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Voice translation with google - Great tool for languages

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This is for practising speaking and listening, not to be used for plagiarism. It is easy for teachers to detect when this has been used.

An Introduction to Technology Integration

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Geography Tech Integration Ideas

Technology integration not only increases exposure to using technology, it also increases the opportunity to create / record digitally and to allow for more collaboration on projects with peers and other external students. It allows for up-to-date independent research and will support students with an ever increasingly technologically immersed future. A great place to start 50 exciting ideas for using technology in Geography - includes a Thailand tsunami lesson. http://juicygeography.co.uk/ http://sitescontent.google.com/google-earth-for-educators/classroom-resources http://shambles.net/pages/learning/GeogP/ http://sharegeography.co.uk/   http://www.umapper.com/ http://stats.oecd.org/oecdfactbook/ http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places http://www.geogreeting.com/main.html http://www.ushahidi.com/ http://www.esri.com/ http://www.geosense.net/ http://www.gapminder.org/world/ http://greenfieldgeography.wikispaces.com/Homepage http://www.digital...

Mac Basics - Dock

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How to print on the school network

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1. You will need to go to the IT Support room and ask the technicians to install the drivers for the printers. The printers will all already be configured, so you may now print documents. 2. Make sure you are connected to the bis-users network since the printers communicate with your computer over our intranet, or else your printout won't go out. 3. When printing a document, select the printer named "RicohB&W" to print in black and white or the printer named "Ricoh Colour" to print in colour.   There is a black and white printer near the Teacher/Guest bathrooms on each floor (except for the first floor) as well as one near the IB Common Room and one in the Library. The colour printer is located right outside of room 216. There is also a black and white and a colour printer in the Photocopy Room, room 107. 4. Once you are at a printer, tap the "Username" field and enter your school e-mail (omitting the "@bisphuket.ac.th" p...

Configuring printing settings

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Press Cmd+P (Ctrl+P if you are using Windows or some Linux distributions). This will usually open a dialogue box that may look like the following: The pictured dialogue (and the one below) will be continually referred to throughout the tutorial. Make sure you have selected either "RicohB&W" or "Ricoh Colour" (or some variation thereof) from the menu. Another dialogue box will appear. In this one, you can configure various settings that determine how your document is printed out.   Opening the "Orientation" menu will give you the choice to print your printout in portrait or landscape orientation. Opening the "Duplex"  menu gives you the options of Off Open to Left Open to Top Booklet However, in most instances of printing, only the Off and Open to Left settings are relevant, so these will be covered. Open to Left is the default setting chosen when the printer drivers are installed. Documents are printed out as double...