What Your Computer Can Do !

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What Your Computer Can Do !

• What Your Computer is Doing

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• They have a lot of data but still need people to
  know what to do!
• A better model is just around the corner.
• Back it up, and it doesnt forget.
• In order to get their attention, you have to turn
  them on.
• Theyll do whatever you want if you push the
  right button!
• Does this make a computer male or female?

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Faculty Comments on Student Papers

• We thought the book WHICH BOOK? would be well
  written, however, it was not. Several chapters
  were difficult to read and they didnt make
  sense. EXPLAIN THIS.
• In this example, the instructors comments are in
  brackets and capital letters.

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Using Color or Strike Through.

• The united states Consider capitalizing the
  United States. It is a proper noun. should
  rmember This should be remember. to inform its
  citizens.
• This type of commenting is probably the least
  popular.

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Using the Reviewing Toolbar
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Track Changes

• On the TOOLS menu choose Track Changes. Highlight
  Text.
• A vertical bar will appear in the left margin and
  the changed text will be in color.

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Keyboard Shortcuts

• Screenshots
• Apple Shift 3 (Entire Monitor)
• Apple Shift 4 (Selected Area into a Picture File)
• Apple Control Shift 4 (Copy of Area)
• Others in handout

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Tools

• Dictionary
• Thesaurus
• Readability
• Language??? (On Mac no translation?)

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Email from Application

• Send a document by email - From your saved Word
  file, click File -gtService gtSend to -gt Mail
  recipient. Or, in the open file go to File and
  choose send to.

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Auto Save

• Work without worrying - By default, Office 2004
  auto-saves a copy of your open documents every 10
  minutes. This is a setting in the Preferences.
  You can adjust the time.

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Replace FontsPower Point
Replace One Type of Font with Another in an
Entire Document.
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Graphics

• Save objects as separate image files
  Control-click on any object, such as a table,
  chart or inserted graphic, and select Save as
  Picture instead.

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Copying Pictures From the Internet

• Control click on the image and choose copy (only
  avaialble in IE or Netscape) or save image as.
• Rubistar

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Graphic in a Paragraph
Format a graphic in a paragraph. Select the
graphic and format.
After
Before
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Paste Options

• Every time you paste something into a document,
  the Smart Paste tool will show up, offering you
  some options (such as Keep Source Formatting,
  Use Destination Formatting, and Keep Text Only)

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Macquariums
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PowerPoint

• Importing an Outline From Word
• Copying a Slide as a Picture

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Time Shifting
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Time Shifting

• TiVo
• NetFlix
• Digital Cable
• Podcasting

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Time Shifting

• What Holywood Says
• "The Internet has changed the meaning of what
  proximity and geography is," said Sling Media CEO
  Blake Krikorian.

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Time Shifting

• Since their inception, computers have generally
  been viewed as time saving devices. In reality,
  however, computers are also very effective time
  consuming devices which force users to reallocate
  their limited time and change the ways they
  perform tasks. This fundamental paradox is
  simultaneously the promise and the frustration of
  computing. (NICHOLAS P. VITALARI, ALLADI
  VENKATESH, and KJELL GRONHAUG

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Distance Shrinking

• Telecommunications
• Distance Learning
• International Collaboration

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Opportunity Making

• Collaboration
• Discussions
• Research

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Resource Accessing

• World Lecture Hall
• Our Media
• Archive. Org
• Encyclopedia of Educational Technology
• Different Ways of Knowing

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Graphic Resources

• LView Pro
• http//www.lview.com/index1280.htm
• Ulead WebUtilities
• http//www.ulead.com/products/web_design.htm
• The GIMP
• http//gimp.org/
• Download.com
• http//download.com
• Shareware.com
• http//shareware.com
• TUCOWS Network
• http//www.tucows.com/

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Questions
SIG Groups
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Question to Ponder

• Do computers make things better? Well, thats
  debatable. Yes, maybe, and no.
• What isnt debatable is that computers are here
  to stay, and that the longer one uses them, the
  more the person will change the way they learn,
  work, and play.