This is a poster that I've created using Adobe Illustrator to help my students memorize the most important shortcut keys when using Microsoft office programs. I mainly did it for grade 4 students but I found it also beneficial for grades 5 & 6. I printed it out on an A3 paper and put it in the computer lab, at first students started to look at the poster whenever they wanted to use the shortcuts but after a while they actually memorized it, which made me really proud of them. I encourage you to use it in your classroom, I think that your students will benefit from it.
Being a computer lab manager for the past six years I noticed how important it is to block some websites that you don't want your students to access in their ICT session. Here are the steps to block any website (for Windows): Step 1: Click the Start button and select Run. Now copy and paste the following text in that Run box: c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts Choose “Notepad” to open it. Step 2: Go to the last line of the file, hit the enter key and type in the following format: 127.0.0.1 xxxx.com Eg: If you want to block facebook.com and myspace.com 127.0.0.1 facebook.com 127.0.0.1 myspace.com Step 3: Save the modified file That’s it. None of the above sites can be visited on your computer. One per line if you want to add more web sites. Note that you should have administrator rights so that you can modify the "hosts" file. I used this way to block access to some games' websites that were inappropriate for my students, and it worked perfectly. ...
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