In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education.
Today’s tip: #102–Doc Saved Over? Try This
Category: Google Apps
Sub-category: MS Office, Problem-solving
Q: My students often save a blank document over their document. Is there any way to retrieve the file?
A: Absolutely. If you’re on Google Docs, go to Revisions. Select the version of the document you know was correct and restore it.
If you’re in MS Word, try ‘Previous Versions’, though it doesn’t work all the time. Right-click on the student’s file folder in Windows Explorer. Select ‘Previous Versions’. If available, restore the latest version that’s not today. These versions come from restore points or from Windows Backup, which is why they don’t always exist.
Every time I do this successfully, I’m a hero for ten minutes.
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Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.
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