Saturday School Links

In an effort to save paper, I've posted the links from our workshop below. The Agenda is reprinted to remind you of the events.

BACK UP YOUR WORK! It is easy to lose files when you need them most!

PowerPoint
Workshop Agenda

1. Opening new presentations
2. Creating a title slide
3. Adding a new slide
4. Presentation templates and auto design wizard
5. Backgrounds
6. Saving your work
7. Moving/ resizing text boxes
8. Adding a new text box/ deleting text boxes
9. Adding shapes/ clip art
10. Adding charts
11. Adding Images (***Copyright note!!!!)
12. Saving your work
13. Transitions
14. Animation Effects
15. Sounds


Links:
PowerPoint Vocabulary
http://www.fctel.uncc.edu/pedagogy/usingtechno/PowerPointInTheClassroom.pdf

PowerPoint Shortcut Keys
http://www.microagecs.com/apps/training/courseware/powerpoint.pdf

Microsoft Tutorial
https://mail.nycboe.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC011298761033

PowerPoint Tutorial Simplified
http://www.bcschools.net/staff/PowerPointHelp.htm#CreatingOpening

Powerpoint Presentation used to introduce the topic
www.astro.uni.wroc.pl/ludzie/molenda/Powerpointpresentation.ppt


Advanced Users:
PowerPoint Tips
http://www.bitbetter.com/powertips.htm

Regents Review and test taking

Regents Review Live offers streaming video, powerpoint presentations, links to sample exams and a broadcast schedule of upcoming review shows.

We will have time during Advisory to review test taking strategies that will apply to all exams -

hilighting, following directions, outlining, pacing.....

Any suggestions????

How well do you know Geography?

A friend sent this link. Check it out.



U.S. Geography - test your knowledge.







When you are finished with the first, try these others


U.S. State Capitals


Europe


Middle East and South Asia

Knowing what's out there

Scholarships- This will be a topic of discussion for the next few weeks in class. There are thousands of scholarships out there for everything and anything. Sometimes applications can take you minutes to complete, while others take days.

Who offers scholarships? How do you search for them? What is out there? When should you begin your search?

Share your experiences, suggestions and questions.


Let's keep a running list of any links.