Tech+Tips

Here are a few examples: //language.goghs.org// //music.goghs.org werner.goghs.org// instead of http://169.244.138.14/~jonathan_werner/ || You could use: http://mail.gorham.k12.me.us/~jonathan_werner/. The hostname may not be easy to remember, but it might be easier to remember than the IP address. || with First Class || * To change your home page, you need to create a new html file (which you can do in Open Office) and save it as: index.html So my page looks like this: http://169.244.138.14/~jonathan_werner/ (Please see the video on [|How to Set up Spaces] for more info.) 1. Open FirstClass 2. On your FirstClass Desktop, visually locate the folder called: "File Storage" 3. Drag and drop anything you want to backup there from other file folders (SGP note: //If you can't do this contact the MAC, your permissions are incorrect//) || with First Class || Did you know you have a Gorham Website? Yes, you! Mine is: http://169.244.138.14/~jonathan_werner/ Yours is the same, but change the name. And make sure you keep the underscore. For example: http://169.244.138.14/~shauna_baxter/ (What is a ~ you ask? It is to the left of the one on the keyboard and it is called a tilde.) You can use this personal website to put documents on the web for classes. Just direct students to that site, and they can click on any document that appears in the list to download it. How do you put documents on there? Just open First Class and drag and drop a document you have on your computer into the folder called "Web Publishing" on your First Class Desktop. If you want to send students to just one document and not the whole list, you can direct them to that website + the file name. For example: http://169.244.138.14/~jonathan_werner/Woodchucks.doc (a poem by Maxine Kumin) This will allow them to download any single document you have put into your Web Publishing folder. || Werner || Blogs || As an option for class websites, these are REALLY easy to set up, use, and organize. My three are: http://werner9s.blogspot.com/ http://werner9a.blogspot.com/ http://wernerap.blogspot.com/ Take a look and grab me if I can help you set yours up. || TTTT #2 || Open Office || In OpenOffice, there is a great feature for highlighting text (in different colors) so that it ends up looking just like it would if you were using a highlighter on a book or a photocopy. Open a document in OpenOffice (double click Macintosh HD, double click applications, double click OpenOffice.org, then hit Command+O) Select a section of text with your cursor. Click the highlight button (looks like AB and then a yellow highlighter) in the upper right hand corner of your OpenOffice screen. Click in the document but somewhere that is not on top of the text you just selected. The text you selected will turn bright yellow (or you can change it to green or anything with the drop down arrow that is immediately to the right of the button) For those of us who spend a lot of time talking about being active readers, this is a great tool. || TTTT#1 || Open Office || If you open up a document in OpenOffice (the new default word processor that replaces the hideous beast that was NeoOffice on the old machines), you can take notes in the margin by hitting **Option+Command+N.** Click on a spot (or select a section) where you want to take a note and then hit Option+Command+N. This opens a small box on the right where a student (or you) can take notes on a document you are all looking at together without disturbing the format of the original document. And the note is connected back to the text with a handy blue arrow telling you which part of the document the note is about. ||
 * ** Date ** || ** Sharer ** || ** Subject  ** || ** Tip  ** ||
 * 10.23.09 || Rob Roy || Webpages || For anyone using first class client to host a web page or for that matter any other site with a really long name..... I can set up a shorter URL (an easier web address to remember) that will point to whatever the longer web address is. These shorter names are easier for you and your students to remember.
 * 10.22.09 || Kurt Schwanda || Webpages || Also, if you don't want to use the IP address (169.244.138.14) you can use the hostname (mail.gorham.k12.me.us) instead. For example, instead of : http://169.244.138.14/~jonathan_werner/
 * 10.22.09 || Jonathan Werner || Webpages
 * Then delete index.html from your Web Publishing folder (if there is one there). Then drag and drop that new index.html file into your Web Publishing folder.
 * First Class is set up so that whatever file you call "index.html" will pop up as your home page.
 * And all I did was create a document (see attached) in Open Office, save it as an html file, and drag and drop it into my Web Pub folder. ||
 * 10.16.09 || Sarah P. || MAC function keys || **F3** will open all windows a student has open
 * F5** or **F6** will open all windows if a student is using Spaces
 * Command + tab** will show all apps open and allow the use to switch back and forth ||
 * 9.17.09 || Jonathan Werner || First Class document storage || How to back up your documents:
 * 9.14.09 || Jonathan Werner || Webpages
 * 9.11.09 || Jonathan
 * 10.10.09 || Jonathan Werner
 * 9.9.09 || Jonathan Werner