Tech Tips for Homework Success Or…I didn’t know I could do THAT!!!

Activating the Desire to Learn by Bob Sullo, ASCD, 2007 Animal School

Features in Word

Customizing Font/Font Colors/Font Sizes/Background color, etc.

Drawing Toolbar – View>Toolbars>Drawing

Highlighting Text for Review

Editing Features – Readability Statistics/Synonym Support/Text-to-Speech

Insert Audio Comments – Customizing the Toolbar

Graphic Organizers/Schedules

Cue Card – free electronic flashcard download at download.com www.docs.google.com – free collaborative word processing software http://del.icio.us/ – http://del.icio.us/about/ a free bookmarking tool to retrieve favorites online from any computer

SolutionWatch.com – Back to School with the Web 2.0 – 3 parts, compiled by a 19 year old. Incredible resource!!! Back to School with the Web 2.0 part 1 TOOLS 25 To do Lists Back to School with the Web 2.0 part 2 OFFICE APPLICATIONS

Free UDL Toolkit – links to free resources including WordTalk Nextup.com – download high quality voices www.teachingeverystudent.blogspot.com (my blog) www.teachingeverystudent.wikispaces.com (my wiki which lists additional resources as they pertain to my business, scroll to bottom of the first page, Word cheat sheets are linked here.)

Karen Janowski, MS Ed [email protected] 131 Main Street, Reading, MA 01867 781-942-1555