Terry's Tech Tips

Have you ever heard of or participated in an Escape Room ?  They are tons of fun!  You attend with a group of family or friends.  Your goal is to work together to solve riddles and puzzles to unlock locks.  Eventually, you discover the code to ' Break out ' of the room. Amy Byron, with the support of the Parent Association, purchased both a Breakout Room kit (physical locks) and an account for Breakout Edu Digital (for digital locks).  These Breakout Edu options allow you to construct breakout experiences using YOUR CURRICULUM CONTENT!  It is a fun and engaging way to have students access and use your content. Watch this video to get a better sense of Breakout Edu: How did Amy incorporate Breakout EDU in her classroom? Think back to the first day of school.  You are a student.  What is your experience?  You move from class to class, where each teacher introduces themselves, talks about the course, class expectations, and maybe has a short activity as an

Most of us use Google Docs daily.  Are you tired of using the same font, or changing the font to the one you prefer all the time?  Perhaps you want a different default font size?  Check out how to set your default font (and size) in Google Docs quickly!  Follow the process shown in the graphic below, or the step by step directions that follow! Image courtesy of Julie Spang While in a Google Doc,  select the font (and size) you want as your default. Select the box to the left of your font selection (sometimes it says Normal Text, other times Heading 1, etc.). Click the arrow by Normal Text and select Update 'Normal text' to match . Last, under this menu, select Options>Save as my default styles. From now on, when you create a Google Doc, this font and size will be used as you start typing!