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: Try this if you saved over a doc
Category: Problem-solving
Q: A student saved a blank document over their files. How? Instead of ‘open’, they use the menu command ‘save-as’ and lose all their work. Is there any way to retrieve the file?
A: Absolutely. In PCs, right click on the file in Windows Explorer and select ‘Restore previous version’. Select the latest version that’s not today. Admittedly, this doesn’t always work, but it’s worth a try.
In Google Apps, simply visit the Revision History and select a version prior to the save-over.
In Macs, there may be an older copy in the Time Machine—it’s worth checking.
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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, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.
