http://gato4.edublogs.org Another excellent Edublogs.org blog Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:17:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I used PowerPoint a lot in college, so I thought I knew it all....yeah right! Check out my PowerPoint, decked out with all of the new skills that I learned in the Varsity group from Lynne! *Please note that when I sent my You Tube video to Zamzar, it wasn't converted properly, ... http://gato4.edublogs.org/2007/07/28/ode-to-powerpoint-a8/ I found a PowerPoint presentation on The Tale of Despereaux online. A Newbery Medal winner in 2004, I did a literary unit on this book in college. Upon graduating and teaching 5th grade, I used the unit I created in school 2 years in a row in my classroom. It ... http://gato4.edublogs.org/2007/07/25/powerpoint-wow/ We learned how to subscribe to an RSS Feed. Now, we can have an update on all of the websites that we may like to visit- whether it be news, photos, sports or music, all in one place!! Click here to visit our fabulous RSS feed. http://gato4.edublogs.org/2007/07/25/rss-feeds-a6/ Today, we learned about tabs…and just when you think you know about Microsoft Word- Wham! Summercore smacks you in the face with great stuff. My husband will be amazed too (I think). We both make a lot of documents in Word and having control over the tab key now is ... http://gato4.edublogs.org/2007/07/25/tabbing-margin-markers-horse-cowboya5/ Today, we learned about Delicious. What a wonderful tool to put all of your bookmarks in one place so that you can access them when not at your computer. Or, if like my computer...yours may soon crash!! Check out my Del.icio.us http://gato4.edublogs.org/2007/07/24/something-delicious-a4/ Here you will find a lovely spreadsheet made by Sue and myself during Summercore on Monday...all in a day's work. SueDawanaExcel http://gato4.edublogs.org/2007/07/24/learning-how-to-work-excel-wahoo-a3/ Here are links to a few webquests that I found interesting online. Click on the text to take you to the webpage to read more: Butterflies I liked this webquest because the teachers used a jigsaw method to allow the students to share information and I liked that they had ... http://gato4.edublogs.org/2007/07/23/webquests/ Taken from http://www.weddingcuts.com/imagesb/wedding-signs/wedding-sign_lg.jpg We had everything all ready...The date had been set, invitations had been sent, a block of hotel rooms had been booked for family that was coming from far and farther away- New York, Nebraska, Indiana... It hadn't rained for months in Florida...months. The rehearsal day arrived and it was ... http://gato4.edublogs.org/2007/07/23/one-years-worth-of-planning-washed-away/