Portmanteau Word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others Thank you, dear donor! Your generosity helps keep Wikipedia thriving. Select "hide appeals" to suppress fundraising messages in this browser for a week, or go back to the appeal if you're still interested in donating. We ask you, humbly: don't scroll away. Hi. Thank you! Origin[edit] You see it's like a portmanteau—there are two meanings packed up into one word. In his introduction to his 1876 poem The Hunting of the Snark, Carroll again uses portmanteau when discussing lexical selection:[12] Humpty Dumpty's theory, of two meanings packed into one word like a portmanteau, seems to me the right explanation for all. An occasional synonym for "portmanteau word" is frankenword, an autological word exemplifying the phenomenon it describes, blending "Frankenstein" and "word".[18] Examples in English[edit] Jeoportmanteau! Oxbridge is a common portmanteau for the UK's two oldest universities, those of Oxford and Cambridge. Irish[edit]
Malware definition – What is it and how to remove it | Malwarebytes You know how every year the medical community campaigns for everyone to get a flu shot? That’s because flu outbreaks typically have a season—a time of year when they start spreading and infecting people. In contrast, there are no predictable seasonal infections for PCs, smartphones, tablets, and enterprise networks. For them, it’s always flu season. But instead of suffering chills and body aches, users can fall ill from a kind of machine malady—malware. Malware infections come at us like a torrent of water from a fire hose, each with its own methods of attack—from stealthy and sneaky to subtle like a sledgehammer. What is malware? Malware, or “malicious software,” is an umbrella term that describes any malicious program or code that is harmful to systems. Hostile, intrusive, and intentionally nasty, malware seeks to invade, damage, or disable computers, computer systems, networks, tablets, and mobile devices, often by taking partial control over a device’s operations. How do I get malware?
Malware vs Viruses: What's the Difference? July 27, 2018 | By admin Loading... Understanding the difference between malware and viruses is very important. A virus is just one type of malware, but the term is more widely used by the public. The term malware refers to any malicious software, including a computer virus. Malware is infecting computers and mobile devices at an increasingly greater pace. What is a Malware? Malware is software written specifically to harm and infect the host system. Virus: As discussed, Virus is a specific type of malware by itself. Adware: Adware is also known as advertising-supported software. Spyware: This type of malicious software, spies on you, tracks your internet activities. Worms: This type of malware will replicate itself and destroys information and files saved on the host PC. Trojan: Trojans are a type of virus that are designed to make a user think they are a safe program and run them. Get your Website Secured Today Related Resources: Best Free Antivirus of 2018 Free Virus Protection
5th Grade Weekly Computer Lessons - Qtr.1 Touch Typing, Spreadsheet Budgets with Charts Fifth Grade Technology Lessons focus on (Qtr.1) - typing skills development and spreadsheet budgets with charts, (Qtr.2) coding and logic games, (Qtr.3) graphics / photo editing , and (Qtr.4) presentations. In the 1st Qtr, students continue to develop two hand homerow typing proficiency. Students also create a variety of spreadsheet budgets with charts. Students will learn spreadsheet vocabulary such as rows,columns, cells, data, values, and formulas. Recommendations: Typing Lessons: Focus on typing accuracy and correct finger placement, not speed. File Distribution: Share assignment files using Dropbox, Google Drive, Box.com, Microsoft OneDrive or a shared network drive on your school network server. Enrichment: Use the enrichment activities to support regular classroom curricula. Time Management: These weekly lessons are programmed for 2 weekly sessions of 45 minutes each. Fifth Grade Technology Lesson Schedule: Qtr. 1 - Week 1: Session 1: Oahu
Free Graphic Organizers for Studying and Analyzing Introduction In my opinion, the free graphic organizers that I've been finding recently on the Internet are limited in variety and quality. If you are a regular visitor to Daily Teaching Tools, you may have noticed that two of the last three pages I've added to this site along with this new page, have been devoted entirely to graphic organizers. This hasn't been a coincidence. I'm trying my best to offer you quality graphic organizers WITHOUT draining your wallet. The free ones I'm offering on this page focus entirely on studying and analyzing. And now, the Quick Links. Quick Links for THIS Page You may use the following quick links to go directly to what interests you on this page. Analysis Webs The following graphic organizers are designed to reinforce and extend study and analysis skills that will help kids to be more successful in your class. Let's begin with the ones done in portrait style. Here is a brief slideshow of the ones done in landscape style. Author Study Maps Icebreakers KWL Charts
Excel Activities for Elementary & Middle School As computers become more accessible to younger students, teacher need to find appropriate lessons to further educate students about computer programs. Many elementary and middle school students can use Excel spreadsheets in a variety of ways to create graphs of data and reinforce materials learned. Some activities are best in a computer lab environment where students can concentrate on using Excel and not just seeing a demonstration. Elementary Excel Activities Elementary students can get accustomed to typing in a spreadsheet using simple fact-checking problems. For geography, students can identify continents, oceans, countries or states using an excel spreadsheet. By learning copying and pasting skills, students can start creating their own graphs. Upper Elementary Excel Activities Upper elementary students in 3rd to 5th grades can start learning how to make time lines using Excel spreadsheets. Middle School Excel Activities About the Author
Fun Classroom Projects Using Excel Excel isn't just a software program for accountants and "number crunchers." Excel can be fun and educational for children as early as elementary school. Educators and parents can use Excel as a tool to teach everything from math to history. The key is to create projects that make data gathering fun and relevant to things students do on an everyday basis. What's Your Sign? Create a "What's Your Sign?" Biographical Timeline Teach children how to create a timeline using Excel by creating their own personal biographical information. "Eat Me" Lists Have middle school and high school students create an "Eat Me" Excel sheet to learn how to create lists. Are We There Yet? Use Excel to help children learn how to calculate distances to and from popular places for entertainment. About the Author Cheryl Munson has been writing since 1990, with experience as a writer and creative director in the advertising industry.
Build a “Kahoot!” Clone with AngularJS and Firebase Demo: GitHub repo: A little while back I wrote a story on Medium about why local-multiplayer games should be the future of gaming. An interesting (and successful) example of such a game is “Kahoot!” Kahoot! In this article, I will show you how to build a little Kahoot! For the purpose of brevity, we will not go step by step into building the entire project, instead I will try to explain the more interesting points and you can see the rest in the project’s GitHub repo. The Plan First of all, if you haven’t played at least one round of Kahoot, you should do that now, you’ll have a hard time following otherwise. Now let’s talk a little about our plan. The “Host” View— This is the main screen where all players are looking out throughout the game. A game session will be roughly built of these states: Waiting for players — players are setting up and joining the game using the Player view. Setup: Scaffolding our app
7 Free Online Discussion Tools | Lindsay Ann Learning Educational Blog When I first started teaching, we had one computer in each office and each classroom, and I remember waiting in line to use it. We scheduled time in the LRC computer labs, but this was not guaranteed. We thought nothing of it. Let’s talk about ways to use online discussion tools to facilitate student discussion. Remember, the goals for online discussion are still the same: Clear norms and expectationsFramed and focusedStudent-ledRooted in text(s) But online discussion tools make it so much easier to engage students in consistent, varied discussion both in and out of the classroom. Getting Started with Online Discussion Tools 1. It is easy to create and share a quick poll with your students to frame a discussion or as a ticket in (or out) the door. , and use the results to inspire continued dialogue. 2. Opening a “back channel,” which is basically an online chat room moderated by the teacher, allows for another discussion stream in the room. 3. 4. 5. 6. Quick teaching hack! 7. Over and out!