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Help Guide in the Classroom
The Intel® Education Help Guide is a flexible
resource for teachers and students.
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The Help Guide can be used with a variety of computers, productivity
software, and operating systems.
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Instructions are organized by productivity tool, such as Word Processing or
Spreadsheets, to streamline finding and learning specific skills.
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Instructions are written in student-friendly language, helping students learn
the language of technology while they practice the skills.
Because the Help Guide is comprehensive and easy to use, students can
use it to support their technology-based learning activities. Some strategies
for using the Help Guide with students include:
Teacher Demonstrations: Before beginning a
project, model how to use the Help Guide for a skill that students will
need during the project and encourage students to experiment with related
skills. For example:
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Demonstrate how to create a worksheet to record data and ask students to
experiment with filtering and sorting data (Spreadsheets Skill 6)
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Demonstrate how to add comments when reviewing peers’ work and ask students to
experiment with other reviewing tools (Word Processing Skill 11)
Creation of Skill Challenges: Help students explore and develop new
technology literacy skills by presenting short prompts and allowing students to
browse the Help Guide skill groups to learn how to complete the skills.
For example:
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How would you set up a word processing document with three columns for a
newsletter layout? (Word Processing Skill 6.6)
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How would you make a bar chart or line graph from spreadsheet data?
(Spreadsheets Skill 8)
Making Every Student an Expert: Create small “skill expert” groups and
ask each member to use the Help Guide to learn a specific skill and be
prepared teach it to other students. For example:
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Modify an existing graphic for an electronic publication with each member
learning a specific skill:
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Erase part of a picture (Graphics Skill 3.2)
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Rotate part of a picture (Graphics Skill 3.9)
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Stretch part of a picture (Graphics Skill 3.10)
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Use new colors in a picture (Graphics Skill 3.13)
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Add animation to a multimedia presentation with each member learning a specific
skill:
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Create slide transitions (Multimedia Skill 8.1)
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Make an object move (Multimedia Skill 8.3)
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Create a motion path (Multimedia Skill 8.7)
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Play sound (Multimedia Skill 8.10)
Help Guide for You and Your Colleagues
Adults find the Help Guide useful for
just-in-time training for targeted productivity software features. Whether you
are a staff developer, technology coordinator, principal, or teacher, you can
highlight best practices for the Help Guide to your colleagues.
Model Practical Technology Skills: You can show the Help Guide at
a department or faculty meeting to help your colleagues, paraprofessionals,
administrators, and other staff members see how easily they can learn new
technology skills. Consider:
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Modeling how to use mail merge with spreadsheet data to create weekly progress
reports
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Demonstrating the use of templates to create a class newsletter
Spread the Word: You can remind educators frequently that the Help Guide
can help them refresh old skills and develop new ones. You might want to:
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Feature a technology tip in the school newsletter or flyer in the faculty room
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Prompt a technology skill challenge
Help Guide for Parents and Community Members
Like students and educators, parents can also benefit
from using the Help Guide. You can introduce the Help Guide to
parents and demonstrate how it can help them help their children use technology
for schoolwork or personal projects. You might want to:
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Describe the Help Guide
in electronic or print newsletters, provide handouts at open houses or
conferences, and link to it from class or school Web sites
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Show parents how to find the Help Guide in various languages or direct
them to the English language learners’ (ELL) version, which includes images of
English applications with instruction in different languages
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