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Just Thought You Should Know….
Did you know…. The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X was the first cell phone sold in the US; launched on April 11, 1984, it was designed by Rudy Krolopp and weighed 2 pounds. 9 out of every 1,000 computers are infected with spam. Google uses an estimated...
Cool Random Number Generator
Ever need to just randomly pick a number from 1 to 10? Check out this cool randomizer from random.org. Lots of great randomizing tools. The numbers generated by this widget come from RANDOM.ORG’s true random number generator.
PhotoShop/Premiere Elements 8
Looking for a robust photo editing suite? Be sure to look at Adobe’s Photoshop Elements 8, also bundled with their video editing software Premiere Elements 8. If you are an experienced user of one of the older versions of Photoshop, the learning curve will be...
Mail Merging – MS Access to MS Word
Once you have created a database of information, that information can be send to a word processing document. Microsoft Word 2007's help menu offers a great video tutorial. You can access the tutorial by clicking here, or from Microsoft Word, click on the help icon...
This is the worst website ever!
My graphic design brother came over and showed me this one. I can no believe how horrible and crazy this webpage is. You have got to check it out for an example of everything you should not do when designing a webpage, all at once....
Random Educator Resources
I was just browsing the web and found some cool education blogs and resources. Check them out. http://teacherscount.org/teacher/ http://www.teachersdiscount.biz/ http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ http://anonteacherblog.blogspot.com/ http://www.thewritingteacher.org/ http://hipteacher.typepad.com/
Online Textbooks
Don’t give into the book publishers when taking classes. Check out the resources below for used books, online books, or rental. Used Books: CheapestTextbooks.com Booksprice.com Amazon.com Online Books: Coursesmart.com – Purchase subscription to digital textbooks TextbookMedia.com – free textbook downloads Chegg.com – rent textbooks
Media Converters
Find that perfect video on YouTube to share with the class, but you find yourself blocked behind the district’s firewall? Here are some helpful media conversion tools to help you record and save various media formats including YouTube. http://media-convert.com/ http://www.mediaconverter.org/ http://www.zamzar.com/
Windows Vista audo recording
Vista blocks the WaveOutMix by default. So using a program like Audacity you can’t record streaming audio like I’m able to using XP. The simple fix is going to the control panel. Click sounds, then go to the Recording tab. Right click and check show...
