February+18

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 * AGENDA

// 2:30-4:00 • CFF Language Arts Classroom • Room B204 //

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//While you are waiting, please take the above poll on today's topic. //

1. Give CFF Program Updates
 * Redistribution of student laptops
 * Loading of personal software
 * Corresponding with HELP DESK

2. Share Professional Development Opportunities
 * Promethean User Group Meeting** [[file:Scan 001.pdf]]

3. Share Best Practices //(What is happening in our classrooms?)// //Need to create Google account to get started with GoogleDocs.//

4. Learning/Tool Share: //Blogs, Wikis, RSS, Online Bookmarking. Making sense of the New Internet Literacies for Educators//  **
 * __Article on New Internet Literacies__


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During the meeting, Kelli and I mentioned the importance of knowing the different file extensions - the letters following the file name of any file preceded by a period (.doc) - and what programs with which they are associated. Here are some of the more typical file extensions.

.doc - MS Word 1997-2003 .docx - MS Word 2007 .xls - MS Excel 1997-2003 .xlsx - MS Excel 2007 .ppt - MS PowerPoint 1997-2003 .pptx - MS PowerPoint 2007 .pub - MS Publisher 1997-2003 .pubx - MS Publisher 2007 .pdf - Adobe Acrobat file (readable in Adobe Acrobat Reader) .wps - Microsoft Works word processor document (can be opened in MS Word) .wpd - Word Perfect document (can be opened in MS Word with the right add-on) .txt - plain text document (little to no formatting - readable in any word processor as well as Notepad in Windows) .rtf - rich text format document (preserves typical formatting - readable in any word processor as well as Word Pad in Windows) .odt - Open Office word processing document .ods - Open Office spreadsheet .odp - Open Office presentation .jpg - photo .gif - photo .bmp - large photo .mp3 - sound file (often in podcasts) .avi - Quicktime sound file .mpeg - Quicktime sound or movie file .wma - Windows Media Player file

There are certainly many others. [|Here's a Web site] that lists them by category (not updated for MS Office 2007).

//Swogger// .