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SchoolCounselor.com eNewsletter #115
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jetable To avoid spam, jetable.org provides you with a temporary email address. As soon as it is created, all the emails sent to this address are forwarded to your actual email address. Your antispam address will be deactivated after the lifespan you selected comes to its end. http://www.jetable.org/ BTW, you can also easily accomplish sort of the same thing if you have a Gmail account: http://lifehacker.com/144397/instant-disposable-gmail-addresses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Osun.org although you can already do this with Google’s advanced search options, this site does make it quick and simple to search out documents of the PPT, DOC, and PDF type. Also see SlideFinder at http://www.slidefinder.net/ which is a special search engine just for Microsoft PowerPoints. Here are the direct results for the keyphrase “school counseling.” You can click on the thumbnails to see more of the presentation or click on the down arrow to download. So far, no registration required. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BibMe is a free automatic bibliography generator that supports MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian formatting. BibMe leverages databases provided by Amazon, FindArticles, Yahoo! News, and CiteULike to quickly and accurately AutoFill citation information for you. BibMe will then format the citation information according to the rules and guidelines of the style guides. If you prefer, you can enter your citation information manually. BibMe also contains a quick citation guide to show students the correct syntax for citing in various formats. http://www.bibme.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to Completely Erase a Hard Drive If you want to donate your computer and really want to erase all data from the hard drive ... (NOTE: Make sure to backup all your stuff first because once it’s gone – it’s gone!). Sometimes simply deleting files isn't good enough. In this how-to video segment, PC World explains a number of simple techniques for permanently and securely removing sensitive data from old drives before recycling or disposing of them. http://www.pcworld.com/article/157126/how_to_completely_erase_a_hard_drive.html?tk=nl_wbx_t_crawl2 I also recommend: http://www.wizard-industries.com/sure-delete/ http://eraser.heidi.ie/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PDFmyURL Source: Komando.co You can turn your documents into PDF files using free software. There's also PDFmyURL. As its name suggests, it turns Web pages into PDF files. PDFmyURL does a good job of keeping a page's formatting. And there's no software to install. So, you can use it on any machine with a Web browser. To use PDFmyURL, just enter a Web page address and click a button. You'll be prompted to download your PDF file. You can also specify advanced options if you need. http://pdfmyurl.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Search Engine for Movie Clips This could be helpful when doing guidance or consulting. http://movieclips.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Google Reader Lets You Monitor Page Changes Without RSS http://www.researchbuzz.org/wp/google-reader-lets-you-monitor-page-changes-without-rss/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 10 Commandments of PowerPoint http://www.the20life.com/2009/05/11/the-10-commandments-of-powerpoint/ WORTHY WEBSITES AND SOFTWARE VCD Menu Lite is a free Video CD / DVD menu and title page generation program for Windows. Add this utility to your video toolkit and quickly produce simple but attractive menus as front-ends for your VCD / SVCD / DVD movie and slideshow presentations. Pick your colors, type in titles and menu captions, grab the frames from your movie clips, then export to a JPG image. Use a VCD/DVD authoring program to convert your menu image into an MPEG still. http://www.briggsoft.com/vmlite.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Momondo is a search engine for flights We're not a travel agency, and we don't sell flight tickets. We simply google flights across sites to make it easy for you to save time and money. http://www.momondo.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Google Docs Template Gallery http://docs.google.com/templates?hl=en ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ chi.mp stands for Content Hub & Identity Management Platform. Use your chi.mp site to collect, promote and connect the elements of your digital life in one place. This includes displaying your contact information, biography, blogs, messaging tools, websites and outside services such as Twitter, Facebook and Flickr. http://chi.mp/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TweakNow PowerPack is a free fully-integrated suite of utilities that let you fine-tune every aspect of your computer's operating system and Web browser. http://www.tweaknow.com/powerPack.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gadwin PrintScreen is an easy to use utility that allows you to capture any portion of the screen, save it to a file, copy it to Windows clipboard, print it or e-mail it to a recipient of your choice. http://www.gadwin.com/download/index.htm#PrintScreen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sprixi: Search Engine for Creative Commons and Public Domain Images Free images to choose and use! http://www.sprixi.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CaringBridge helps you stay connected with loved ones during a serious health event. CaringBridge makes family communication simple during a difficult time. Their free patient websites help loved ones share information and support throughout serious health events, care and recovery. http://www.caringbridge.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TeuxDeux is a simple, designy, browser-based to-do app. Watch the video demo online, pretty cool. http://teuxdeux.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Seismic Look The new desktop client for Windows 7, Vista, and XP streamlines Twitter into a series of easy-to-navigate categories and extra large status updates. It also makes it simple to use Twitter without having a Twitter account. http://seesmic.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A New Year Resolutions Template This is a swell excel template if you want to keep track of your goals or new year resolutions or just manage a list. See it for yourself. http://bit.ly/832qZP Also see Joe's Goals is a simple yet powerful tool to make tracking your goals the easiest part of accomplishing them. Use the simple single page interface to setup daily goals and track them with just a click. Watch your daily score to gage your success and use negative goals (or vices) to confront and overcome bad habits that finally need to get the boot. Share your success with your friends and family or post your personal score badge to your blog or MySpace page. Add as many Goals as you want and update them all from a single interface. http://www.joesgoals.com/ and habitforge http://habitforge.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Study Skills Assessment and more from the Walla Walla Community College Website http://bit.ly/7UTiNi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Google Turns Google Docs Into a Storage Device Google has announced that Google Docs is set to become more than just a place to make presentations, spreadsheets, and documents. Over the next few weeks Google will be rolling out the ability to upload all file types to Google Docs. Individual files will have a limit of 250MB, but you’ll have a total of 1GB of space to store your files. If you need more space than that it’ll cost you .25 per GB per year. http://bit.ly/7ihkfD
JUST FOR FUN YouTube: A doggy summer http://bit.ly/2ji3jV also see A doggy Christmas surprise http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUtPKbMwnRo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 11 Ways to Listen to Music Online For Free from The 2.0 Life http://bit.ly/7s6jtW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fun Photo Box Free online service to create funny greeting cards with your photos. http://cards.funphotobox.com/ LoonaPix Add photo effects or photo frames to your photos online. LoonaPix.com is a photo processing online service, that lets you make your photos funny and unique. http://www.loonapix.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Photovisi Your own photo collage as wallpaper or print! http://www.photovisi.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Goby is a search engine focused on exploring fun things to do with your free time, from taking a unique vacation to creating this weekend's adventure. http://www.goby.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Calculate duration between two dates This service calculates the duration, counting the day count and the number of days, months and years between two dates. Among other things, it can be used find how many days old you are and the weekday you were born. http://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beautiful World http://www.scribd.com/doc/24718795/Beautiful-World ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amazon.com 2009 Bestsellers http://bit.ly/7i9YjE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BallDroppings looks fairly simple. You'll see a black screen. In the upper left corner is a hole through which balls drop. You can use your mouse to draw lines on the screen. A line can be extended or moved using the handles on either end. When a ball hits the line, it produces a sound. By drawing several lines, you can create music! Source: http://www.komando.com/ http://balldroppings.com/js/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FYI .. Two months ago we let you know about Brian Leaf's 100 SAT/ACT workbook giveaway. Today he announced the winner ... Alicia K. Clement, 10-12th Grade Counselor at the Michigan Center Schools in Michigan Center, MI! Congrats Alicia! Even if you did not win, you can still download for free 40 pages of Brian Leaf's "McGraw-Hill's Top 50 Skills for a Top Score: SAT Critical Reading and Writing" at http://www.brianleaf.com/index.php/SAT-Critical-Reading-and-Writing.html ____________________________________________ SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION SchoolCounselor.com does not knowingly send unsolicited e-mail. This Newsletter is for subscribers only. If you received it and did not subscribe, please let us know using the link on our home page. We will remove your name immediately. TO SUBSCRIBE to this newsletter, simply go to the signup page at www.SchoolCounselor.com/newsletter and enter your e-mail address. You will receive an e-mail asking you to confirm your subscription. We will add your e-mail address to the list when you reply to the confirmation e-mail. TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this newsletter, simply visit go to the signup page at http://www.schoolcounselor.com/unsub.htm and click the unsubscribe button after entering your e-mail address. Important: You will then be asked to click on a link called “click here” to complete the process. TO CHANGE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS: If your old address will become inactive, PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE with your old address and SUBSCRIBE with your new one. IF ALL ELSE FAILS send a note. Please allow a week or two for changes to take effect. ____________________________________________ PRIVACY POLICY http://www.schoolcounselor.com/privacy.htm ____________________________________________ Want to advertise in this newsletter? Visit http://www.schoolcounselor.com/advertising.htm ____________________________________________ The SchoolCounselor.com newsletter may contain links to sites on the Internet owned and operated by third parties. SchoolCounselor.com is not responsible for the availability of, or the content located on or through, any such third-party site. Information in this document is provided "as is," without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and freedom from infringement. The user assumes the entire risk as to the accuracy and the use of this document. SchoolCounselor.com will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this information, including, but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, and consequential damages. |
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Using SmartBoard Technology
School Counselors have been asking me about how to take advantage of Smartboard technology so I put the question out on several forums. Here are some responses:
Karen Phillips wrote: I used http://www.angriesout.com/index.htm#kids for an anger management group when I was in the elementary setting. There are some interactive activities that were great and led to further discussion. I recently used our Smartboard in the computer lab for a career lesson for 7th graders. I utilized http://www.vaview.org/ as a springboard for introducing career clusters and career exploration; I've also used it for a 5th grade career lesson. The stopbullyingnow lesson I presented went over well with 5th graders and it offers loads of further options for discussion. I love the smartboard! It really helps getting the kids up and moving and everyone wants to get involved. |
Clare Simon wrote: I have used the US Dept. of Health & Human Services' website www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/ with 2nd graders. The webisodes and games were interactive, informative and fun for the students. |
Tim Gillian uses http://www.coderedrover.org |