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Thanks for coming back!

Here's what I'm hoping we'll get done this afternoon, let me know what you think if you come by here before our session!

**Beyond the Basics with MS Office** We are going to learn some of the features of Office that can improve teaching--annotating text, commenting, more effective revision, more thoughtful presentations. examples--tracking changes, using speaker notes, generating on the fly graphs. This is going to be a whirlwind tour. How can you remember it all? Not to worry! There are video lessons for most of these topics.

Calculating readabilityin Microsoft Word Turn all proofing tools off in MS Word Tracking Changes in MS Word Inserting electronic comments in MS Word User presenter mode in Power Point(with speaker notes) Generating graphs from real time data (this one's tricky). Here's my jing.

Trackstar, Rubistar, (Quia) There are online tools that can make the "administrivia" of teaching easier. That way, you can focus on students and learning. Let's explore a trio of tools: 1. Go to TrackStarand search for track 391587. View the track in both frames and text to get a feel for what those are like. 2. Go to Rubistarand look through the sample rubrics. 3. Create either a rubric or a track for your subject/class using Rubistar or Trackstar. 4. Make an entry in the discussion tab on this page to share your thoughts about these tools. If you aren't using Quia, then we need to talk. Who do you know who effectively uses Quia with students?
 * Assessment/Evaluation & Survey Tools **
 * Quia and Doodle **

Go to this Doodle and place your vote for our snack foods for our sessions. How could you use Doodle as a personal tool?