Technology for Teachers!
https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html
Adobe has just released a great tool for basic editing of photos. The best part about it is that it is free and does not require installation. Photoshop Express is a free online application that lets you do a variety of things to photos, including: Cropping, Rotating, adding effects, correcting blemishes and more. This is […]
http://10-fast-fingers.com/
10 Fast Fingers is a free online typing tutor that is simple yet effective in teaching the basics of keyboarding. It is based on touch typing principals meaning that we know where the keys are based on muscle memory rather than sight. I enjoyed using the lessons, and will continue to use it until I […]
Website: http://picasa.google.com/linux/
Grade : A
Cost Free
Picasa is one of my favorite photo management applications. I use it frequently on the PC. For me it is one of the easiest to use photo management tools on the market. I find the the ability to scroll through hundreds of photos in seconds a great […]
Website: http://www.ubuntu.com or http://www.edubuntu.org/
Grade: A
Cost: Free
I have reviewed and suggested Ubuntu before, but with their new upgrade to Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, I felt that it was a good time to talk about it again as a solution for schools. Schools face many interesting challenges, but the biggest is lack of current technology, older computers, […]
Website: http://www.adobe.com/creativelicense/Grade: ? PendingPrice: $489.95-$995.95 depending on version (Academic Pricing)
Later this month Adobe is scheduled to release it’s CS 3 suites of creativity software. Adobe has made many acquisitions over the last few years including Macromedia with the most used web development software Dreamweaver and Premiere the popular Video Editing software. With […]
Program: StellariumWebsite: http://www.stellarium.org/Grade: ACost: Free
Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. This application is available for Mac OSX, Windows, and Linux. A useful guide is also […]
Software :Nvu (pronounced N-view)Website: http://www.nvu.comGrade: A-Cost: FreePlatform: XP, OSX, Linux
NVU is an open source software based on Netscape Composer from a while ago. It has been significantly improved and is now a very powerful and capable WYSIWYG (What you see is What you Get) web editor. With many powerful features that make it […]
Norton System Works Premiere preformed very well during my testing period. I must admit I was a little weary of trying Norton again because in the past I have had trouble with the anti virus significantly slowing my system. An when I installed it, I experienced a very long boot time, and […]
What it is:Elementary Advandace is a collection of various educational software that covers a wide variety of subjects. Each subject has it’s own disc and application for ten applications in all. The applications in general seem somewhat primitive, but are effective.What it’s not:It is not a well thought out learning system where […]
