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How to Use WordPress

WordPress is a free tool create a blog or website. This is a great tool to get your work out in the world. All you have to do is share your URL with friends, and family. You can also put … Continue reading

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How to install KDE

Reviewed and Edited by: Spencer Creasy and Susan Black KDE is a different desktop environment for the school laptops. This might be a feature foreign to Windows or Mac users, but think of it like a different theme along with … Continue reading

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Red Hat & The Student Help Desk

Written by: Susan Black Edited by: Spencer Creasy The Student Help Desk recently greeted Red Hat employees, Ruth Suehle and Tom Callaway, with excitement when the two visited Penn Manor High School on April 14, 2016. Suehle and Callaway traveled from … Continue reading

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How to Use WolframAlpha

WolframAlpha is free account website that allows you to get help with. You can get help with anything from math to sports. It is very helpful, and it gives you step by step instruction walk through. Watch the video below … Continue reading

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How to Convert Files to MP4

MP4 files in the simplest form is music/video files. You can use converters to convert your videos before you use a video editor. There are many websites out there but the best one I have found, and the simplest is this website: video … Continue reading

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How to Use Kdenlive

Kdenlive is a pre-downloaded application that you can use to edit videos. It is a great tool and simple to use. Watch the video below for further explanation or follow these quick easy steps: Type in your dash ‘kdenlive’ it … Continue reading

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Operation English Teachers

What started out as a “goodbye” led to an investigation on the English teachers of Penn Manor High School. Operation English Teachers is an investigation between three teachers, to see how technology has affected their students learning. The three teachers … Continue reading

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How to Save Files on Cheese

Cheese is a great tool for photos and videos, but your videos may not play if you don’t save it correctly. In a previous article it talked about how to use Cheese if you would like to check out this … Continue reading

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How to use Audacity

Audacity is a free pre-installed application. This is a recording program in which you can use an external microphone (you many need to change the device settings) or a built-in recording device. This program can be used to edit audio … Continue reading

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LittleBits, What are they?

LittleBits are mini magnetic pieces that can be assembled into easy to build circuits. Little bits are designed for ages 8 and up, but since they are so simple to use the student apprentices at the help desk are incorporating … Continue reading

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