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About timthelibrarian

Tim Harwood is a Teacher Librarian and eLearning enthusiast.

CyberSafety

Posted on 23/03/2011 by timthelibrarian

This is a transcript of the CyberSafety presentation given at the staff meeting on 23/03/11: The school has, through the Wellbeing Committee and Life Skills program, developed a thorough and well thought out program on CyberSafety. This has been the … Continue reading →

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Thursday Sessions

Posted on 22/03/2011 by timthelibrarian

The following topics will be covered during the PD sessions this semester. Each topic will first run on Thursday after school (3:30-4:30) and then be repeated on Tuesday during lunchtime (1:30-2:00). These usually take place in IT3. Please note that as Tuesday’s … Continue reading →

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Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows

Posted on 21/03/2011 by timthelibrarian

Windows have included a number of keyboard shortcuts that allow you to execute simple tasks quickly. We all know about Ctrl+c for copy and so on and some of us have reached black belt level by finding Windows Logo+e to … Continue reading →

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Taking and Using ‘Screenshots’

Posted on 17/03/2011 by timthelibrarian

A screenshot, also known as a screengrab or a screendump, is an image of the screen that you are looking at. This can be created as easily as pressing the Prt Sc key and then pasting (Ctrl+v) it into a word document. There … Continue reading →

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Trouble downloading videos from Youtube with Zamzar

Posted on 10/03/2011 by timthelibrarian

We have had some trouble downloading videos in the PD sessions using Zamzar and here’s why: Zamzar has a limit of 100MB on their free page. This means that if the video is over that size, it will not download. Unfortunately … Continue reading →

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Adding a Learning Object from Scootle to your Online Learning Page

Posted on 03/03/2011 by timthelibrarian

Any learning object can be added to your online learning pages from Scootle in just a few simple steps. Downloading the Object 1. Find the object that you want to add to your page on Scootle (‘Man, I was totally looking … Continue reading →

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Delicious Style Guide

Posted on 01/03/2011 by timthelibrarian

Faculties can help staff to manage online resources by setting up a faculty page at Delicious. Delicious is a place where individuals and groups can store bookmarks online. It is great for sharing resources and keeping track of sites if you use multiple … Continue reading →

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Sending messages to parents in eWorkspace

Posted on 25/02/2011 by timthelibrarian

eWorkspace can be used to send messages to staff, students and parents. The following describes the steps involved in sending a message to all the parents of students in a particular class: The Parents By Class button is currently not … Continue reading →

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Using Wikispaces

Posted on 24/02/2011 by timthelibrarian

Wikispaces is a really easy to use tool for creating wikis and there is loads of help to set them up on the Wikispaces website. In order to create a wiki for your students to post their thoughts and comments on each … Continue reading →

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Staff Meeting (23/02/11)

Posted on 24/02/2011 by timthelibrarian

Click the following for more information on: Information Technology Action Group (ITAG) Professional Development – Thursday Sessions And don’t forget to let me know if there is something that you want help with!

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