Windows
OS |
Office |
Internet
Explorer |
Inspiration |
Mediator |
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Windows
XP
This is Microsoft's main page for
Windows XP. Click on the Support
tab and you have access to information about how to use Windows
XP. There are step-by-step instructions/tutorials, FAQs, access
to the Knowledge Base, newsgroups, and other tools. |
Microsoft
Office
Clicking on the above link will take
you to Microsoft's homepage for Office. Following the Support
link will take you to many resources including how-to articles,
a Knowledge Base devoted to Office, and much else. |
Internet
Explorer
By clicking on the link above, you'll
go to the homepage for Internet Explorer. How-to articles can
be found by following the Using
Internet Explorer link. Additional help can be found through
Support. |
Inspiration
The homepage for Inspiration software,
this site has links to Professional
Development, Tech
Support, Newsletter,
Visual
Learning, and FAQs
-- all of which provide help and support in using this application
in the classroom. |
Mediator
At Mediator's website, there
is a page that has a couple tutorials that you can download. They
can be used by students or teachers. In both you create a four-page
website; in one your website will include animation. Click here
to go to the tutorials page. |
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Windows
Update
Microsoft puts out updates, patches,
and new features to Windows. Visiting this site, scanning for
and installing updates is an important habit that can help keep
your computer's operating system running well. |
Click here
for Microsoft's Assistance Center which offers
a wide array of tips, templates, clip art, downloads, updates,
and much else for all the Office applications. In addition to
links to help for each specific Office application, there are
also columnists
whose help articles are archived and often very useful. |
Tips on using Internet Explorer
Using
Internet Explorer (University at Albany Libraries)
Internet
Explorer Tutorial (Booth Library, Eastern
Illinois Library)
IE
Shortcuts (Microsoft) |
Teachers
using Inspiration
A web site with a number of examples
of possible uses of Inspiration from grade school through high
school in a number of subject areas.
Sample
Inspiration Projects
From East Buchanan Community Schools
(Iowa) a portfolio of three year's worth of Inspiration projects
done by middle school and high school students, as well as
some teachers.
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Mediator Classroom Workbook
We have multiple copies of this book
which has step-by-step instructions for creating projects using
Mediator. The workbook also comes with a CD which supplies the
images and files needed for the tutorials. |
Windows
XP How-to Articles
Available
at Microsoft's Windows homepage is a link to Using Windows XP.
There you'll find a link to a series of how-to articles in areas
such as Getting Started, Personalizing Your Computer, Work with
Multimedia, and miuch more.
Home
Networking with Windows XP
A
support site by Microsoft assisting users in setting up home
networks.
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Lee's Summit R7 School District (Missouri)
offers a Technology Integration website that has tutorials covering
using technology in the classroom. Included are links to Ideas
and Examples, Tutorials, and Resources for Inspiration.
Another site oriented to teachers
using technology, Internet4Classrooms,
has a link to Using
Inspiration in Your Classroom |
Copyright
& Fair Use in Schools
Our
own libraries have information on their websites about copyright.
Click on the link below to view:
Middle
School Library
Piggott
Library
Lakeside has designated copyright
consultants at each campus. For the Middle School Kathleen
O'Keeffe and for the Upper School Linda
Rhines.
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Woody's
Windows Watch
an online site and newsletter providing
tips and much archived information about Microsoft Windows. You
can also subscribe to weekly (free) e-mail newsletters that cover
a variety of subjects centered around using the Windows operating
system. |
Woody's
Office Watch
an online site and newsletter providing
tips and much archived information on all the Office applications.
You can also subscribe to weekly (free) e-mail newsletters that
cover a variety of subjects centered around the suite of application
in Office. |
Search Tips & Tutorials
Finding
Information on the Internet: A Tutorial -- an extremely
well-organized and comprehensive site that covers a multitude
of aspects and issues in finding good resources on the Internet.
From the US Berkeley Library, this tutorial covers browsers,
search strategies, evaluating websites, bibliographic templates,
and much more. This site even offers PowerPoint presentations
and handouts you could use in your classroom to give your
students tips on sound search techniques and tools, all new
as of June, 2003.
Put together by technology teacher,
Debbie Flanagan, Finding
It Online is a good tutorial on web search engines and
search strategies...ways to find not just information but information
of use in your assignments, projects, and research.
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Video and Multimedia
Audio
Tutorial
covering sound files from TRIO
project at University of Washington
Video
A guide from the Basic Web Resource
Site offering an overview of Video
for the Web including digital cameras, video editing
and file types.
An
extensive guide
to using Movie Maker 2 by user named PapaJohn.
A group
called Windows Movie Makers also has very helpful guide
walking you through all the steps from start to finish using
Movie Maker 2.
Here
are the steps to burn your MovieMaker project to DVD.
MightCoach.com offers this free
online guide to Movie
Maker 2 which is quite comprehensive and easy to use.
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More Copyright Resources
Copyright
Myths & Realities (Wake Forest University) -- a good overview
10
Big Myths About Copyright Explained (Brad Templeton) --
focussed on electronic transmission of information
Copyright
Implementation Manual (Groton Public Schools) -- quite
extensive including information about "fair use" and
copyright specifics for music, multimedia, Internet, databases,
in libraries, and computer software.
Copyright
Chart (Hall Davidson) -- an educator and presenter at many
conventions, Mr. Davidson assembed this chart to clearly lay
out the provisions of the Digital
Millenium Copyright Act. His downloads page
includes a copyright "quiz" (and answers) that is
a great help in putting copyright and the concept of "fair
use" in the context of our classrooms. |
Other
Resources
Computer
terms defined
The
Glossarist
WhatIs.Com
Computer History
Timeline
of Computer History
Online
references
Viruses,
worms, Trojan horses defined
Spyware/Adware
Background
information and tips from Microsoft in protecting yourself from
spy- and adware.
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Online
Computer Help
Tech Support
Help-Site-"free
computer help and resources"
protonic-"fast,
free technical support"
Computer
Hope-"free computer help for everyone"
Online
tutorials
A treasure trove of free
online tutorials on a wide array of subjects.
Using
the Insert
Comments tool in Word |
