Tips

Lock an iPad into one App

Guided Access is a setting that allows you to temporarily lock an iPad into one App at a time. This is particularly useful if you are using the iPad with children; they can stay focused on the activity and won’t be able to exit the game or access other features of the iPad until you

Evernote

What is Evernote? Evernote is a free program designed for note-taking and note-sharing. A note can be text, a web page, a photo or even an audio recording. Evernote is installed as software on your computer or an App on your smart phone or tablet. Using an Internet connection it can sync your notes across

Using your mouse scroll wheel

The mouse scroll wheel is located in the middle of the left and right buttons of your mouse. It’s commonly used for easy scrolling up and down through a document or web page but has a few other functions when using it as a third button. Using the mouse scroll wheel; In the web browser;

iPad Apps for Early Learning

In response to our IT Training Survey (June, 2014) where we asked “What iPad Apps do you use in your Kindergarten and what Learning Outcomes do they achieve from the EYLF?”, we have a collated a list of suggested Apps. Hear feedback from Early Learning Educators on the suggested Apps for use with children and

Make text and icons appear larger on the screen

If you find it hard to see things clearly on your computer screen or are squinting to read you can change the view to a larger scale to make text more readable and other items like icons appear larger on the computer screen. (This Tip applies to the Dell Desktop Computer with Windows Vista.) To

Upgrade to a wireless (Wi-Fi) network

A wireless network is a great way to enjoy the convenience of your Internet Service anywhere in the radius of your Kindergarten. A wireless modem (router) allows you to connect multiple devices such as Laptops and iPads to the network wirelessly so you can move around the Kindergarten without the hassle of cables and cords!

Portfolio Templates for Word

If you have completed our ‘Create a Children’s Portfolio’ course you will be familiar with the idea of a template. A template is a sample document with a predefined layout for images, text and font style. Templates save you time when making several similar documents. Microsoft Word lets you save a copy of any word

Portfolio Templates for iPad Pages

Our ‘iPads in the Kindergarten’ course introduces creating portfolio documents on the iPad using Pages. Pages App is a word processor designed specifically for the iPad. It doesn’t come built into the iPad, it is a paid App that can be found in the Apps store. We have created the portfolio templates in Apple Pages

Add Victorian Modern Cursive Script font in Word

This Tip applies to Windows PC Users. For more information and Mac user instructions refer to the DEECD website; www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/english/Pages/handwriting.aspx On the DET website linked above, Click on this link; "Regular and Bold fonts - PC format (ZIP - 30Kb) : Click Here" Select Open with Windows Explorer then press OK In the new window

Create a shared network space with an external hard drive and a modem

This Guide enables the creation of a shared network space with an external hard drive plugged into a modem, where multiple users and computers can access and share files in one central location. Note: This guide is written on Windows Vista for the configuration of an External Hard drive device & a (4 port or

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