Robin Young on October 31st, 2008

If your desktop does not list the ATI Catalyst Control or it is not available when right clicking on your screen, chances are you have a different graphics card and will set the TV settings through the displays menu – or desktop properties.    This video covers the steps needed to get everything talking to each [...]

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Robin Young on October 30th, 2008

In the past few weeks I have seen several good lessons that include showing video clips from YouTube. Sometimes switching from a website, back to a powerpoint or other file can be a little confusing while you are also trying to teach and keep the kids engaged. Embedding the YouTube video into your Powerpoint allows [...]

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Robin Young on October 22nd, 2008

Having the laptop carts can be a little overwhelming at times if you are not familiar with how to get them started.  Here is a quick video that covers what to plug in, what to look for and what to do when things don’t work! addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robinstechtips.com%2F%3Fp%3D133′; addthis_title = ‘Laptop+Cart+Basics’; addthis_pub = ”;

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Robin Young on October 22nd, 2008

Getting your computer to connect to your TV is not difficult when you know the steps.  This video covers all the information you need to complete this when your computer has an ATI graphics card. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robinstechtips.com%2F%3Fp%3D130′; addthis_title = ‘Computer+to+TV+Instructions+%26%238211%3B+ATI+Catalyst+Control+Center’; addthis_pub = ”;

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Robin Young on October 21st, 2008

I was looking over my blog tonight and realized how LONG my posts have gotten lately.  So along with a new appearance I want to try to get back to short and sweet tips on using technology in the classroom.  The ideas are there, but I need to slow down and break them into smaller [...]

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Robin Young on October 14th, 2008

The idea that when students create for a real-world audience online the quality of the work is better, got me thinking about what were some other ways to tap into this world. Last year we published folk tales students had written as audio files.  Those files were posted on a blog and the students could [...]

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Robin Young on October 9th, 2008

Teachers struggle with getting non-writers writing and non-readers reading.  But why should those students practice a skill they struggle with?  Why will another book and another essay help when so far it has not made a difference?  We know that more practice helps, and that you can’t improve unless you work at it, but sometimes [...]

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Robin Young on October 7th, 2008

Several years ago I attended training at the University of Texas on Telecollaboration.  Most of the ideas presented in the training seemed so labor intensive that there was no way as a teacher or now as a Instructional Technology Specialist that they could be implemented.  Or I felt like I needed to know professors from [...]

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Robin Young on October 1st, 2008

October is Computer Learning Month I had a dream last night that got me thinking about “perspective”  and how to give students different perspectives on what is being taught.  Our students are what some call “digital natives” and are wired differently than students of the past.  Think of all the ways they can get and [...]

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