TeAchnology

Making Friends

with your Computer

Do you ever feel like THIS when it comes to your computer?

Today’s Goals

Creating Email Folders in OutlookCalendar Sharing in OutlookCreating a Powerpoint LessonPresenting your Powerpoint LessonCreating Newsletters in PublisherAdditional Teacher Requests

Creating Folders in OutlookCreating Folders in Outlook• Click on Outlook icon• Highlight an email you have received• Click on the ‘move’ icon• Click new….

– Be sure you are working from the inbox—not another folder

Sharing Calendars Sharing Calendars in Outlookin Outlook

Click on ‘Click on ‘Open a Shared CalenderOpen a Shared Calender’’ Click on ‘Click on ‘NameName’’ Type ‘Type ‘KK’’ Click on ‘Click on ‘Connie KerrConnie Kerr’’

This allows you to look at all meetings, This allows you to look at all meetings, progress monitoring and other testing progress monitoring and other testing schedules, the days I am not on schedules, the days I am not on campus, etc.campus, etc.

Creating a Powerpoint Lesson

• Click on the Powerpoint Icon• Click on Format, then Slide Design• Choose a Design on the right side of your

screen• Type your title on the first page• Click Insert, then New Slide• Begin typing your lesson information,

clicking Insert, then New Slide when you are ready to switch to the next slide.

Now Let’s Have a Little Fun!

• Click Slide Show, then Slide Transition• Choose a transition between slides or

choose Random Transition (at bottom)• Decide on the Speed of the transition, if

you would like a Sound to accompany, when you want the transition to occur, etc.

• You may Apply this transition to All Slides or you may apply transitions to individual slides.

Now Let’s Have a Little Fun!

• Choose Format, then Slide Layout

• To the right you will see different types of slides. Choose a layout that includes a picture or graph.

• Type your caption, then click on the picture icon

• Choose a picture and click OK.

Now Let’s Have a Little Fun!

• How did she DO that?

• Click on Slide Show again, then Animation Schemes

• Now choose an animation scheme you like. You may Apply to All Slides or individual slides

Now Let Have a Little Fun!

• What about a video or sound? Sure!• Click Insert, then Movies and

Sounds• For now, just choose a sound from the

clip organizer, since you don’t have any videos to add

• You may choose for the sound to play automatically or when you click the mouse

Now Let’s Have Some Fun!

Now Let’s Have a Little Fun!

• You can also write on your slideshow with a marker or highlighter.

• Click on Slide Show, then View Show

• Choose a slide, then move your cursor to the bottom left-hand corner of the screen

• Click on the ‘pen’• Click and hold the mouse to write on

the slide

OK. Enough Nonsense! Let’s OK. Enough Nonsense! Let’s Look at Publishing a NewsletterLook at Publishing a Newsletter

• Click on the Publisher Icon

• Click on Publications for Print, then on Newsletters

• Choose a Newsletter Format you like

• It will be too small to increase the size at the top with the magnifying glass

• Click and type

Creating NewslettersCreating Newsletters

• You may change the color scheme, format, font, etc. to the left of the screen

• To change the picture, right click on the picture and choose Change Picture, then from Clip Art

• You may choose from the clip art on file on the computer, or you may click on the Clip Art on Office Online link

Before After

Any Requests?Any Requests?Any Requests?Any Requests?If you have questions, and I know If you have questions, and I know how to do what you’re asking, I’d how to do what you’re asking, I’d

certainly be willing to help.certainly be willing to help.