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Tech Tip Tuesday - Keyboard Shortcuts

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If you want to join the linky, grab the Tech Tip Tuesday button.  Post about a technology tip.  Then link up below! Click { here } to fill out my form if you are interested in helping me improve my tech tips. ***************************** When you're creating products, do you get tired of using your mouse or trackpad to save, copy, paste, or bold text? You're in luck!  You need to use keyboard shortcuts.  I've compiled a list of my most frequent keyboard shortcuts.  These shortcuts definitely help me and I hope you'll learn a new one or two today! Keyboard shortcuts are really simple.  For almost all of the ones on my list, you just hold down control (on a PC) or ⌘ (on a Mac) and then type the letter that goes with the shortcut you want. For example, if I want to undo something that I've done, on a PC, I would hold down the ctrl key and then type z.  Poof, whatever I did is now gone!  This is so helpful if I'm testing something out and I want to

Wall Pops - A Substitute for Dry Erase Boards

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I saw this post from Teaching with Style and I just had to have those Wall Pops.  I had been wanting another option for dry erase boards for my classroom.  It usually takes me a long time to pass out the boards and materials.  I was looking for something to save me time.  When I saw these, I knew they'd do the trick! Well, what are they? Giant circles that you can write on using dry erase markers.  They erase perfectly and are so motivating for students! You can get them on Amazon.  As soon as I finished reading her post, I went right over there and ordered 3 packages.  Each package comes with 3 wall pops.  There are many different colors.  I got all green - it matches my room theme and I wouldn't have any fighting over the colors. The circles are fairly large, so you could cut each one in half and double the number of writing spaces. Every time my students use these, the wheels in my head are spinning on how else I could use them.  I have 9 set up around