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Internet
Slang
^5
high five
+1
(I agree)
afaik
(As Far As I
Know)
afk
(Away From Keyboard)
amof
(As a Matter Of Fact)
bbl
(Be Back Later)
bfn
(Bye For Now)
bmfl
(Best Mate For Life)
brb
(Be Right Back)
btw
(By The Way)
BYOC
Bring Your Own Computer (A LAN Center term
meaning bring your PC/Laptop and plug it in at
the LAN.)
cu
(c = see, u = you)
cya
(see ya; see you)
g2g,
gtg (Got To Go, and sometimes Good To Go)
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When typing in word, just quickly put your thoughts down. Try not to
worry about looks or specific formatting until after
you've finished writing. At that point, it’s time to
use
Format Painter, a tool in
Microsoft Word.
Select the text or place the cursor on the text that has the font,
style and size you want to copy. This could even be
in another document, allowing you to style a new
document exactly like the older document (click
“Window” to switch between documents).
Click
Format Painter.
Select the text that will be ‘painted’ with
the font, style, and size you’ve copied. As
noted above, this could even be a different
document.
If you want to select several different text
areas of your document, double-click on the
Format Painter.
Just remember to click
Format Painter
off or it will keep formatting whatever you
click.
Click or select a line or paragraph and the
new format will be applied to the entire
paragraph.
Bullets and numbering
can also be copied with
Format Painter.
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Prometheus
From Wikipedia,
the free
encyclopedia
In
Greek mythology, 'Prometheus
(Ancient
Greek, Προμηθεύς,
"forethought") is the
Titan chiefly honored for
stealing
fire from the
gods in the stalk of a
fennel plant and giving it
to
mortals for their use.
Taking after Greek Mythology, Promethean
Boards are giving students the power in learning.
Students and teachers are able to interact with
content in front of the entire class. Using the
Active Pen, teachers and students can control the
computer from board. This allows teachers to
modify content on their computers just like on
an overhead. So put away your overhead and get
out your keyboard.
Several of you might be saying "WAIT, I have
10 years of material on transparencies!" Don't
worry. With an additional document camera all
your materials can be used and none of
your collection is wasted. However, the ability
to
use the entire Internet as a resource will
quickly put your transparency collection to
shame. Think about it, instead of having one or
two maps of Europe you now have Google Earth as
your map or one of the several online resources
for maps.
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"I have a promethean board but
where are these online resources for me?"
Good question! There are several ranging from
SAILOn to Promethean Planet.
SAILOn is a collaborative effort
of 7 public school districts in the Houston,
Texas whose goal is to help classroom teachers
integrate technology into their curriculum by
identifying and providing interactive Internet
resources addressing specific objectives. Within
this site alone there are over 500 activities
ranging from K-12. Promethean
Planet is another great resource to find
pre-made activities. This site does require you
to create an account BUT the account is FREE.
Once you have created an account you can search
the resources by topic or state standard.
By using these great resources,
Promethean has given fire to
learning.
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Computer Funnies |
Customer: "I get this error when I check
my mail. It says, 'There are no new messages.'"
Customer: "I tried sending email to
1.404.123.4567 but the emailer wouldn't let me."
Tech Support: "Um, that's a telephone
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likes it"
