TeAchnology

Making Friends

with your Computer

Do you ever feel like THIS when it comes to your computer?

KNOW WANT TO KNOW

Have a computer or access to one?

Have an email account? Have visited the school

website? Have surfed the web? Know how to find information

on the web? Have applied for a job online? Have used Microsoft Word?

Learn how to look for information on the internet

Use email, chat Learn about Microsoft

Word Application

Today’s Goals

Creating an email accountKeeping a calendar/daily plannerUsing the internet as a resourceUsing the internet as a learning toolStaying safe online

Creating an Email AccountCreating an Email Account• Click on internet explorer icon• Click on the hotmail icon• Click sign up• Fill in your information• Send me an email!

– busbyc@chapelhillisd.org

Setting up a Calendar or Daily Planner

In your email account, click on CalendarDouble click on the date of the activityType the activity informationClick Save.

Any Requests?Any Requests?Any Requests?Any Requests?If you have questions, and I know If you have questions, and I know how to do what you’re asking, I’d how to do what you’re asking, I’d

certainly be willing to help.certainly be willing to help.

WHAT YOU LEARNED

TeAchnology

Making Friends with your Computer

Part II

Changing Your Computer’s Language~!

Click: Start button Control Panel Internet Options Languages

In the white box, click English then Remove Click add. Find your preferred Language. Click

OK. OK. OK. On each window Close the Control Panel using the

What do YOU need? Step 1Learning How to Use the Mouse

Mouserobics! Computer training tutorials in English http://www.ckls.org/~crippel/computerlab/

tutorials/mouse/page1.html\

Bienvenido a Ejercitando con Mi Ratón en Español http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/gethelp/

miraton.cfm

What do YOU need? Step 2Basic Keyboard/Typing Skills

Typing lessons in English http://sense-lang.org/typing/index.html

Lecciones de mecanografía in Español http://sense-lang.org/typing/spanish-key.html

What do YOU need? Step 3Basic Windows Tutorial

Windows XP Tutorial http://www.teacherclick.com/winxp/index.htm

Curso de Introducción a Windows XP. Índice http://www.aulaclic.es/winxp/index.htm

What do YOU need? Step 4aBasic Internet Tutorial

Searching the web using a search engine http://www.google.com/support/bin/static.py?

page=searchguides.html&ctx=basics

What do YOU need? Step 4bBasic Microsoft Word Tutorial

Learning about Microsoft Word Documents http://www.baycongroup.com/wlesson0.htm