Welcome to the start of a new and exciting school year! I thought I’d start the year by sharing two new computer tricks I learned this summer. I spent quite a bit of time dealing with some rather large .pdf files, and found myself frustrated as I repeatedly scrolled through hundreds of pages, trying to [...]

Welcome to Website Wednesday, bringing you some of the best of websites I’ve looked at recently that you can really use. Thanks goes to Cathy Frayler for this week’s first site, Thinkfinity. It’s been around for some time, but they have a new look and expanded content, definitely qualifying them for “wow” status. Resources available [...]

As some of you may have figured out, .doc files may not be opening with OpenOffice this year.  Kevin & Co. are not able to remotely fix this, but it is something that you can easily fix for yourself.  Here’s how: Locate a file on your computer with the .doc extension. Hold down the Control [...]

Website Wednesday returns with two teacher tool sites this week. The first, Tools for Educators, is a site for you to create printable worksheets, games, and more! Create your own word search and crossword puzzles, generate printable dice with text or images, customize bingo boards and dominos, and much, much more! There’s something here for [...]

Welcome to the Tuesday Tech Talk, bringing you some of the best web sites I’ve looked at recently, that you can really use! Great sites for this week include: Apple Computer Tutorials The first site is one that I looked at last week and knew that I just had to share with you!  Apple has [...]