Ten Outlook 2010 Tips

Take a look at ten tips you can implement today with Outlook 2010. All CISD employees have access to Office 2010 on their teacher workstation and/or Promethean laptop. Be sure to activate Outlook by going to Start and open Outlook, then click a series of three "next" keys and then "finish" to activate Outlook on your computer.

Outlook 2010 tips

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Website of the Week:
Click here to see the archived post from the CISD Instructional Technology blog about Microsoft Office 2010. This post includes:

• Free tutorials
• Custom Guide Reference Sheets for all of Office 2010
• Printed Guides
• Cheat Sheets

Tip of the Week:

In Office 2010, if you highlight a typed word(s) a popup editing box will appear and you can edit (bold, italic, color, font, font size, etc.) the word from there instead of going to the editing tools in the ribbon. 

FYI: the popup edit box does NOT appear in the Office 2010 Mac version!

Welcome back, Dragons!

We hope your first day of school for the 2011-12 school year went well! A big thumbs up to the entire technology department this year. They worked feverishly this summer to assure a successful first day with all of our technological devices.

CISD VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE:

CISD held its first ever Virtual Technology Conference this summer. All sessions were held online through Elluminate Live! software. It was a success!

Congratulations to the following door prize winners:
1. Tara Chance = Shell $25
2. Julie Hataway = McAlister's dinner for 4
3. Dorothy Cassetta = Bed, Bath, and Beyond $25
4. Jennifer Kleinman = Kohls $25
5. Elisa Rossi = Home Depot $25
6. Janet Blackwell = McAlister's dinner for 4

Please take a moment to thank your technology integration specialist for all of the work, creativity, and extra effort they devoted to this conference! They spent many extra hours in preparation so that the CISD staff would have a positive experience from the comfort of their homes, local Starbucks, or wherever.

DIGITAL NATIVES:

As you begin to plan for this year, remember that our students today prefer to learn digitally. As Mark Prensky coined, today's students are "digital natives," and we are "digital immigrants." Technology is what our students know. Statistics show that most students use the computer to complete homework; however, most teachers do not assign homework where the computer is required. Consider crafting a lesson where students must use the web to complete an assignment. Ask your instructional technology specialists for many ideas! They have websites that will engage your students!

NEW PROMETHEAN BOARDS:

Four of our campuses have been outfitted with the new Promethean Board: CES, JES, WGES, and CMS. If you are new to Promethean, be sure and ask your friends and colleagues at OUES, RES, EIS, DMS, and CSHS for tips and tricks. 

Also, the curriculum coordinators are uploading flipcharts into the G drive this semester. So, if you are looking for a flipchart, you may want to start there.

TIP: Did you know that when you are running ActivInspire and you close your dashboard, press F11 for the dashboard to return.