Techno Teacher

This movie is all about using Office Tools and Google Docs in a classroom.

Google Docs is a wonderful resource to use in the classroom.  Google Docs is a program where you create presentations, word files, and much more, and share them with others on the internet.  As an option, a teacher may choose this method of sharing to have the students turn in assignments and receive them from [...]

Sample Newsletter created using Office.  An excellent way to communicate with parents each month.

It’s early in your teaching career and you’re looking for the most efficient ways to communicate with your students – and not just information about field trips and class events. Yes, Microsoft Word is the ideal application to create a class newsletter, but have you considered all of the other tasks you could accomplish easily [...]

PowerPoint has made making a fantastic presentation simple! Adding sound and movies are easy and quick and can make a PowerPoint presentation go from good to excellent in less than a minute!

Adding a Sound

At the top of the page go to Insert and then to Sound and Music and click on From File, Play CD [...]

Tutorial: How to calculate grade averages and compare classes using Excel
*also see our sample item for a final worksheet showing this spreadsheet

Open Excel under Office Tools.  Using this program, you will be able to create a spreadsheet comparing the scores of your class to those at the same grade level in your school.  This data [...]

Here is an example of a spreadsheet that can help calculate grades.