What is the TLC Team? The TLC (Teaching and Learning With Computers) Technology Team consists a technology representative from each of the 29 elementary schools. The purpose of this team is to discuss and identify how technology can be integrated into the curricular areas to support teaching and learning. It is the intent of this site to provide a mechanism for sharing resources with school staff and the broader community.

How do I access the materials?

Materials can be downloaded from this site. Many of the materials will be in PDF form that requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download a lesson, just click a specific title. If you already have Acrobat 3.0 installed (and we do mean 3.0), the lesson will appear in your browser window. You can print it from there, or click File— Save to save it to your hard drive. Remember where you save it (you might want to write it down). To view a course handout after it is safely stashed on your hard drive, just double-click the filename (if you have the Acrobat viewer installed, of course).

Just what is PDF, and why would you want your documents in it?

PDF stands for Portable Document Format, and you can read PDF files in Adobe Acrobat no matter what kind of computer you are using. They are also compressed, or 'squeezed' files so they do not take forever to download! And it means that once you download the free Acrobat viewer, you can not only print the course handout quickly and easily, but also view it as it was meant to be seen, fonts, graphics, and all.

What if I do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader?

If you do not have Acrobat 3.0 installed, click the title you want anyway. Your browser should give you some excellent instructions on how to get Acrobat 3.0 from Adobe's Web site. You can also go to the Adobe Web site listed below, then follow Adobe's instructions to download the program and to set it up. Once you have the viewer, you are ready to download any of our PDF materials.

http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html

PDF Files:

• Animal Bytes
• Editing Checklist
• Getting Images from the Internet
• Author Investigation
• E-mail Mapping Project
• Letter
• Letter 2
• Watermark
• White House Scavenger Hunt

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Author: Jan Mahaffey jmahaffey@madison.k12.wi.us
Editor and Publisher: Kent Wells kwells@madison.k12.wi.us
Instructional Technologies: Coordinator, Joan Peebles jpeebles@madison.k12.wi.us
Madison Metropolitan School District
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Madison, Wisconsin 53703 USA