Technology

**by Meg Wilson** **
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**__Free Web Page Creation Site__** http://www.weebly.com **__Fun with Wordles__** http://www.wordles.net This is a free and easy program to create word art on related topics. A few things to remember: **__I4C__** Internet4Classrooms is a nice resource full of helpful teacher resources. It is linked (for science topics) by following the following path Brandeis Website - Teachers - Special Areas - Science - Cool Curriculum Links.
 * __Virus Protection and Updates__**
 * Leave Laptop turned on, plugged in (power cord) and hooked up to a wall internet jack with an ethernet cable on Thursday nights to receive district updates (including virus protection updates).
 * When at school - Select "Install Updates and Shut Down"
 * When at home - only select "Shut Down". Do NOT select install updates from at home.
 * The above steps __only__ update the protection - they do not fully protect your computer!
 * To protect your computer and delete possible dangerous programs you must run McAfee from time to time. Here is what you do - Go to "Start" - Programs - McAfee - On Demand Scan. Run each of the first three types of scans. This can take awhile.
 * It is free and you do not need any of the pay options. Just click "No Thanks" to avoid them. It makes a nice polished page - Danielle and Jeronika have both created nice sites with it.
 * If you get one ready, let me know and I'll link it with your class on the Brandeis Webpage.
 * To see Danielle or Jeronika's pages go to the Brandeis Website - Teachers - Intermediate - and Click on their name to see the page.
 * Typing a word more than once makes it appear larger on the finished Wordle . 5-6 times is usually enough to make the main word or idea PLENTY large.
 * Use the tilde key ~ (top left of the keyboard) in place of the space to connect phrases with more than one word.
 * For some pretty cool examples, see Cheryl Mahan's word wall. Betty's kiddos had some great ones up earlier in the year, but they've been replaced by a cool new board of work.