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My name is Louise Maine. I am a Google Certified Teacher and a High School Biology teacher for the Punxsutawney Area School District. The purpose of this Google site is to provide information for workshops given on the various google tools.

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Smartboard activities

  • Use Flashtools to provide instant feedback or for review games
  • Great Math activities can be found here.
  • Want to move an item? Try this:
  1. Press one finger on the object you want to move.
  2. Press with another finger on  the position you want to move it.
  3. Remove first finger.
  4. Object should zip across.
  5. Remove second finger.
  • Want to erase all at once? Draw a circle around the board with the eraser. You must be sure to connect back to the starting point of the circle. Touch in the center of the circle and it should all disappear.
  • Mix up a picture using Befuddlr.
  • Don't just erase your work. Save as an image and upload to a class page for students to view later.
Shortcut keys:
Ctrl+G - Group objects
Ctrl+R - Ungroup objects
Ctrl+K - Lock an object
Ctrl+J - Unlock an object
Ctrl+D - Clone an object
Ctrl+M - Insert blank page
Ctrl+PgDn - Send object backward
Ctrl+PgUp - Bring object forward
Ctrl+Shift+PgDn - Send object to back
 Ctrl+Shift+PgUp - Bring object to Front
F11 shrinks tools on the screen so have more screen space.