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Keyboarding on Laptops

by danbe34

Jun 27, 2012

My superintendent wants me to switch from desktops to laptops. Can keyboarding be taught on laptops just as well as on desktops?

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mc Old, vet business teacher here. I did not know anyone tried to teach this anymore. Isn't it like hitting your head against a brick wall?

On 6/27/12, danbe34 wrote: > My superintendent wants me to switch from > desktops to laptops. Can keyboarding be taught > on laptops just as well as on desktops?

Jan 27, 2013

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Danbe34 We start teaching it very early and with Common Core on its way, it's even more important. 3rd gr students will need to be able to type a one page response in one sitting to a state assessment question. 4th gr, 2 pages and 5th gr, 3 pages. At my school computer class is considered a core subject now.

On 1/27/13, mc wrote: > Old, vet bu...See More

Jan 27, 2013

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Tech Question: Interwrite Slate or Tablet?

by Daniel Hanson

Aug 24, 2012

Hello, everyone!

In an effort to increase my mobility as a teacher in the classroom, I am considering whether to obtain an Interwrite Slate 100 or an iPad or Tablet. Which do you think will be better? Here are some of my needs: mobility (obviously), click through PPT as well as select items on PPTs, I would like the ability to write on the...See More

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classroom response system

by Sue

Sep 17, 2012

Does anyone know of a website that works like a classroom response clicker system and would provide immediate feedback as to how many people answered a question correctly by making a graph?

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J Do you have a monitoring system in your lab? I currently use Insight and can send out questions/polls to the students and will get results back with a graph. It's great!

I've played around with a couple of sites that allow students to text answers to a question. The site gets the texts and shows the responses. The ones I used were flukey t...See More

Sep 29, 2012

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Who teaches?

by Lisa

Sep 18, 2012

Who actually teaches the computer basics so the students can complete their projects? If it is taught while doing the project, don't the students just know what was spoon fed to them to complete a project?

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Carl I'm a computer teacher, desktop support and network administrator for a

Oct 28, 2012

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Charle Good questions. I wonder similar.

On 9/18/12, Lisa wrote: > Who actually teaches the computer basics so the students > can complete their projects? If it is taught while doing > the project, don't the students just know what was spoon > fed to them to complete a project?

Jul 10, 2013

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help

by Rex

Oct 5, 2012

I have some pictures to b betaken from camera to printer [epson] & printed various sizes...etc

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Carl On 10/05/12, Rex wrote: > I have some pictures to b betaken from camera to printer > [epson] & printed various sizes...etc

I had some pictures on my camera too, and then I printed them

Oct 6, 2012

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ISO teacher in a similar situation

by Cschumac

Oct 14, 2012

I've been teaching for 20 years in 6-8th grades and saw my students every day for a semester.

Recently, my husband took a better job and we moved. Now, I'm teaching 1-4th grades and only see my students once a week for 30-45 minutes.

I'm looking for a teacher who has a similar situation that I can communicate with. We use the st...See More

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Lab Management

by Lisa G

Oct 20, 2012

So, while I have been teaching for 4 years, this is my first year as a computer teacher, and I am finding the lab to be more of a beast than I expected.

I am all set on the content, but I am having issues with keeping the students on task and treating the computers appropriately, particularly my 7th grade. I had a super rough day last Fri...See More

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Debbie I am new to teaching and teach adult learner's in the vocation of Pharmacy Tech. When given time to take practice Pharmacy Tech tests online, I looked and one of my learner's was making a hotel reservation. In good faith, I had allowed them to bypass Sonic Wall to have access to additional resources.

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Nov 26, 2012

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Peachy After more years than I care to admit as a keyboarding/computer apps teacher, I have found that severe punishment, quickly, is the only thing 90% (I may be generous here) of my students understand.

The "Oh, bless your heart, I know you didn't mean to do it." "I understand, you didn't mean to search for 'oral sex' on Google." "I promise I'l...See More

Mar 22, 2013

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It's Windows 8 Day!!

by Dan

Oct 26, 2012

Well, here we are yet again. Another exciting update to Windows and it's finally here!! This time things have really changed, and in a big way. There is no longer a start button/menu on the desktop. Instead it has now been replaced with a "start" screen with tiles specifically optimized for tablet and touchscreen devices to launch your media, progr...See More

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Teaching Databases/MS Access to 8th Graders

by Sarah Jane

Nov 23, 2012

How do I introduce Databases/MS Access 2007 to my students? This is my first year teaching Computers, and I think Databases are going to be ROUGH. I am not even 100% I see the benefits of teaching students Databases. I myself have not used a Database since I had an office job in 1999. Please help or offer suggestions. Thank you

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