Tag Archives: mac

Zoom in Google Chrome

Tweet If you are using the Google Chrome browser and want to zoom in on the screen (particularly useful if you are in a Google Hangout and want to screenshare) you can go to the 3 stacked lines in the … Continue reading

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Make a Basic Keynote Animation

TweetYou will need a Mac computer to do this tutorial. You can do keynote on an iPad also.  You will need to download Keynote if you do not already have it.  This is available for download in the App Store … Continue reading

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Literature Book Covers for iPads

TweetAt the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year there was no shortage of cases being displayed.  Walking by the m edge booth I was excited to see iPad cases that featured classic book covers. Unfortunately I had to be … Continue reading

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Teaching on a Mac with Mountain Lion

Tweet I am using a Macbook Pro most of the time.  I actually like the notification features on Mountain Lion.  Shows me when people mention me on Twitter or Facebook or when I have tasks due from my producteev todo … Continue reading

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Command Comma

Tweet When using a program on your Mac it is probably a good idea to look into what preference settings are available. In the upper left hand corner next to the Apple icon shows what program is active.  Clicking on … Continue reading

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Hooking up Apple TV

Tweet Brand new Apple TV fresh out of the box. Plugged it into the wall and attached to a TV via HDMI cable. If I was using an LCD projector the projector needs to have an HDMI slot, or you … Continue reading

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Creating a Stop Motion Animation to a Lecture

Tweet I have long been fascinated with the RSA Ken Robinson video. Not only because the content is good but the drawing that goes along side the animation is pretty cool. So I wondered to myself how I could make … Continue reading

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Moving amongst text on a Mac

Tweet I am a fan of the copy and paste, especially when I am typing math problems. Much easier to edit.  This means I need to get to different words or characters in my string of text to edit them … Continue reading

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Spacebar to Preview

Tweet One trick on my MAC that I use quite frequently is to hit the spacebar to preview a file.  I have lots of screenshots (command+shift+4) on my desktop and they all say screenshot so it is challenging to know … Continue reading

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Hey, how did you get that degree symbol in your Google?

Tweet Google text docs has an equation editor but no dice for Google Presentation or Google Draw.  (which by the way you can insert Google Draw into text doc, presentation and spreadsheet!) As a Geometry teacher I need my drawings … Continue reading

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