Friday, November 23, 2012

Save $50 ... Preorder Hallways 4 by November 30, 2012




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Save $50 ... Preorder Hallways 4 by November 30, 2012 for just $99.95. The regular price of $149.95 will apply after that, so preorder now and save!

Order must be placed by November 30, 2012. Preorders can be made online or by purchase order. All preordered software will be shipped December 15th, 2012. As this offer is limited to the first 100 orders, we strongly recommend that you place your order as soon as possible.

Hallways School Counseling Software

An unavoidable aspect of school counseling these days is paperwork. Tracking services and student standards can be a tedious and time consuming chore that detracts school counselors from working with the students.

If you're concerned that documentation and accountability requirements are interfering with the time you could be spending with students, consider Hallways, a program designed specifically for school counselors. Our school counseling software is dedicated to helping you find the balance between meeting the demands of administrators and government, and the work you'd rather be doing.

SchoolCounselor.com eNewsletter #135

SchoolCounselor.com eNewsletter #135
November 23, 2012

Welcome to SchoolCounselor.com, an electronic newsletter designed to advance counselors' level of technological literacy, application, and integration. You will find practical solutions and answers to technology related problems, especially as they apply to your job as counselor. If you would like to share a tip or trick, or if you would like to ask a question, e-mail Russ Sabella at
news@schoolcounselor.com
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           Please take a moment to visit our sponsors:

 

Hallways, the premier school counseling software, is designed to help school counselors track data and document work within the ASCA National Model and Student Standards in an intuitive, integrated workspace. Hallways 4 has many new features, including an easier to use interface, the ability to create student groups and appointments, greater data tracking, and new comprehensive professional reports. Hallways 4 is available for preorder at a discounted rate until November 30th. In addition, schoolcounselor.com readers will receive an additional $20 discount on all orders. Check out Hallways 4 on our website, http://www.ihatepaperwork.com/hallways/purchaseasca.htm

PictureBASED ON A TRUE STORY
of OLD-FASHIONED LOVE ...
Sina is a devoted daughter, an average student, and just happens to be at the center of the greatest tomato-flying mishap in Sicily's history.  This heartwarming story of food, family, and a deep and lasting love is destined to become a classic in children's literature.

PASTA is LOVE may make you laugh, and it may make you cry, but one thing is for certain, it will make you hungry!  It may also answer the age-old question, it there really a 'happily ever after?'  
Ages 6-9

Available now at:
http://www.pastaislove.com/

The Time Elapsed Analysis & Reporting System (T.E.A.R.S.) is a Microsoft Excel add-in that automatically calculates the total amount of time that you have spent in different aspects of your work. After exporting your calendar data from Microsoft Outlook to Excel, this add-in extracts elapsed time, sums up the number of hours in each category, and then produces both a table and a chart. If you ever wondered where your time goes, you will want to use T.E.A.R.S. to learn more.

http://www.schoolcounselor.com/tears/

Highlights from SchoolCounselor.com

Top 5 Training Topics for School Counselors
•         Solution Focused Brief Counseling and Parent Consultation
•         Technology Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts for Educators
•         Guarding Kids Against High Tech Trouble (Technology Safety)
•         The Data Boot Camp for School Counselors
•         Cyberbullying

Learn more:

http://www.schoolcounselor.com/top5training.htm
See Handouts: http://www.schoolcounselor.com/resources/publications2.htm
http://www.schoolcounselor.com/top5training.htm


Must See Videos
New videos have been added since the last issue:

Daphne Bavelier: Your Brain on Video Games
http://counselingvideos.blogspot.com/2012/11/daphne-bavelier-your-brain-on-video.html

Protecting Reputations Online in Plain English
http://counselingvideos.blogspot.com/2012/11/protecting-reputations-online-in-plain.html

Keep it Tame
http://counselingvideos.blogspot.com/2012/11/keep-it-tame.html

Key & Peele - The School Bully (FULL HD)
http://counselingvideos.blogspot.com/2012/11/key-peele-school-bully-full-hd.html

JAXON SMITH FOO FIGHTERS Pretender 6 yr old self taught drummer
http://counselingvideos.blogspot.com/2012/11/jaxon-smith-foo-fighters-pretender-6-yr.html

Understanding the Common Core State Standards
http://counselingvideos.blogspot.com/2012/11/understanding-common-core-state.html

Marco Tempest: A cyber-magic card trick like no other
http://counselingvideos.blogspot.com/2012/10/marco-tempest-cyber-magic-card-trick.html
 

Postings from Russ Sabella ...

– Keeping Kids
Out of High Tech Trouble. This blog supports Dr. Russell Sabella's work on educating children, parents, educators and other stake holders about the responsible use of technology. Included in these pages you will find helpful resources, lesson plans, links, and more. Russ's most recent book and workshops are primary resources for meeting this mission.
http://guardingkids.blogspot.com/

– SchoolCounselor.com eNewsletter. The SchoolCounselor.com e-Newsletter is an electronic publication designed to advance counselors' level of technological literacy, application, and integration. You will find practical solutions and answers to technology related problems, especially as they apply to your job as counselor.
http://counselingtechnology.blogspot.com/

– Must See Videos. When I see a video that would be useful, inspiring, enlightening among counselors, I post it here.
http://counselingvideos.blogspot.com/

– Twitter. Postings about all thinks counseling, life, humor, and more.
http://twitter.com/rsabella

– Pinterest. Lots of resources for counselors, parents, and others.
http://pinterest.com/rsabella/

TIPS AND TRICKS
20 must-know Windows 8 tips and tricks
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2012885/20-must-know-windows-8-tips-and-tricks.html

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Open Office Documents in the Browser with Office Web Apps Viewer
If you are to open an online document/spreadsheet/presentation inside the Office viewer, all you need to do is append the URL (web address) of that file to “view.officeapps.live.com” as shown in this example.
http://www.labnol.org/internet/google-docs-viewer-alternative/26591/

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PowerPoint: Add Audio to a Range of Slides
When you create a presentation through PowerPoint, there will be times that you want to play an audio file during a specific range of slides. Although it is possible, this option is hidden from the Audio Tool in the ribbon. This tutorial will show you how to access this advanced feature. This tutorial works for Powerpoint 2003, 2007, 2010 and 2013.
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/31902/powerpoint-add-audio-to-a-range-of-slides/

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Microsoft Word: Entering Tabs in a Table
When you are entering text in a table, some of the keyboard keys don't function as they do when you are working in the body of your document. One of those keys is the Tab key. If you press Tab, the insertion point moves to the next cell in the table, or if you are at the end of the table, it creates a new row. There may be times, however, when you want a tab character in the table's text. In order to insert a tab, you can use either of these methods:
Press Ctrl+Tab. Hold down the Alt key as you type 0009 on the numeric keypad.
Source:
Word Tips

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Fast Duplicate File Finder FREEWARE will help you to find duplicate files in a folder and its sub folders. The application will compare the content of your files so it will find duplicates even if they are using different file names. The Professional version can also find similar files regardless of their file types. It will analyze the content of the files in order to find similar files and not just file attributes like name and size as the standard duplicate file finders do.
http://www.mindgems.com/products/Fast-Duplicate-File-Finder/

Also check out
http://lifehacker.com/5535510/clean-up-your-photo-collection-with-free-tools

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The Time Elapsed Analysis & Reporting System (T.E.A.R.S.) is a Microsoft Excel add-in that automatically calculates the total amount of time that you have spent in different aspects of your work. After exporting your calendar data from Microsoft Outlook to Excel, this add-in extracts elapsed time, sums up the number of hours in each category, and then produces both a table and a chart. If you ever wondered where your time goes, you will want to use T.E.A.R.S. to learn more.
http://www.schoolcounselor.com/tears/

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Microsoft Excel: Wrapping text and forcing line breaks
Sometimes, it’s necessary for text to appear on multiple lines within a cell, for example, when you enter people’s addresses. To create this effect, you can have Excel automatically wrap text, or you can manually enter a line break. Guidelines on how to do both can be found here:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/wrap-text-in-a-cell-HP001216382.aspx

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Possible Interview Questions for School Counselors

The following questions are designed to help you think about and prepare for your school counselor position interview. These are actual questions sent in by school counselors after an interview.
http://www.schoolcounselor.com/resources/interview.htm

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Lifehacker: Do You Encrypt Your Data?
We worry a lot about the security of our online data, but what about all the information that's just sitting there on your computer—vulnerable and waiting for the right thief to come along?
http://lifehacker.com/5960947/do-you-encrypt-your-data

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Some new ways to get stuff done in Google Drive
In case you haven’t noticed them already, here are a handful of small updates that will make it easier to find, organize, and view stuff on Drive.
http://googledrive.blogspot.com/2012/11/some-new-ways-to-get-stuff-done-in.html

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Posters
Beautiful ... Inspiring .. Motivational ... Touching
Counseling Posters for your Office and Home


WORTHY WEBSITES AND SOFTWARE
Top 100 Sites & Apps of 2012 from Technology Tidbits
http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2012/11/top-100-sites-apps-of-2012.html

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Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself.
http://www.zotero.org/

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Text Mechanic! A collection of free, online, browser-based, text manipulation tools.
http://www.textmechanic.com/

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Teachem is a free online web site that where you can easily turn YouTube videos into online classes that can be private or public. A variety of additional teaching and learning aids, such as Flash Cards and ‘SmartNotes’ round out the functionality to deliver a uniquely powerful tool for delivering flipped course content. Originally modeled off of their sister website focused on legal education, Lawline.com, the parent company started Teachem to provide this great, free functionality to teachers of all subjects.
Source:
Emerging EdTech
Direct site:
http://www.teachem.com/

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jyjoyner counselor: More iPad apps for School Counselors:
http://jyjoynercounselor.blogspot.com/2012/11/more-apps-for-school-counselors.html

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Asana is the shared task list for your team. The place to plan, organize & stay in sync.
http://www.asana.com/

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FairStars CD Ripper is a free powerful software for ripping audio CD tracks to WMA, MP3, OGG, VQF, FLAC, APE and WAV formats files on-the-fly. Free CDDB is supported(Querying & Submiting). It supports normalization when ripping, and also support ID3 tag. FairStars CD Ripper also supports playback with its built-in player.
http://www.fairstars.com/cdripper/

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9 Ways Students Can Host Peer Tutoring Sessions Online
Today, thanks to web conferencing tools, students don't even need to be in the same country in order to tutor each other. Here are some good tools that students can use to host peer tutoring sessions online.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/11/9-ways-students-can-host-peer-tutoring.html

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Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero: 10 Sites for Educational Documentaries
Documentaries are used in education all the time to educate and inform students about different nonfictional topics.  While there are a ton of sites to choose from, this site provides a list to make it easier for educators to find what they are looking for.
http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2012/10/10-sites-for-documentaries.html

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Best Free File Encryption Utility
Encryption is a process of encoding information so that it cannot be accessed by others unless they have the key needed to decode it. Encryption is usually used to protect highly sensitive documents, but it's also a good way to stop people from looking at your personal stuff.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-file-encryption-utility.htm

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JUST FOR FUN

Spike is simple and fun, and is best learned by playing around with it. Use Spike search to see what's trending around anything. Check for trending news involving political candidates, news items, topics of interest, or anything else. Spike search ranks results based on how fast they're spreading now. It's still in "beta" - meaning we're testing it out and seeing what works.
http://spike.newswhip.com/

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From Marissa’s Blog: On Thursday, August 16th, all 8 elementary school counselors in my district got together for a Pinterest Party! Each school counselor brought materials for at least one project. It was unbelievably fun and energizing! I thought I'd share some of the projects we made, with links to the actual Pinterest activities. Also, two of my brave colleagues agreed to explain a couple of their ideas on camera. Enjoy!
http://www.elementaryschoolcounseling.org/1/post/2012/08/pinterest-party.html

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Nextdoor
Join the free private social network for your neighborhood. Over 5,000 communities across the U.S. are using Nextdoor to strengthen their neighborhoods.
https://nextdoor.com/

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Doberman vs. Kitten (video)
http://www.wimp.com/kittendoberman/

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Monday, November 12, 2012

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SchoolCounselor.com eNewsletter #134
October 21, 2012

Welcome to SchoolCounselor.com, an electronic newsletter designed to advance counselors' level of technological literacy, application, and integration. You will find practical solutions and answers to technology related problems, especially as they apply to your job as counselor. If you would like to share a tip or trick, or if you would like to ask a question, e-mail Russ Sabella at 
news@schoolcounselor.com 
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Please take a moment to visit our sponsors:
 

Inspirational Thoughts of a Millionaire in the MakingInspirational Thoughts of a Millionaire in the Making
Need a clever way to motivate your students? Incorporate this book of inspirational quotes to your classroom activities, group discussions, and individual counseling sessions. Utilizing a quote into your lesson plans as an icebreaker, conversation initiator or topic is a simple way to encourage and motivate your students to believe in themselves, improve academically as well as strive for success. Books can be purchased at www.createspace.com/3728629for 12.95. Multiple orders can be purchased at a discounted price of 8.50 plus shipping and handling through sending an email topaula24finch@yahoo.com

PlanSmart School Counseling Tech Tool
Create a survey in less than 45 minutes.
E-mail an invitation to parents, students or teachers. School counselors create on-line Program Evaluation, Bullying or Needs surveys using PlanSmart templates designed specifically for school counselors. Modify templates or create an original. Collect your responses on-line and distribute your results on-line.
Our price is very competitive for individual schools. ($35 per school per year regardless of counselor count or $20 per school per term).
Plan Smart: http://www.counselorsroom.org/NS_HomeB11.php
Home Page with Lesson Plans: http://www.counselorsroom.com
Catherine Taintor:  CatherineT@CounselorsRoom.org


PictureBASED ON A TRUE STORY
of OLD-FASHIONED LOVE ...

Sina is a devoted daughter, an average student, and just happens to be at the center of the greatest tomato-flying mishap in Sicily's history.  This heartwarming story of food, family, and a deep and lasting love is destined to become a classic in children's literature.

PASTA is LOVE may make you laugh, and it may make you cry, but one thing is for certain, it will make you hungry!  It may also answer the age-old question, it there really a 'happily ever after?'   Ages 6-9

Available now at:
http://www.pastaislove.com/

The Time Elapsed Analysis & Reporting System (T.E.A.R.S.) is a Microsoft Excel add-in that automatically calculates the total amount of time that you have spent in different aspects of your work. After exporting your calendar data from Microsoft Outlook to Excel, this add-in extracts elapsed time, sums up the number of hours in each category, and then produces both a table and a chart. If you ever wondered where your time goes, you will want to use T.E.A.R.S. to learn more.
http://www.schoolcounselor.com/tears/

Top 5 Training Topics for School Counselors

•         Solution Focused Brief Counseling and Parent Consultation
•         Technology Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts for Educators
•         Guarding Kids Against High Tech Trouble (Technology Safety)
•         The Data Boot Camp for School Counselors
•         Cyberbullying 

Learn more >>>

See Handouts:
 
http://www.schoolcounselor.com/resources/publications2.htm http://www.schoolcounselor.com/top5training.htm
 


Must See Videos
New videos have been added since the last issue:
•        Break Bullying: Not in the Break Room, Not on the Playground
•        In Descent Proposal
•        Addressing Employee Complaints

Postings from Russ Sabella ...
– Keeping Kids 
Out of High Tech Trouble. This blog supports Dr. Russell Sabella's work on educating children, parents, educators and other stake holders about the responsible use of technology. Included in these pages you will find helpful resources, lesson plans, links, and more. Russ's most recent book and workshops are primary resources for meeting this mission.http://guardingkids.blogspot.com/
– SchoolCounselor.com eNewsletter. The SchoolCounselor.com e-Newsletter is an electronic publication designed to advance counselors' level of technological literacy, application, and integration. You will find practical solutions and answers to technology related problems, especially as they apply to your job as counselor.
http://counselingtechnology.blogspot.com/
– Must See Videos. When I see a video that would be useful, inspiring, enlightening among counselors, I post it here. 
http://counselingvideos.blogspot.com/
– TwitterPostings about all thinks counseling, life, humor, and more. http://twitter.com/rsabella

– Pinterest. 
Counseling resources and more.
http://pinterest.com/rsabella/

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TIPS AND TRICKS
99 Life Hacks
These are 99 separate tips to help make your life easier. Some of them are relevant to computers, such as using the tags from packs of bread to tidy your cables.
http://adailyriot.tumblr.com/post/33821272772/99-life-hacks-to-make-your-life-easier

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How to Convert Files by EmailZamzar, a popular tool for converting files online, has added a new option that lets you convert files by email itself. You can forward your email attachments directly to Zamzar, without downloading them to the desktop, and they’ll be converted in no time.
http://www.labnol.org/internet/convert-files-by-email/20824/

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Microsoft Word: Jumping to the Ends of Table ColumnsSource: 
WordTips
Word provides a handy shortcut that allows you to quickly jump to either the top or bottom of a column in a table. This can be quite helpful, particularly if you are working with very long tables. If you press Alt+PgUp, you are taken to the first cell in the column, where the insertion point is placed just before the first character in the cell. Likewise, you can jump to the last cell in a column by pressing Alt+PgDn. This moves the insertion point to the last cell in the column, where it is positioned just before the first character in the cell. If you try to use these shortcuts outside of a table, they have no effect.

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PowerPoint 2010 Tutorial - How to Insert Slides from Another Presentation - YouTubeThis PowerPoint 2010 Tutorial Video will show you how to use slides from existing presentations within your own projects.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4agpxgrdIB0

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New from ASCA: Practitioner-Focused Manuscript Submission GuidelinesProfessional School Counseling journal is expanding its focus on action-research articles, written by practicing school counselors. We want to hear from you about the outcome research you have done demonstrating the effectiveness of your interventions and programs. Worried about writing a scholarly article? Don’t be. If your topic is accepted for a Professional School Counseling article, you can request a mentor to help you in the writing and editing process.
Read more: 
http://www.schoolcounselor.org/content.asp?contentid=695

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Facebook Activity Log
Facebook has a new feature as of two weeks ago called the "activity log" located on your wall (to the right of your FB name). Click "activity log" (it goes all the way back to the day you signed up) and for each activity select who can see that activity). Only you can see this. Take a few minutes to review and choose who gets to see what. Here is more:
https://www.facebook.com/help/activitylog

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Updated! Solution Focused Brief Counseling & Consultation Scaling Templates
http://bit.ly/sfbc-chart

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How to Create eBooks inside WikipediaWikipedia has offered the PDF export functionality on their website for some time but with the recent change, you can export a selection of Wikipedia pages as EPUBs which is a much better format for reading articles offline on mobile phones, ebook readers and tablets. PDF is still a more suitable format for creating print-ready ebooks.
http://www.labnol.org/internet/create-wikipedia-ebooks/25491/

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Google Drive and Docs for Teachers 2012Introduction to and directions for using Google Drive and Google Documents.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/92629651/Google-Drive-and-Docs-for-Teachers-2012#

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Icebreakers.ws is an online catalog of dozens of fun icebreaker and team builder activities. The activities are categorized by group size and activity type. To find an activity appropriate for your group just select your group's size then use the activity type key to find "get-to-know-you games," "team building games," or "active (break a sweat) games."
http://www.icebreakers.ws/

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Posters
Beautiful ... Inspiring .. Motivational ... Touching
Counseling Posters for your Office and Home
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Lockdown Your PC When You're Away - Tekzilla Daily TipPredator for Windows let's you lock and unlock your PC with a thumbdrive and password. Just create a USB key and take it with you whenever leaving the computer. Potential intruders will be locked out and greeted with a loud and annoying alarm without the proper credentials.
http://revision3.com/tzdaily/predator-security-usb

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Finally a Free, Flexible Youtube Downloader That WorksOnce installed, using Freemake is very simple indeed.  When you access Youtube in your web browser, a new "Download" button appears above the video you're watching.  Press the button and Freemake springs into action, and displays the options shown in the screen shot below.  Choose your desired output format, press the Convert button, and you're done.  Not only can you download videos in this way, but you can also extract the audio in MP3 format so you can listen offline.

NOTE: VirusTotal reckons that the program is free from malware and viruses. However, be aware that it uses the OpenCandy system, which means that it will offer to install one or 2 additional programs for you.  Pay attention during the installation process, and simply tick the "no" boxes unless you want those extra offerings.

Source: 
TechSupportAlert
Direct Download: 
http://www.freemake.com/free_video_downloader/

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How to Get a Report of the Health of Your Windows 7 PCIs your PC healthy? Or has it seemed a little under the weather lately? A little-known tool in Windows 7 can give you a report on what is ailing your system. It can also give you a wealth of information about what goes on in a perfectly healthy computer. It’s called the System Health Report. 
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-get-report-health-your-windows-7-pc.htm

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WORTHY WEBSITES AND SOFTWARE
Freemake
Download any video from thousands websites! From YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, Veoh, Dailymotion and 10,000+ sites. Extract audio, MP3 from YouTube, convert any online video to AVI, MKV, MP3, iPhone, iPod, PSP, Android. 
http://www.freemake.com/

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Viper, the plagiarism checker that's accurate, easy and free. Also includes free lesson plans on plagiarism and referencing.
http://www.scanmyessay.com/

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Entirely Elementary...School Counseling (Blog)Dr. Susan Fuller has been an urban elementary school counselor in Pennsylvania for the past 14 years. I am also certified to teach elementary students and special education students.
http://entirelyelementary.blogspot.com/

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TodaysMeet helps you embrace the backchannel and connect with your audience in realtime.
Encourage the room to use the live stream to make comments, ask questions, and use that feedback to tailor your presentation, sharpen your points, and address audience needs.
http://todaysmeet.com/

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E.gg Timer - Simple Online Countdown TimerThis would be awesome for classroom learning activities. Or, a bunch of other timers are included such as for working, warming up in the morning, brushing teeth, and more. 
http://e.ggtimer.com/

Also see 
http://nextup.info/ for staying on track with meetings and http://www.tomato-timer.com/ for another great timer.

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Top 14 websites for students from MicrosoftLearning how to find the information you need on the Internet, and how to evaluate and appropriately use the information you find, can be challenging for both parents and students. This page looks at some of the most comprehensive—and reliable—educational websites a student can bookmark and use to research school projects and homework assignments.
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/students/studentsites.aspx

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Convert PDF to Word & PDF to DocConvert PDF to Word Software allows you easily and quickly to convert all your PDF files into Microsoft Word document (.Doc) or (.rtf), while maintaining the same quality of the original PDF file, with text and all images. The converted word file will be easily edited via any version of Microsoft Word.
http://convertpdftoword.net/

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AudioMicrojazz up your presentations with sounds. 
http://www.audiomicro.com/

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ScreenLeapOne click screen sharing. No downloads, installs, or sign ups and it's free!
http://www.screenleap.com/

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Cloudfogger provides client-side encryption for all files in any folders (up to 5 for the free version) you want to select. It integrates seamlessly with Dropbox, SkyDrive, Box, Google Drive, or any other cloud storage service.
http://www.cloudfogger.com/en/

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Maily is a free iPad app that provides young children with a safe and fun way to send emails to parents and selected family members. To use Maily parents have to create accounts for their children. Parents select and add contacts for their children. After the account is created children can then send and receive emails only from the people that their parents have added to their children's contacts list. The user interface that children see in Maily is very kid-friendly. Using Maily children can draw pictures, use templates to create emails, and or upload pictures to send. To send an email children click the send button and the select the image of the person to they want to receive their messages.
http://www.maily.com/
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JUST FOR FUN
Color Effects the title of Free Android / iOS App of the Week. Color Effects is an image editor that can take a grayscale image and change the hue of parts of the image to different colors. While most image editors do more than one thing, Color Effects only does this, but does it well.
Source: 
Gizmo’s Freeware

For iPad and iPhone
Size: 4.5 MB
Download: 
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/color-effects-recolor-splash/id409913910?mt=8

For Android
Size: 961 KB
Download: 
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cota.android.coloreffects

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Go Back In Time: The First Ever YouTube Video, Tweet, Image, Website, Email, & More
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/go-back-in-time-the-first-youtube-video-tweet-image-website-email-more/

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Documentary.netSite offers legal high quality documentaries to stream and download for free. 
http://documentary.net/

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YouTube Space Lab ExperimentsWatch the show that streamed live from the International Space Station and join our host, Bill Nye the Science Guy, as he chats to NASA astronaut, Sunita Williams, to find out the results of the winning Space Lab experiments. 
http://youtube.com/spacelab

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The Kid Should See This (
www.thekidshouldseethis.com) is a blog comprising a collection of fascinating child-safe videos that you can view online for free. Like all good educational resources, this is one of those that children can watch without realizing they're actually learning something at the same time. And unlike Youtube, you can let your child watch any of the content unsupervised.
Source: 
Gizmo’s Freeware

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Addressing Employee Complaints - Despair, Inc.
In this installment of the award-winning management training series from Despair.com, company founder Dr. E.L. Kersten provides executives and managers with a shockingly effective strategy for responding to the complaints of their subordinates.
http://spin.despair.com/videos/addressing-employee-complaints/

Also see 
http://www.despair.com/viewall.html

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SciFri: Step Into an Optical Illusion
In Demon Hill, the rules of gravity don't apply as you expect them to.
Watch it 
here.

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TedinatorThis Tool will allow you to download all the Videos on TED Talks. If you like this tool and would like more, then subscribe to my Blog and tell me about it.https://bitbucket.org/obinshah/ted-talks-downloader/downloads
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GuardingKids.com: A Practical Guide to Keeping Kids Out of High-Tech Trouble

Russell A. Sabella, Ph.D.
From podcasts to porn, cyberbullying to cell phones, Dr. Russell Sabella helps readers understand the risks that emerge when high-tech tools, uninformed parents, and exuberant youth collide. Because kids are growing up with modern technologies, many are more expert than their parents. As a result, a parent's ability to make effective decisions for how technology is used may be compromised.
GuardingKids.com empowers parents, educators, and other care takers to better understand the electronic terrain. Readers will be better able to help children safely and securely navigate a minefield of inappropriate and risky situations.
http://www.guardingkids.com/
 
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