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Instructional Technology, as opposed to information technology. A.K.A. EdTech, or all the ways teachers harness technology to make their classes more engaging and effective for students.

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Customize your Windows 10 Start menu and Taskbar

2019-10-30
By: dadxeight
On: October 30, 2019
In: 365 Ideas for Office 365, Microsoft Tools
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Windows 10 has been out for a while now with its Start and Taskbar areas.  How much do you know about navigating them?  This may seem a little backwards or simplistic, but as I do trainings I often hear surprised, “Wait, what did you just do?” comments.  So now, on Day 75 of 365 Ideas for Office 365, let’s check out some handy features of the Windows 10 Start area and Taskbar. First, a caveat.  What you see or are allowed to do will vary somewhat depending on whether you are on your own device, or your school’s or district’s, what permissions they have givenRead More →

Sync All Your Drives to your Windows 10 devices

2019-10-02
By: dadxeight
On: October 2, 2019
In: 365 Ideas for Office 365, Microsoft Tools
With: 0 Comments

Downloading a document and uploading it to a could drive should not be a two-step process.  When you sync your drives to your Windows 10 device, it isn’t.  Welcome to Day 74 of 365 Ideas of Office 365. understanding SharePoint and Shared File Storage First, to clarify what I mean by “your drives”, I mean any cloud storage.  In my district, I have OneDrive cloud storage, which is only my own private file storage and retrieval.  I also have a couple options for shared file storage.  Traditionally, while these other “drives” have always been in SharePoint, SharePoint always sort of ran in the background forRead More →

Rehearse your PowerPoint with Presenter Coach

2019-10-02
By: dadxeight
On: October 2, 2019
In: 365 Ideas for Office 365, Differentiation/UDL, Microsoft Tools, PowerPoint
With: 1 Comment

Recently released by Microsoft for Back to School, PowerPoint has a new tool for students (or anyone) to practice giving live presentations with PowerPoint.  Welcome to Day 73 of 365 Ideas for Office 365– Rehearse with Coach. Why you want to Rehearse with Presenter Coach As the name indicates, this features active coaching via AI.  While practicing speaking as you proceed through the slides, PowerPoint’s Coach  gives feedback on the bottom left corner of the screen.  What’s more, at the end of the slide show yo will receive customized feedback, data and suggestions for improvement based on your performance. Great news for those of youRead More →

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