TUTORIALS

Essential Microsoft Office XP
This free 255-page electronic book includes a set of tutorials to help pre-service and in-service teachers learn the suite of applications included in Microsoft Office XP. The tutorials, with skill consolidation exercises, are designed to teach MS Word (including mail merge), Excel (including graphing and charting), Access (including reporting), and Powerpoint in the context of the K-12 classroom. They also include a lesson on the Office drawing tools.

How to Use Windows XP
Here's your one-stop shop for learning how to use the features and technologies that come with Windows XP.

ULV SPECIFIC SITES

http://academic.ulv.edu/~ear/ls/
Web site for liberal studies course Web sites.

Student Information
ULV Student Information. Links to resources for students offered at ULV.

Academic Information
ULV Academic Information that includes grading and academic policies.

ULV Bookstore
Direct link to software/books merchandise offered at the ULV bookstore.

Technology Support
ULV's Technology home page where you will find links to technology support services for ULV students.

ULV Library Education Research Databases
ULV students who are enrolled have access to numerous databases that contain content from professional journals--perfect for doing action research and grant writing.

Norm Herr's Guide to Grant Writing
Learn from the best! Norm Herr is a science education professor at CSUN and has tried and true methods. See them here!

The links below will take you to a site outside the ULV Web server. ULV--nor the instructor--has control over the content or availability of these sites.

LEARNING AND TEACHING

Learner.org Resources
Free Video-On-Demand resources for teaching. This is one of the very best the Web has to offer! If you want to teach effectively, model yourself after the teachers here. Especially look at Teaching Math: A Video Library, K-4

Eduscapes.com
"Annette Lamb and Larry Johnson have designed this web site to share a love of learning with others." Learn more about using educational technology to address multiple intelligence.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION REGARDING EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft Office Online
• 2003 assistance--EXTENSIVE HELP AND TUTORIALS!
• 2002 (XP) assistance
• 2000 assistance
• Microsoft Press books
• Discussion groups
• Marketplace
• Product support
• MVP connection
• Developer Center

Microsoft® Security Home Page
Windows updates and virus information a-plenty. You will need to so some sifting to find what you need. Check out the link for home users--very nice!

List of the keyboard shortcuts that are available in Windows XP

Hardware Topics
Comprehensive list and explanation of hardware for general computer use and multimedia. Lots of pictures of ports and cables. Includes memory and expansion.

Software Topics
Comprehensive list and explanation of software issuesfor general computer use and multimedia. Lots of links to related resources. Includes plugins and file extensions.

File Extensions
List of commonly used file extensions including platform and description.

Free PO3P e-mail services
List of many popular services offering FREE POP3 email. POP3 is required if using Outlook 2003 at home. Please write down all settings at time of sign-up: incoming mail server (POP3); outgoing mail server (SMTP); authentication (if any); username; password.

COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE WITH EDUCATION DISCOUNT

CollegeSoftware.org
California education prices for Microsoft® Office and Windows XP. Please check system requirements before purchasing!

Educational Resources
Educationally priced software of all kinds.

SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS

	Macintosh	Windows
MP3 Players	QuickTime iTunes Windows MediaPlayer	Easy CD-DA Extractor iTunes QuickTime Music Match Juke Box Windows MediaPlayer
MP3/AAC Encoders	iTunes	Poikosoft
Sound and Music	Sound Studio	Sound Recorder Acid Express
Drawing	Freehand (trial)	Freehand (trial)
Graphics and Photography	Fireworks (trial) Photoshop Elements (trial)	Fireworks (trial) Photoshop Elements (trial)
VCD and DVD 5.1 Player (surround)	VLC	VLC
Video Editing	iMovie Premiere (trial)	Premiere (trial)
Web Editing	Dreamweaver (trial)	Dreamweaver (trial)
Animation	Flash (trial)	Flash (trial)

Flash Player/Plugin

RealPlayer (Media Player)

MT Newswatcher (Newsgroups)

Internet Explorer (Browser)

Safari (Mac Web Browser)

Communicator (Browser)

SITES WHO OFFER A SEARCHABLE ARCHIVE OF SOFTWARE

Apple Software (lots of downloads)

Pure Mac (lots of downloads)

Tucows (lots of downloads)

CNET's Shareware Downloads

CNET's Freeware Downloads