============================================================= TeAch-nology.com's- Weekly Tips For Teachers **Issue #32** "The Web Portal For Educators!" We're up to 3201 subscribers http://www.teach-nology.com ============================================================= This newsletter is only sent to the users of TeAch-nology.com, but feel free to forward it to all your friends. ============================================================= NEW Additions!!! Progress Report Generator... This generator can be used to create a progress report that can be sent home to parents. The document that you generate contains 20 common indicators of student performance. Click on: http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/progress/ Have You Ever Tried Our Educational Games??? There are a variety of games that are challenging and fun... Our newest addition is Get the Gophers! Kids love it! Click on: http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/games/ New Tutorial... Preventing Academic Failure: An Orton Gillingham Approach- This was written by a teacher who is finding much success with this approach to teaching reading and language skills. The tutorial offers great links for more information on the PAF Program. Click on: http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/prevent_failure/ ============================================================= ************************************************************* Teachers: Save prep time with teacher-tested lesson plans and seasonal activities from teachervision.com! Try our new Lesson Plan Finder to search by grade , curriculum area and theme or check out our free teacher tools and professional development. Find all of this at: http://redir.webclk.com/redir/teachnology_1203_lesson plan.htm ************************************************************* ============================================================= 1. 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TeAch-nology.com's Response: "You can find a leeson plan generator on our site in our "Web Tools" section specifically, in 'Classroom Materials Generators.' Or you can go directly to the page that the lesson plan generator is displayed: http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/lesson_plan/ The lesson plan form that we offer also comes with a tutorial. The form that TeAch-nology.com advocates covers all the important components of what a lesson plan should include. We hope that this will meet your needs. It seems to be very popular with most teachers. " **************************************************************** To ask the TeAch-nology.com staff an educational question go to: http://www.teach-nology.com/help/ask_an_ed_expert/ ************************************************************* Ask The Technology Expert: <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> A question from anonymous: "How does networking work? and how to learn networking? What is networking" TeAch-nology.com's Response: Networking computers is a complex process with a variety of options, each dictating use of specific hardware, cabling and software. A network is simply a group of two or more Personal Computers linked together. Besides physically connecting computer and communication devices, a network system serves the important function of allowing a variety of equipment types to transfer data and work collaboratively. Many types of networks exist, but the most common types of networks are Local-Area-Networks (LANs), and Wide-Area-Networks (WANs). In a LAN, computers are connected together within a "local" area (for example, an office or home). In a WAN, computers are farther apart and are connected via telephone/communication lines, radio waves, or other means of connection. If you would like to learn how to create a small scale network between two local computers, there is a great how-to at: http://www.ehow.com/eHow/eHow/0,1053,3659,FF.html If you would like to learn more about networking in general, we would recommend a great little book by the name: Small Business Networking For Dummies by Glenn Weadock, Eric Schmidt, Emily Sherrill Weadock (Illustrator) IDG Books Worldwide; ISBN: 0764502891=0D If you want to actually gain hands-on training, there are increasing trends at most community colleges and local adult education programs that offer Novell, Mac, and Microsoft certification programs. Check your contact or your local adult education center for details." <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> A question from anonymous: "How do you create a web based application using MS PowerPoint; i.e., build a Jeopardy Game?" 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