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Search Engines/Internet Use

• Seven Tips Toward Better Searching
  http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htm
  
  
• Search Engine Showdown
  http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/
  
  
• Finding Information on the Internet
  http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
  A series of tutorials on-line and downloadable using Acrobat Reader.
  Level: Intermediate, Senior, Adult
  Keywords: internet, html, search engines
  
  
• The Web Search Guide
  http://www.websearchguide.ca/
  • Research on the Net
  • Explorer Basics
  • Communication
  • Discussion Groups
  • Research
    
    
• Web Searching Tutorial
  http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/websearching/
  Online PowerPoint tutorial on web seraching techniques.
  




Staff Development
 

• Learning With Technology Profile Tool
  http://www.ncrtec.org/capacity/profile/profwww.htm
  This profile tool will help you to compare your current instructional practices with a set of indicators for engaged learning and high-performance technology.
  
   
• Welcome to eCoach's Individual Learning Plan
  http://myecoach.pointinspace.com/
  Sign-up as a guest and answer the questions about your technology use in your classroom. Your individual learning profile will be generated.
  
   
• Miami University Basic Computer Skills Self-Assessment
  http://www.units.muohio.edu/mcs/suppctr/lis/WebForms/ProfSelfAssessment.shtml
  Take the on-line quiz about computer use.
  
  
  
  
  Keyboarding
  
• Elementary Keyboarding Guide
  http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemkey/index.html
  Checklists and keyboarding planning sheets.
  
  
• Type Me
  http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/games/game_type_me.html
  Rescue the falling letters by typing them on the keyboard. Select your difficulty  level, number of letters, and score to win. 
  
  
• Learn 2 Type
  http://kids.learn2type.com/
  Try a free typing test then sign up for free typing practice lessons.
  
  
  Programs
  
  
• Computer Applications
  http://www.kidsnetsoft.com/applications/index.html
  Tutorials for Photshop, Publisher, Word, PowerPoint and MovieMaker in Extras.
  
  
• On-Line Practice Modules
  http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line.htm
  Tutorials for PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, Dreamweaver, Macintosh, WindowsPC, WebQuests, Claris HomePage, Works, Netscape.
  • Other on-line tutorials
    
    
• Microsoft Software Lesson Plans
  http://www.microsoft.com/education/lessonplans.mspx
  
  
• Technology Tutorials Found on the Web
  http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line2.htm
  Tutorials for: MS Office, Operating Systems, Graphic Applications, Internet and Web Page Development, General technology.
  
  
• Tutorials
  http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/word/
  Tutorials for Microsoft programs: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, FrontPage.
  
  
• Essential Microsft Office 2000
  http://www.pitt.edu/~edindex/Officeindex.html
  On-line Office 2000 book - Tutorials for teachers.
  • Office XP
  • Office 2003
    
    
• Adobe Free Curriculum
  http://www.adobe.com/education/curriculum/main.html
  pdf file tutorials for: Illustrator, Photoshop, LiveMotion, and GoLive.
  
  
• FreeSkills
  http://tutorials.freeskills.com/
  Curser down to 'Free On-line Tutorials" enter to find 423 tutorials on Microsoft programs, Photoshop, computer language programs (e.g., Unix, Perl, Java, HTML), web development, and more...
  
  
• Computer Applications
  http://inpics.net/
  Free tutorials for Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Word, openofice, web layout, web programing.
  
  
• FrontPage in the Classroom
  http://www.actden.com/fp/
  On-line and printable FrontPage tutorial.
  
  
• Netscape Composer Tutorial
  http://www.furman.edu/%7Epecoy/mfl195/composer/index.htm
  Text tutorial with screen prints.
  
  
• OCR Terminal
  http://www.ocrterminal.com/
  Convert scanned images into searchable text. Register to access the online resource. You are allowed 30 pages to OCR everyday.
  
  
  
  PowerPoint
  
• Microsoft Powerpoint
  http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_powerpoint.htm
  Lots of tutorials for using PowerPoint in your classroom and for presentations. Pre-training and post-training surveys and assessments are included. Game templates are available as well.
  
  
• Computer Applications
  http://inpics.net/
  • PowerPoint 2003
  • PowerPoint2007
    
    
• PowerPoint Tutorials and Pointers
  http://www.geocities.com/~webwinds/classes/powerpt2.htm
  A collection of PowerPoint tutorials from a variety of on-line sources.
  Level: Intermediate, Senior, Adult
  Keywords: computer software tutorials
  
  
• Awesome PowerPoint Tutorials
  http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpointtutorials.htm
  Includes tutorials on: Linking, Looping, Graphics, and Text Effects.
  • Awesome PowerPoint Tips and Tricls
    
    
• Powerpoint in the Classroom
  http://www.actden.com/pp/
  On-line tutorial introducing you to the basics of the program.
  
  
  
  
  On-Line Projects
  
• Filementality
  http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/
  Filamentality is a fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into learning activities. It helps combine the "filaments" of the Web with a learner's "mentality". Support is built-in through Mentality Tips that guide you along the way to creating a Web-based activity you can share with others even if you don't know anything about HTML, Web servers, or all that www-dot stuff.