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Do you
need
to copy/paste PDF to your wordprocessor? If you hit the text
select button in Adobe Acrobat (it is right near the magnifier tool on
the toolbar), then right click to copy...you can paste it right into
Word/IWork.
<>Format a Tri-Fold
Pamphlet in Word
- To turn a document long-ways, follow these steps: Choose File, Page Setup; Click the
Paper Size tab; Select the
Landscape option from the Orientation area; Ensure that the Whole Document menu
option is selected in the Apply To drop-down list; click okay. - To
make the three columns for the brochure, follow these steps: Choose Format, Columns; Select Three from the Presets list; Ensure that the Whole Document menu
option is selected in the Apply To drop-down list; click okay. Now
your document is formatted for three panels that fold over on a single
page.Boggle,
the
game - http://www.wordplays.com/boggler.html
Contact a U.S. Senator? http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm
Contact a U.S. Representative? http://clerk.house.gov/
COOLTEXT
- http://www.cooltext.com
Earth and Moon Viewer - http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Earth/action?opt=-p
- View a map of Earth, Day or Night, or from the Sun, Moon, etc., by
latitude
and longitude, from a satellite in Earth's orbit or above various
cities
around the globe.
Forgot to buy a card? http://www.bluemountain.com
Health and nutrition information? http://www.healthfinder.gov
Help with your Mac/PC? http://www.macintouch.com/ or http://www.helpwithpcs.com/National Geographic? - http://www.nationalgeographic.com
Need a laugh? Try:
Stain
Guide
- http://www.chemistry.co.nz/stain_frame.htm
- get spots and stains out of fabric String Figures with videos to help? http://alysion.org/string.htm
Today's
Front
Pages - http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp
Every morning, more than 700 newspapers from around the world submit
their front pages to the Newseum which displays them in their original,
unedited form (which may be objectionable to some viewers). Archive is
sorted by major topics. Teacher Resources include daily lesson plans.
Other Exhibits online; Newsmania online game (http://www.newseum.org/newsmania/)
Free Translations - http://www.freetranslation.com
Translate
any
foreign language Web Page/Type or paste any text into the window for a
quick translation at http://translate.google.com
Travel Arrangements? http://www.travelocity.com
U.S.
Copyright
Laws? http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
Writing a book? Here's the scoop!
United
States Playing
Card Company: Game Rules -http://www.usplayingcard.com/
Other
Stuff? See Gina's
FavoritesAOL@SCHOOL
- http://kids.aol.com/
Classroom resources - parents, teachers, students
AT&T KNOWLEDGE NETWORK -
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/

Classroom
Management
Tips - http://www.cbv.ns.ca/sstudies/activities/management/tips.html
- activities
Connected
Thesaurus - http://www.lexfn.com/
Copyright - http://www.cyberbee.com/copyrt.html-
Great site on copyright info for kids.
Cornucopia
of lesson plan sites! - http://surfaquarium.com/NEWSLETTER/Lessons2006.htm
Experts to index and catalog the best of the Web for you? - http://www.allexperts.com/
Jeopardy Template - https://eee.uci.edu/help/ppt/advanced/templates/jeopardy.ppt
or http://www.techteachers.com/jeopardytemplates.htm
I Love That
Teaching Idea - http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com
Letters
and
Forms
- http://www.internet4classrooms.com/links_grades_kindergarten_12/classroom_forms_teacher_tools.htm
Locate Someone On-line? Find their email address? http://people.yahoo.com/
<>Need to find a map, recent/historical? http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html
New
Middle School Teacher Guide - http://www.middleweb.com/1stDResources.html#anchor14666257
Photo
organizing, sharing, and
publishing - see Technology Sites - http://ginaotto.com/technologysites.html
Shapebook
Patterns
- http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hme/k_5/shapebook/toc.html
THE SPORTING NEWS - http://www.sportingnews.com/
<>Stuff for
Kids? Yak's Corner a Newsmagazine for kids - http://nieonline.com/detroit/parents.cfm
Thesaurus? http://www.thesaurus.com
Thomas Guide-type map to somewhere you need to be? MapQuest - http://www.mapquest.com/
Time
Capsule -
Do
you know what was the average price of a house when you were
born?
Or, which movie won Best Picture the year you graduated from high
school?
You can find out what happened on any day of any year - http://dmarie.com/timecap/
Time Line Maker - http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/
This generator can be used to make time lines of up to 9 events of
your choice
Today's
Front
Pages - http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp
Every morning, more than 700 newspapers from around the world submit
their front pages to the Newseum which displays them in their original,
unedited form (which may be objectionable to some viewers). Archive is
sorted by major topics. Teacher Resources include daily lesson plans.
Other Exhibits online; Newsmania online game (http://www.newseum.org/newsmania/)
Free Translations - http://www.freetranslation.com
Translate
any
foreign language Web Page/Type or paste any text into the window for a
quick translation at http://translate.google.com
Wikipedias - Check
out Technology
Sites. http://ginaotto.com/technologysites.html
GINA
OTTO, a Language
Arts/Social Studies teacher and technology mentor, can be reached at RBOtto@aol.com
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