What Teachers Should Know About Technology

Here are a few things that I have found in my research about what teachers should know about Microsoft Word and Powerpoint. One good tip for the gradebook in Excel that we made is alphabetizing the list. There is an AZ with a down arrow button. This is a simple way to quickly put the class list alphabetically. A few simple but very helpful shortcuts are on the keyboard. Cut (Ctrl+X ) Copy (Ctrl+C) Paste (Ctrl+V) Undo (Ctrl+Z). I use that trick everyday, and I know I definitely will when I am creating documents as a teacher. If you select all, (Ctrl+A) (Ctrl+1) makes the document all single spaced, where (Ctrl+2) makes the document double spaced. I did not know this trick, but it is definitely one that I will now use. Creating a hyperlink is another great tool for teachers, especially since I am going to have a webpage for my class. You can type the word that you want to make into a link, double click it, and (Ctrl+K) will bring you to a small screen where you type the link in there. It makes it much more professional, and is very easy to do.

Powerpoint makes it easy to make a slide show. They are a great tool for teaching students in the classroom because it is easy to put pictures and many children are visual learners. It is possible to make a slideshow with the students. They could create a slide or two, and either do them separately or add the slides all together to make one class slideshow. To add a slide, there is a button with a "+ New" on the left top corner. Powerpoint has really simplified it so that all the basics are buttons on the top. They all have pictures and what the button does. To insert clipart, click Picture --> Insert Clip Art. To view it as a slideshow, click Slideshow in the top middle.

Source 1: 10 Microsoft Word Tricks Every Teacher Should Know