500 Computing Tips for Teachers and Lecturers Book

	Preface	1
1	Choosing a computer	6
2	Making the purchase	10
3	Cheap or free items	12
4	Organising your workspace	14
5	Health and safety	16
6	'Green' issues	18
7	Panic page (technophobia)	20
8	Learning to use a new program	26
9	Where to find help	28
10	First steps with word processors	30
11	Where to go next with word processors	34
12	First steps with spreadsheets	36
13	Where to go next with spreadsheets	38
14	First steps with databases	40
15	Where to go next with databases	42
16	Desktop publishing	44
17	Specialist software	46
18	Computer graphics	48
19	Data communications	50
20	Networking	52
21	Getting to know the Internet	54
22	IT and how students learn	58
23	Using IT in the classroom	60
24	Using IT in presentations and lectures	62
25	IT assessment methods	64
26	Finding, choosing and using computer-based teaching materials	66
27	Designing computer-based teaching materials	68
28	IT in science teaching	72
29	IT in music teaching	74
30	IT in other subjects	76
31	IT and groupwork	78
32	Using IT for simulations	82
33	IT and surveys	84
34	IT and student records	86
35	Multimedia	90
36	Printing	92
37	Maintenance	94
38	Computing on the move	96
39	Writing on the move	98
40	Monitors, keyboards, mice and speakers	100
41	Space junk	104
42	Computing and the law	108
43	Security	110
44	Viruses	114
45	Putting pictures on your computer	116
46	Scanners	118
47	Using your computer as a complete communications centre	120
	Conclusions	122
	Further Reading	123
	Glossary	127
	Index	133