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Country Research Project Series – Project 1

Foreign Country Online Research Project Series Summary/Description Follow the steps to choose and research a foreign country of your choice. You will gather information about the country’s demographics, government, economy, and tourist attractions. Since you will be leaving for this country the first day of...

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Digital Media Ethics Project – Part 1 (Start Here)

This project series will lead you through a series of projects that will explore the ethics and laws behind digital media copyright infringement, illegal downloads, and software piracy. Part 1  –  Part 2  –  Part 3  –  Part 4  –  Part 5 – Part 6...

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Audio Resources for Class

If you are using music clips for a class assignment, make sure you adhere to the Copyright Fair Use Clause. freesound.org (New Resource) http://www.freeplaymusic.com/ Myxer.com IMeem.com Playlist.com Grooveshark.com 000audio.com 000AM.net Audacity software Download – A free, open source software for recording and editing sounds in Linux, Mac...

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Free Online Image Resizing

Digital cameras and phones take great pictures, but they are usually taken in such a large resolution that the resulting image is hundreds of megabytes. Great for printing, too big to email, upload, or insert. To fix this oversizing issue you need to resize your...

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Copyright friendly Images for Classroom Use

Copyright laws can be a tricky when you are looking for images to use in class or for research. When students are using the Internet to search for images, it gets even trickier. Google images is great for finding specific images, BUT you are opening...

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Unidentified Network Error

I don't think I have ever come across a computer error that I have not been able to fix within 24 hours, but this one has me perplexed. A quick search on the internet will reveals that I am not the only one. For no...

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Which System Cleaner To Use

Windows provides Disk Cleanup as a default junk file removal utility. However, it is not as effective as one might like, therefore, many users resort to alternative third-party software for cleaning system clutter. We have previously covered many free system cleaning utilities which provide multiple...

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