just type in a word and get visual representations of sets of synonyms. It’s a dictionary and thesaurus. I enjoy the way it moves around – I guess it doesn’t take much to entertain me. :-) The site is http://www.visuwords.com.