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The following materials are helpful resources and tutorials for using technology in the classroom with elementary and middle school students.  It is impossible for one instructor to know everything, so explore these resources for ideas on how to use technology more seamlessly in your classroom.

Powerpoint

Powerpoint Design: The Good, The Pretty, and the Really, Really Ugly
http://ed.uwyo.edu/Tech/tutorials/powerpoint_design.htm
An honest guide to how to prepare powerpoint presentations.

Maximizing Powerpoint
http://www.kenton.k12.ky.us/max/Maxpowerpt.htm
General How-to resources, plus games, templates, and suggestions

Powerpoint In The Classroom
http://www.actden.com/pp/
A tutorial designed for elementary/middle students, with two characters to narrate the tutorial.

 

Graphics

How to copy pictures from the Internet

An Adobe Acrobat file with easy to follow pictures for copying images from the web.

Kidpix ideas
http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/sbeck/kid_pix_integration_ideas.htm
Includes tools, templates, integration ideas for elementary classrooms.


ComputerGraphics Lessons
http://syrylynrainbowdragon.tripod.com/comlp.html
Created by an art teacher, contains many lessons for teaching students specific graphic lessons, such as textures and tessellations.

KidzOnline
http://www.kidzonline.org/
A very easy to use site that offers video clips, describing many topics

Microsoft Word

Florida Gulf Coast Microsoft Tutorials
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/word/
An easy to use tutorial for beginner to advanced users of Word.

AddBalance.com
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm
An online tutorial for middle school students or upper--level readers that helps with formatting and FAQ's about Word.


Microsoft Office
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/default.aspx
The official Microsoft website that offers colorful templates for MS Word.

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Last Updated: 06/27/2005