ISTE Conference from the Comfort of Home

The ISTE Conference is coming up June 26-29, 2011. ISTE is the International Society for Technology in Education and their yearly conference is a great way to learn about new technology, tools, and ideas on how to use those things with kids to engage and help them learn. Many of the Ed Tech “Gurus” attend and present at ISTE so it is also a great way to connect with people from around...

Publisher How-To Guide

Publisher is an easy to use application that comes with many versions of Microsoft Office for PC. Teachers can create nice looking newsletters in Publisher. Teachers can also have students creating documents in Publisher to support their learning. Below is a How-To Guide on how to use Publisher. The docuement also contains ideas on how teachers and students alike can use Publisher in the...

Mail Merge

The Tech Ninja has many different weapons in his arsenal of educational goodness. A tool that the ninja frequently relies on is mail merge. Mail merge is the ability to take data (for example names and addresses) from a spreadsheet or database and insert them into some kind of printed document (a letter, catalog, etc.). This is a quick and easy way to make personalized letters to students or...