Tuesday Tech Tips

Tuesday Tech Tips is a weekly blog that contains interesting technology tips, articles, and videos.

BrainPOP Suite is Here!

Compliments of the Curriculum Supervisors - BrainPOP, BrainPOP ELL, and BrainPOP Jr are available to all teachers and students.

Teachers and students can access these programs via Clever.

Sustainable Jersey for Schools New Digital Schools Program

The Digital Schools Program was created In June 2020 to integrate new content into Sustainable Jersey for Schools that strengthens support for schools in meeting the challenges of digital learning and to help bring about a sustainable future for us all. It builds on the legacy of the Future Ready Schools - New Jersey (FRS-NJ) program (which ceased operations in 2019) by integrating FRS-NJ topic areas and content into the Sustainable Jersey for Schools actions (see the Digital Schools History for more detail).

Click to learn more about the program

Apple Mac OS Tips:

Shift-Click Maximize Button to Fill Screen

You know the red button on a window is close and the yellow one is minimize and the green one is maximize, right? Okay, so you also know that some apps (like Chrome and Word) don’t fill the entire screen when you click the maximize button. Sure that’s find most of the time, but sometimes you actually want the window to fill the screen. Next time you want the current window to fill the entire screen, just hold down the shift key when you click the button. Poof! Big window!

Launch Spotlight with Command-Space

Looking for something? You know Spotlight can help you quickly find files, emails, look up words, even launch apps…but do you know that a quick tap on command-space will open up Spotlight on the menubar for you to start typing? Simple as that you can quickly type command-space then something like iMovie then return and launch IMovie…and your fingers didn’t even touch the mouse!

Technology Training: Check out our Instructional Technology Training Calendar for the various tech training courses provided by Technology Coaches, and me.

That's it for now!

Enjoy the Tuesday Tech Tips!