Dan's Technology Blog

Hi Folks, I will keep this one short and sweet. Some of you may know of the Gantt chart, a chart used in time management particularly in construction of projects, etc. I have incorporated Gantt charts into my assignments, especially in an Animation project which I received kudos for in my marks. Apparently it's the thing to do, and it is something that we should be teaching our student's to do. Gantt charts are simple and effective and communicate clearly a defined timeline to follow. The one I use (pictured above) comes from Emily Esposito at Smartsheet.com, Download here . Regards, Dan

Hi Guys, A quick little trick in word that took me ages to figure out, but it is really easy. So, I have copied text from a PDF and pasted it into word, however it's all gone out of alignment. Example Text copied from a PDF  Organize a page into 2 columns. In the first column, make a list of the qualities and skills that you think the teachers in these readings possessed. What skills do they appear to have? What are they willing to do to be successful in the classroom? • In the second column, make a list of the things they did in their classrooms that were innovative and/or successful What can I do to sort this out... copy the text you want from the PDF paste into a new Word document click “edit” then “replace” make sure you’re in the “find what” field click “more” then “special” select “paragraph mark” (top of the list) click into the “replace with” field press the space bar once click “replace all” click “ok” then close the...