Hello TECHS!

Welcome to Corliss Dixon’s Blog. This blog is to help TECHS students learn how to use WordPress in creating a website for their TECHS team. To learn more about the TECHS class, check the “About” The class is taught asynchronously and synchronously. I am the synchronous instructor for 14 schools across Nebraska.

IDEAS for JING

How to use different Software the school owns. For Example 1. Word or Pages Adding a table Setting tabs– Aligning numbers, making columns equal Or making a roster correctly aligned Adding images–changing colors etc. Adding watermarks 2. PowerPoint or Keynote Picking theme Adding slides Adding images–video–links–sound Making Transitions and adding animation 3. Adding a Printer [...]

BAC Pictures

Build a Computer Day

On Monday, January 18, several TECHS classes built Linux computers at the Education Service 10 in Kearney, Nebraska. The IT team at ESU10 and  IT students from the University of Kearney assisted the TECHS students in building their computers. Bill Bolen recorded the students in the service unit’s “Green Room” and by the end of [...]

CHRISTMAS AT THE DIXONS

Christmas 2008 was definitely the year for technology with the following gifts–iPod, iPod Touch, iPod Shuffle, Nintendo DS, Wii fit, and electronic games. What was left for Christmas 2009? So, what was left for Christmas 2009? Santa went a “little” old fashioned at the Dixon Christmas and the grandchildren were still happy with gifts such [...]

WordPress Help

Jason Everett of the ESU10 has made several helpful videos for you to master WordPress. These can be found in Chapter 18 of your myelearning site. You can also look at Jason’s blog page for valuable information. On the right side of your blog are WordPress sites. Look at them for all the vocabulary words [...]

USING DIGG

Don’t forget to post the links to your cell phone usage in schools and your DIGG discussions. These were all to be completed in semester one in your blog and in your team discussions. Look back and find the information.

First Semester Projects

During the first semester TECHS had one major project but they also completed several smaller activities. The Wii Project completed in December was the biggest project and details of it can be viewed on the Wii Project page. Other smaller activities included assisting the LAN managers in the daily upkeep of the computer labs by [...]