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December 1, 2004
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Great Teacher Tools for December  
Microsoft Word Templates

Watermarks are a great way to encourage student writing. Use Microsoft Word XP to create and then save the template as a read only on the student share drive.
 
Kid Pix Ideas and Template

Holiday literature can inspire young authors and artists.
The Night Tree by Eve Bunting
That's Not Santa by Leonard Kessler
Directions to Make Santa

Kid Pix Templates - You can save these and then import them into Kidpix as gif files.
Stamp - Make a Holiday Stamp
Book - Publish a Book
Holiday Book - Decorate and Write
Ginger Bread Cookie - Design a Cookie
Sandy Beck's Holiday Templates

Microsoft Excel Templates

Graphing data can be really fun at the holiday season. Here are two great templates to use involving holiday trees and crunching the cost of the Twelve Days of Christmas for 2004.

Twelve Days of Christmas
Twelve Days of Christmas
(Number of Gifts Purchased/Given)
2004 Price Index at PNC Bank
Price of Twelve Days Template

Christmas Tree Photo Album
Christmas Tree Estimation Template
 
Scavenger Hunts/Hotlists

Scavenger Hunts can be a great way to begin a unit of study or a culmination for review. The O'Christmas Tree Scavenger Hunt is celebration for the holidays. Scavenger hunts and hotlists can be created in MS Word.

O'Christmas Tree Scavenger Hunt
Christmas Weather Hotlist
High Low / Sunrise Sunset Hotlist


Archive of Scavenger Hunts at Education Worlds
Cindy O'Hora's Scavenger Hunts
 
 
 
Tech Byte  
How to Put More Than One Image On Your Teacher Web Page

Teachers are placing two to three images on their pages by following these easy directions. Sharing an appealing graphic and a classroom snapshot can add to the design and format of your web page. A few examples are shared for the Welcome Page and Classroom Information Page.

 Gelfand -Kindergarten
Stone - First Grade Check Class Information
Sexton - Second Grade
Meyer - Fifth Grade
Hernandez - Physical Education
Hatcher - Special Education
Campbell - EIP
Directions to Add More Than One Image to Teacher Web Page Editor
 
 Web Image
We are now able to right click to save an image on the web when working on an XP machine at work. Right click on the image to save the file to an appropriate folder. Let me know of images we may need for clubs or activities.
   

Happy Holidays!
 
 

Kathy Adkins
Instructional Technology Specialist
Forsythia County Schools
The Technology Loop