K-6 Tech Talk » shortcut http://blogs.chatham-nj.org/eyates Tips, Tricks, and Talk about Tech for Kindergarten to Sixth Grade Teachers Tue, 24 May 2011 15:09:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Tech Tip Tuesday http://blogs.chatham-nj.org/eyates/2009/12/15/tech-tip-tuesday-8/ http://blogs.chatham-nj.org/eyates/2009/12/15/tech-tip-tuesday-8/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:21:26 +0000 eyates http://blogs.chatham-nj.org/eyates/2009/12/15/tech-tip-tuesday-8/

Two amazing keys for your web browser!  While there are so many keyboard shortcuts to discuss, these two keys are great to discuss when thinking about web browsers.  The F5 key will refresh the page you are viewing.  This is handy when you are making changes to your teacher web page.  After making and saving [...]]]> f5_key.pngf11_key.png

Two amazing keys for your web browser!  While there are so many keyboard shortcuts to discuss, these two keys are great to discuss when thinking about web browsers.  The F5 key will refresh the page you are viewing.  This is handy when you are making changes to your teacher web page.  After making and saving a change in Schoolwires’ Centricity Site Manager, you can go to your website, hit the F5 key and see the changes you made.

When you are trying to share a website with your class, the F11 key is really handy because it toggles the full-screen view of the web browser.  If you roll your mouse near the top edge of the screen after hitting F11, you’ll see the toolbar reappear.

These are just two of the many neat features hidden in your web browser!  Check every Tuesday for more tech tips like these!

]]> http://blogs.chatham-nj.org/eyates/2009/12/15/tech-tip-tuesday-8/feed/ 0 Tech Tip Tuesday http://blogs.chatham-nj.org/eyates/2009/11/10/tech-tip-tuesday-7/ http://blogs.chatham-nj.org/eyates/2009/11/10/tech-tip-tuesday-7/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:00:43 +0000 eyates http://blogs.chatham-nj.org/eyates/2009/11/10/tech-tip-tuesday-7/ How do you get to your frequently-used websites–especially your teacher web page?  You may use netTrekker, First Class bookmarks, Diigo, or Delicious to store all of your bookmarks, but for the handful of websites you visit every day, you will love having one-click access to them every time you open your browser.  The text directions [...]]]> How do you get to your frequently-used websites–especially your teacher web page?  You may use netTrekker, First Class bookmarks, Diigo, or Delicious to store all of your bookmarks, but for the handful of websites you visit every day, you will love having one-click access to them every time you open your browser.  The text directions are below–check back for a video too!  While the directions apply to Internet Explorer, this basic idea also works in Firefox, Chrome, and Opera browsers.

1. Open Internet Explorer

2. Go to a website you use all the time.

3. Look for the menu items “File/Edit/View/Favorites/Tools/Help”

4. Look below that row for a row that begins on the left with a yellow star and the word “Favorites.”  We’ll call that the Favorites Bar.

5. Left-click the small icon to the immediate left of the website address.  HOLD the button down and drag the icon/web address to the Favorites Bar area to the right of the bar where there is just gray space.

6. Let go of the mouse button! 

Great!  Now you have a one-click button on your web browser.  You can easily do this at any computer you are using.

Click here to view the embedded video.

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