Twitter Tip: Exclude Tweets in Your Search

by | Oct 27, 2017 | 365, Advanced, Twitter

Some Twitter Tips The number one users of Twitter are educators! I don’t use Twitter like Facebook and I don’t follow people who do. One of the best things you can do for yourself as an educator is to create a Twitter handle just for teaching and tweet...

Microsoft Office: Customize Quick Access Toolbar

by | May 15, 2015 | 365, Microsoft

In Microsoft Office products, you can customize the Quick Access Toolbar. This allows you to quickly choose the tasks you use most often. For example when using Microsoft PowerPoint I am frequently adding new slides. To add a new slide I go to the Home tab or the...

Moving Slides in a Presentation

by | May 2, 2015 | Google, Microsoft, PowerPoint, Slides

When using presentation tools such as Google Slides or PowerPoint you can rearrange the slides by clicking on one of the slide tiles on the left hand side. Click and hold down on the slide tile. Drag your mouse up and down to move the slide. Moving Multiple Slides...

A Call to Math Teachers: Use Spreadsheets

by | Apr 22, 2015 | Excel, Google, Microsoft, Sheets

As more classrooms move towards 1:1 it is now feasible for students to be regularly creating spreadsheets. Almost any managerial position requires spreadsheet knowledge. When students ask “When are we going to use this?” The answer could very well be a...

Get Your OneNote Avenger Cape

by | Mar 13, 2015 | Google, Microsoft, OneNote

This morning my daughter Bacon (not her real name, but what she goes by) saw that I got a Microsoft Avenger OneNote cape at the SXSWedu event. She was very jealous and I hope I can get it back from her. If you need your own OneNote avenger cape you can order them...