DIGITAL LITERACY FOR ALL AGES

Want to show your grandfather how to create an email id, and create his Profile on Linkedin? Perhaps you live in another city or you simply do not have time to show him every step. Would it not be helpful if you could create a screencast to show him exactly how to do everything he needs? Thinktutorial is a great website with FREE Tutorials on the use of basic computing technology. The step-by-step instructions are easy for anyone to follow and implement quickly. When you need to look up the use of Communication Tools, Social media, Windows 7, Browsers, Microsoft Office, thinktutorial is the best place to look. Teachers can find interesting tutorials here to share with their students too.Examples are given below.
How To Make A Basic Subtraction In Microsoft Excel 2007
How To Get Yahoo Mail For Mobile

OPENOFFICE FOR USE IN EDUCATION

Openoffice is FREE software. And that means, it can be downloaded and installed on any number of PC's and you can also distribute copies of it legally. You can use it for any purpose including education. Ease of use is the high point of this software. All the office software is included in one package,such as word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, graphics, databases and more . Constantly being upgraded to add new features and languages, teachers and students can find Openoffice3 extremely easy to use. Core computer literacy skills can be easily taught and studied. Teachers can find this useful in preparing teaching materials as well as use it for administrative tasks. Openoffice is a complete suite of tools which every teacher and student can find irresistible.
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PALMTOPS FOR STUDENT PROJECTS

Classrooms are taking to going digital more than ever,with teachers finding newer ways to being innovative to keep the students engaged. Students respond as "duck taking to water" with anything digital and so use of FREEWRITE a basic word processor to be used with a palmtop and a keyboard makes any collaborative project interesting for students. Reading and writing skills improve as they write more and read more and correct spellings and grammatical errors.

HOW TO TWITTER-BEST VIDEO TUTORIALS

Twitter is a useful online tool for social networking. Microblogging @ its best,but also it is a preferred marketing or a branding tool for many. Whether it is Facebook or Twitter,the uses of social media are many,provided you know how. For instance, you can join groups pertaining to your field of interest and any updates by any member of the group will help in educating you further on the topic of your interest. Connecting with people and being able to network, while furthering your interests is what these tools are all about.
Educators are successfully utilizing these social media tools with their students and keeping abreast with educators from across the world like never before. After all,students spend more time on the internet connecting with friends rather than looking for useful resources. So, it is only prudent that educators join them and teach them to use these tools more effectively. We are after all headed towards Digital Literacy.
If you are new to twitter,the following will be of use.
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ENGLISH STUDIES AND DIGITAL LITERACY

Digital literacy is the need of the hour and especially when students are more comfortable using gadgets and the internet as a favourite pastime.The teachers are left behind and are not keeping up with the advancement in technology much to the disappointment of their students.Leave your comments after you watch the following video.


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