OS skills Archives - K12 Handhelds https://www.k12handhelds.com/tag/os-skills/ Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:08:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.k12handhelds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/favicon-150x150.jpg OS skills Archives - K12 Handhelds https://www.k12handhelds.com/tag/os-skills/ 32 32 115208875 Tech basic videos are up! https://www.k12handhelds.com/tech-basic-videos-are-up/ https://www.k12handhelds.com/tech-basic-videos-are-up/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:08:55 +0000 http://www.k12handhelds.com/blog/?p=522 The first eleven Tech Basics videos are now up! These are intended for teachers who struggle with some of the basic Windows OS skills that can help make them more productive. Topics include things like right-clicking, screen captures, file management,

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These are intended for teachers who struggle with some of the basic Windows OS skills that can help make them more productive. Topics include things like right-clicking, screen captures, file management, tabbed browsing, and more.

Personally, I am planning to use these videos in workshops. I think they will be especially useful in situations where people are struggling with these skills, which prevent them from effectively performing more advanced tasks like making movies or setting up wikis. My hope is that they will be able to be used a self-guided resources so that participants can differentiate their own PD.

Also, I’ve put the embedded versions in TeacherTube now, so most school sites should be able to get them without filtering problems (I hope). If not, there are downloadable versions as well.

These are all licensed CC-By so feel free to share in any way you find useful, including burning to a CD or putting on your server. And if anyone wants to create more of these or remix the ones that are here, feel free.

Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be adding quick start sheets and additional resources for each video. If you have anything you’d like to contribute, shoot it my way!

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]]> https://www.k12handhelds.com/tech-basic-videos-are-up/feed/ 2 522 Tech basics movies for your review and comment https://www.k12handhelds.com/tech-basics-movies-for-your-review-and-comment/ https://www.k12handhelds.com/tech-basics-movies-for-your-review-and-comment/#respond Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:03:28 +0000 http://www.k12handhelds.com/blog/?p=496 Following up on my post on “tech basics no teacher should be without,” I have the first couple movies up. I’d love to hear any feedback on these. Also, they’re licensed CC-By so feel free to download, rip, and burn

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]]> Following up on my post on “tech basics no teacher should be without,” I have the first couple movies up.

I’d love to hear any feedback on these. Also, they’re licensed CC-By so feel free to download, rip, and burn away! And stay tuned for more to come soon.

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]]> https://www.k12handhelds.com/tech-basics-movies-for-your-review-and-comment/feed/ 0 496 Tech basics no teacher should be without https://www.k12handhelds.com/tech-basics-no-teacher-should-be-without/ https://www.k12handhelds.com/tech-basics-no-teacher-should-be-without/#respond Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:38:42 +0000 http://www.k12handhelds.com/blog/?p=474 THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for your responses to my question about tech basics no teacher should be without. From the number of enthusiastic responses, I am thinking this is a resource that will be able to be used by

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]]> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for your responses to my question about tech basics no teacher should be without. From the number of enthusiastic responses, I am thinking this is a resource that will be able to be used by many. (And I already have two workshops scheduled that I’m planning to use this for…so the clock is ticking.:)

Obviously, there were more ideas than I can reasonably do videos for in the short-term, so here is a list of what I’ll tackle first:

General

  • Right-clicking
  • Managing multiple workspaces (alt-tab, using the taskbar, Show desktop)
  • Keyboard shortcuts (F1, ctrl-a, shift and select, home, end, etc.)
  • Screen capture

File management

  • Creating and managing folders (inc. viewing in different formats)
  • File naming
  • Save and save as
  • Searching for files
  • Creating short cuts on the desktop

Browser skills

  • Tabbed browsing
  • Searching a web page

And here are other that I’ll have to save for another time:

  • Using help features
  • Resizing images/image editing
  • Hardware troubleshooting (rebooting, checking cable connections)
  • Computer maintenance (defrag, backing up, etc.)
  • How to change screen resolution
  • Changing the audio volume level
  • Installing and uninstalling apps
  • Hard drive space
  • Identifying file types (extensions, etc.)
  • Effective search techniques
  • Web site evaluation
  • Social bookmarking
  • Selecting the best app for the job
  • Burning a CD
  • How to use a USB drive (inc. how to remove safely)
  • Connecting to wireless

And two more humongous ones:

  • Information literacy
  • Problem solving

Look for an update (with some videos) on these in a couple weeks!

  • Downloading and saving a file

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