Controlling+Technology

= **Dealing with the problems that technology has brought into our classrooms** = =**How to get answers to tech questions:**=

** [| Make-use-of question forum]--one of the best on the web for posing questions and getting answers from experts (and semi-experts) **
**Hardware**: What to do for students who don't have computers-[|-Netbook Era], and [|here]Netbook shopping? [|Here's a way to compare them]. [|Remote control for Mac] (for advancing PowerPoint slides, for example); [|for PC]

What to do for students who don't have e-mail? [|Gmail] or the [|many other options]; [|filtered e-mail](kid safe) What to do for students who always say, "I e-mailed it to you; I don't know why you didn't get it"--[|drop box] How do I get to documents caught in the Brookline spam filter (Barracuda)? [and other related questions]
 * E-mail**

I can't get to the Internet from school? what am I doing wrong?
 * Getting on the web at school**

How to find out if a student plagiarized from a web site--[|Turn It In.com]; some [|other techniques and tools]
 * Plagiarism**

How students can word process without having to buy (the very expensive) Microsoft Office--[|Google docs] How students can create PowerPoint presentations without having to buy MS Office--[|Presentations in Google Docs]
 * Student access to software at home**

How to figure out how to use [|EasyGrade Pro] How to figure out how to use X2 Gradebook
 * Grading**

How to open a .docx file-- [|file conversion help]
 * Opening docX files**

How do I [|access the passwords] for the BHS Library's on-line data bases? (contact Elon Fischer for the code to access this document)
 * Home access to the data bases in the BHS library**

I want to show videos from YouTube in class but I often can't get access to YouTube from my room; what can I do? [|Some other options]
 * YouTube blocked or limited in school**