TCEA2010-Tech+Time+Savers-Tammy+Worcester

[|www.tammyworcester.com]

See details on her website on the handout for this session

· Use as a calculator · Conversion is easy to use · Dictionary – type define: congruent and all defs pop up · Top box: civil war · File type : choose PPt. · Finds all that are listed on web · Can edit what is there to suit your needs · Add jeopardy to Civil war and you will get games to play – also editable · Can send to a friend by email · Friend could be my teacher- send passage read as a student · Foreign lang students record and send to teacher to hear · Can also send someone to this recording or embed it somewhere else, like a blog, website · Can use it for podcasting · Record and draw at same time · Math teacher use this to demo how to do a problem · Publish – can embed it in a blog by copying and pasting the script · Like Google notebook · Use to gather information when doing research on web · Can copy and paste text, pictures, etc · Good organizational tool for students · Iphone app for this – automatically syncs with phone when you use it · You upload and they can go to the site and download · Good to use for a large file because you use their server space · Start at youtube; load video you want · Charlie bit me good one to preview. :-) · Go to address and insert kick · Reload the page and it’s not youtube but kick page · Have options for downloading the movie · Use mp4 so it plays in quicktime player · Click download button and save to your laptop · Gives you a clean copy without the ads, etc. · Very basic · Different pics to use for fun · Same sound at the end · Can do individual citations without an account · If you need an extensive bibliography then have to have an account · Type in what you need · Searches for all of the info need for a citation · Puts them in MLA or APA or Chicago format as needed · Then can copy and paste them into another document · Or can download and then it opens in word processing document · Certificates can be customized · Many templates – 10 pages worth · Choose one – click download · Opens in adobe reader – Should be able to write in the names · Create graphic organizers using this site · Can customize them · Like tinyURL, but on steroids · Shortens multiple addresses into one big one · Copy and paste these in – can use a lot · Click go and it gives you a short url · Loads first website and gives a navigation bar at top to go to the next site; can go back and forth easily · Good for a webquest · Can’t edit list so be careful with being accurate · Tell it you want to add a trip · Start and end date of trip · Book flights and then forward to tripit.com · Same with rental car and hotel infor · Tripit build an itinerarey for you · Has maps, etc. all that you need · Iphone apps for this that syncs with it · If you don’t have a land line · If you lose your phone and need to have it called · Enter phone and click, make it ring and you can find it · Good for macs · Control key and use two fingers on the track pad · Practice zooming in and zooming out 3 fingers on track pad can go to top and bottom of website 2 fingers also let you move up and down the window that is open
 * Google Search**
 * Advanced Search for PPt’**s
 * Blogger –**
 * Vocaroo –** records your voice
 * Sketchcast**
 * Evernote**
 * File Dropper**
 * KickYouTube**
 * Online Stopwatch**
 * Bibme**
 * Certificate Stre**et
 * Worksheet Works**
 * Fur.ly**
 * Tripit** – personal use
 * Cellphone**
 * Password Manager**
 * Zooming In on Screen on a Mac**

· Type in AZ and book title and takes you to Amazon · Type in map and place and takes you to google maps · Type pic and kind of pictures I want · Go to Firefox; any site that has a search window; control click in search window and chose add a key word for this search; put what you can remember for that site · Then from any webpage I can type in that keyword for the site, space, the word I want and it will take me to that site · Need to set up for all sites you want to use
 * Searching on browser**