Todays Tech Tip is a list of some more helpful keyboard shortcuts to help save time.  Most of these shortcuts rely on you pressing a combination of keys together, and most of the time you will be starting by pressing and holding the Command Key (or Cmd) ⌘ followed by another key, then letting both of them go.

Zooming in and out on your browser

(to make something easier for students to see on the projector)

• Command + sign: Zooms in
• Command – sign: Zooms out

Copying / Moving a file

(eg Copying or Moving from Downloads to your OneDrive)

• Command key while dragging the file: Move the dragged item to the other volume, instead of copying it.
• Option key while dragging the file: Copy the dragged item. Note that your cursor changes while you drag the item.

Screenshots, Screen Snips and screen recording

(This is a good one if you want your students to be recording or capturing something from their screen)

• Shift Command 3: Whole Screen screen-shot
• Shift Command 4: Brings up a cursor allowing you to select a section of the screen to take a screen snip
• Shift Command 5: Opens a tool bar allowing you to take a screen shot, screen snip or make a screen recording.

OK, they were the ones I use every day.  Now for a few less common but equally useful ones.

• Command-Tab: Bring up a tab that you can use to select from the most commonly used programs.  This is most helpful if you have your Apps maximized and so can’t see your Dock.
• Command Option ESC: If you see the spinning rainbow of death, this opens the Force Quit window so that you can shut down an Application that has stopped working.

Remember, this tip, along with all previously published Tuesday Tech Tips including a list of other commonly used MAC Shortcuts can be found here.  Tech How To Guides

That’s it for today’s Tech Tip.

Tech Coach Ken

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Dear All,

Please find attached SLT meeting minutes of week 5 for your information.

SLT – Sep 13

Fast & Furious Swim Meet will take place this weekend in Shanghai. Please find the attached students who will be absent from school @ 1:00pm on Friday, 22^nd September for the Meet.

Thank you.

Fast&Furious Swim Meet Students

Please find our 2022-2023 self study report linked here along with a summary of the planned actions from that report. The self-study and evidence submitted by our committees last June will greatly inform the lines of inquiry our 13 peer evaluators will take during the upcoming October accreditation visit (October 7-13). Please take a look and be reminded of our collective, reflective efforts and marvel at the efforts already underway on behalf of our students. More detail can always be found in the Accreditation folder on the digital hub. Please see Kasson with any questions or feedback. Thanks to all!

Diversity at NIS

At NIS, we believe the following about diversity:

Definition: Every community member is seen and heard.  

Action: Acknowledging, appreciating, and valuing the differences that make us unique shall build a robust, connected community.  

Top Tips 

Among the tips featured in lists of “how to” embrace and teach diversity in classrooms are the following:

1. Re-evaluate your teaching pedagogy and curriculum

Which voices are speaking in your classroom?

That is, whose stories do you tell? Especially in the humanities and social sciences, teaching materials can often be limited to Western, white, male and middle-class narratives. Also, are you addressing all the learner needs in your classroom?

2. Get to know your students

All the students in your school are unique individuals, so use that fact to build a diverse and inclusive school culture.

Something to look at:

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If you are looking to add some IB touches to your classroom, you may be interested in these trilingual Learner Profile Posters. I inherited them years ago and unfortunately can’t credit the creator because I never knew who made them.

MYP teachers may be interested in these MYP-Command-Term-Posters.pdf created by Gary Goodwin that use simple visuals to help explain the terms used by each subject. In order to increase the size, you can screenshot sections and print on A3 paper.