Category: Tech tips
Tech Tip #33: My Desktop Icons are Messed Up
As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Each Tuesday, I’ll share one of those with you. They’re always brief and always focused. Enjoy! (more…)
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Tech Tip #34: My Program Froze
As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Each Tuesday, I’ll share one of those with you. They’re always brief and always focused. Enjoy!
Q: I’m writing a very (very) important paper and all of a sudden, the screen is frozen. I can’t save it, or anything else. What do I do?
A: Programs do freeze for no reason sometimes, but not often (I’m assuming you take care of your computer–defrag, don’t download with abandon, update it occasionally). Before you declare a dog-ate-my-homework sort of catastrophe, try this: (more…)
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Tech Tip #35: My Program Closed Down
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Tech Tip #32: My Taskbar Got Moved to the Side
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Tech Tip #31: What’s Today’s Date
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Tech Tip #30: Menu Command is Greyed Out
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Tech Tip: I Deleted a File!
As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Each Tuesday, I’ll share one of those with you. They’re always brief and always focused. Enjoy!
Q: I deleted a file! I need it back! What do I do?
A. Here’s what you do:
- find the recycle bin on your desktop
- right-click on it and select ‘restore’
If it’s there, restore it. It’ll end up back where it was before you deleted it.
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Tech Tip #28: 5 Ways to Fix a No-Sound Problem–For Free
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Tech Tip #24: How to Open A New Word Doc Without the Program
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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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