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edTech Ninja Tour

By Tech Ninja ⋅ December 29, 2007 ⋅  Email this post ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment
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First time here? Let’s take a little tour around edTech Ninja just to see how to get around and use the website.

1. The ed Tech Ninja logo. If you ever get lost, just click the logo and you will return back to the home page.
2. Search box. Looking for something in particular? Start here by typing in your keyword and clicking search. Below is the Home button which acts just like the logo. The FAQ is the Frequently Asked Questions. Have a question about the site, it might be answered here. Click Archive to see posts listed in order by date of post. Subscribe will give you instructions on how to use the RSS for this site so you can get updates sent straight to your modern internet browser. Contact will give you the ninja’s contact information.
3. The most recent major post with brief introduction. There are three links below the summary. Click Continue Reading to read the whole post and to download documents for the lesson. Click Post a Comment to make comments and suggestions about the lesson. Finally, the first category is listed. Clicking that will show you other posts in that category.
4. In the middle column you can see the most recent major posts listed. Just click on the post title to read that post.
5. Categories lists all the categories that contain posts here at ed Tech Ninja. Click the category name to explore the posts, lessons, and Quick Tips in that category.
6. Featured Post is a post that the ninja thinks teachers might find helpful. There is a short summary. To view the Featured Post, just click the title.
7. In the Link Up section you will find links to other websites around the web that have resources that teachers can use in the classroom.
8. Popular Topics lists all the topics here at edTech Ninja. Clicking on a term will bring up all related posts. The larger the term is, the more posts listing that topic. The smaller the font, the fewer the posts.

1. In the Quick Tips section you will find very short and brief tips, tricks and resources. To comment on a Quick Tip click the number sign (#) at the end of the tip.
2. Find all the recent comments made at edTech Ninja here.
3. The most e-mailed posts will be listed here.
4. When there is enough data, the most popular lessons according to the star rating system will display here.

Within individual posts there are several things that you can do.

1. Below the title of the post you will see the author of the post, the date that the lesson or tip was posted and then you will see a link to e-mail the post. If you think the lesson or tip would be helpful to a fellow teacher, just click here, fill out the requested information and click send. The person will receive an e-mail sending them to the post you recommended.
2. The next link is print this post. If you want to print a post, rather than just printing the post, click here to get a printer friendly version that includes the web addresses for every link in the post. Very handy!
3. If you would like to leave a suggestion or a comment on a lesson click the Post a comment link.
4. Related content lists all of the terms or tags associated with this post. If you want to see related posts click the term that interests you.
5. Rate a lesson, resource or Quick Tip here. More on that later.

1. At the bottom of posts with associated downloads you will find the technical information area. Here it will list specific technical information for the downloads.
2. Next you will find the download link. Click it to download lesson files. The size of the file will be listed as well.
3. In the discussion area, you will see discussion left from other users. If you would like to leave a comment or suggestion here is where you do it. Leave your name and e-mail. If you have a website you can type the address into the website area. Finally, type your comment and press the Submit Comment button.

Ratings

You can now add ratings to each post here at edtechninja.

In each lesson post, you will find a series of white stars located under the title. To rate a lesson simply click the number of stars you would like to assign.

One star means the resource or lesson wasn’t your favorite.

Five stars means the resource was a lesson that you found really useful or that you liked.

You can also rate the Quick Tips but you can do it right from the home screen.

Please leave rating to help the cream rise to the top so to speak.