Divisions 3-7 - when finished setting up account

Use any of these activities if you are done setting up your account.

UNCROSS THE LINES

GEOSPY

MAKE-A-FLAKE

CONNECT 4

TOY THEATRE

ANIMATE

DANCE MAT TYPING

Spot the differences in the two photos

ADDITION PULL

MAKE 10

This Is Sand - Make sand sculptures with your mouse (or your finger if you are using a Smartboard)! Click the C key to change colours. Hours of fun!


Pic Monkey - fun photo editor - use the free features to edit photos using cool effects!

Sumo Paint - Photoshop-style web-based paint program.

Picassohead - website inspired by the famous artist Pablo Picasso. Create a face in his unique style and publish it to the gallery!

Scribbler - simply scribble on the space provided and then watch the computer fill in your scribblings to create a work of art!

String Spin - similar to Scribbler but gives you the ability to move and control the scribble!

Wordle - create beautiful 'Word Clouds' using your own text!

Guitar - Gr. 5/6

To learn to play songs on the guitar when you are just beginning, one of the best things to do is to google something like "easy guitar songs", "beginner guitar songs" or "3 chord guitar songs".

Here are some resources to use as well:

Ultimate Guitar - enormous database of lyrics and chords of almost any song - be sure to pick the version that uses CHORDS, not TAB, and has a good **** rating with a high number.

Online guitar tuner - Use this online guitar tuner to tune up at home.

Interactive Fretboard - online fretboard to explore and learn chords. Good for both beginner and more experienced players.

Chord-C - excellent site that shows you different ways to play the same chord (this is called chord voicings). More advanced students can use this site to challenge themselves by learning different chord voicings.

E-Chords - another good database for song lyrics and chords.

Online Guitar Fretboard - notes ring out so you can hear multiple notes playing together. Good for studying chord formations and notes on the fretboard.

How To Hold A Guitar Pick - start out with good habits.

Song Chords

I Gotta Feeling

Leaving On A Jet Plane

She Will Be Loved

U Smile

Just The Way You Are (transpose down 2 half steps)

Research Sites

World Book Online
Name: whonnock
Password: sd42

Simple English Wikipedia
Wikipedia articles written in elementary-level language.

BC Encyclopedia
Name: whonnock
Password: sd42

Canadian Online Encyclopedia

Mac Keyboard accents 
How to type different accented letters, symbols and other characters on a Mac keyboard

French Accents on Mac Keyboard

Basic Powerpoint skills

Reveal formatting pallete
Reveal toolbars - standard and drawing - use VIEW menu
Choose different background designs
Create a text box
Type inside a text box
Change text font, font size, font colour using Formatting Pallette
Align text (centre, left, right) using Formatting Pallette
Rotate a text box
Delete a text box
Add new slide in 2 different ways - double click and the "+slide" button
Create a title using Wordart
Adjust Wordart title size, etc..
Add a picture from Clip Art
Add a picture a file (ie. a picture from the Internet - must be appropriate, obviously!)

More challenging...
Animate the different items using the “Animation” option in the FP
Make everything appear in a certain order

If you are stuck.....remember....
- be patient and keep trying -- look around the menus
- ask a nearby person - quietly
- the HELP menu is also your friend!!

Don't be afraid to try new things!

Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys

MS WORD SHORTCUT KEYS (use CTRL instead of z if using Windows) 

Working with Text
Copy - z+ C
Paste - z+ V
Cut – z + X
Bold - z + B
Underline - z + U
Italicize - z + I

Increase/reduce font size -SHIFT + z + < or >

Save - z + S
Print - z + P

UNDO – z + Z

Align text to center- z + E
Align text to right- z + R

Selecting/Finding Text
Select single word – click 2x
Select line/paragraph – click 3x
Select all – z + A
Find text - z + F

Other Shortcuts
New document - z + N
Minimize document window - z + M
Close document window - z + W
Open document - z + O

Log out – z + SHIFT + Q

You can also click HERE for a web page with more shortcuts.