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=Five Top TechTips for Teachers=

=1.[|Furl]= Is a website that stores Bookmarks of your favorite sites on line, so you can visit them from any Internet connected computer. Just follow the directions on this free site and you'll be able to access your collection of bookmarks anytime anywhere. Perfect for when you find a great site at home and want to use it in the computer lab the next day. = = =2. Google Search= Most browsers (safari, firefox, etc.) have a little google search box at the top of the window. Enter your keywords and google will search for websites that contain the words you entered. Google will find you many many sites, but chances are if you don't find what you're looking for on the first page of listed websites, you should change your keywords. If you get distracted or get sucked into a wild goose chase and find yourself 10 pages in from start, no need to back up. Just click the arrow in the google search box at the top of the window and it will take you back to the google search findings.

=4. Search on a Page= Ever read a fantastic description of a site on the google search page and then click on it to find it is nothing like what you expected, or wanted? Instead of searching endlessly for what you thought you already found, do a page search. Type Apple F and enter the same keyword you used for your google search. It will take you to the first use of it on that webpage. Hit Apple F again and you can use the next button to find your keyword everywhere on that page

=4. Tabs= By using File-New Tab (or Apple T) you can create a new window in your browser that layers over your current window with a nice little tab at the top like actual files in a drawer. This way you can easily navigate from one window to the next without the "treasure hunt"-dragging windows all over the place. You can also open links on a page in a new tab by right clicking (or Control-Click) and select open in new tab. In some browsers you may need to Enable the Tab Feature in the Preferences before it will work.

=5. Bookmark Bar= The bookmarks bar is the grey space in between your address bar and the window. This is like a display case for your most important/most often used bookmarks. Instead of searching though your list of bookmarks (which may have become quite long) you can simply click on them once you have them in the bar. To put them there, go to your favorite website, grab the icon in the address bar and drag and drop it in the bookmark bar just below it. You will probably be given the option to change the name. Giving websites shorter names (like "email" instead of "NMUSD Outlook Web...") allows you to have more space for more bookmarks.