46 Interesting Ways to Use Wordle in the Classroom

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Making PDF Files – Some Tips to Get You Started

In MS Word for Mac Go to file/save as. Click on the arrow to the right of format. Choose PDF. Save. In MS Word on a PC Go go file/save as. Mouse down the window that opens on the right. Choose PDF or XPS (don’t worry about XPS). Save What is a PDF???   PDF [...]

David Pogue Cool Tech Tips

David Pogue is the most well-known and savvy tech reporter at the New York Times. Read his May 18, 2011 column, Ins and Outs of Using Gadgetry, to learn all sorts of tech tips that will help you be a more effective and efficient tech consumer (and user). Check Out Tips Browsers Digital cameras Text editing [...]

iPad – Quickly Scroll to the Top

If you are doing lots of scrolling, whether it be in Safari/Mail/Notes or some other app, it can be a bit tedious to return to the top of the document. There is a quick and easy trick for this though. To scroll back to the top of the page quickly just tap the status bar. [...]

How to Lock the iPad’s Screen Orientation

Do you find that your iPad sometimes has a mind of its own — flipping the screen between landscape and portrait orientations when you don’t want it to?  Well it’s very simple to lock the screen orientation. Here is how: 1.  Rotate the iPad so it is in the desired orientation 2.  Double-click the home [...]

If You Could Have an iPad for Two Weeks…

… what might you do? Do you have some ideas?  Is there something you have heard about that sounds interesting? Click on the “leave a comment” link below and share your thoughts.

Welcome to the GDS Technology Tips Blog!

Hello GDS Colleagues and welcome to our new educational technology blog. Our goal is to ensure that important links and technology tutorials are as close as your computer and smartphone — easy to access no matter where you happen to be when you need assistance. We have set up a few categories to get us started [...]