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SchoolCounselor.com eNewsletter #141 Date of Publication: August 27, 2013 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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Google Alerts
 Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your queries. http://www.google.com/alerts
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How to Stop Google from Keeping a Record of Every Search
You Make
Do you use Gmail, the Chrome browser, or other Google
service? Then Google may be keeping a record of every
search query you make. That’s right; if you have a
Google account, Google may know everything you ever
looked for on the web. That is, unless you turn off
Google’s collecting of all your searches and clean out
the web history they’ve kept.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-stop-google-keeping-record-every-search-you-make.htm
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Microsoft Office Training Manuals (Free)
Source:
Gizmo’s Freeware
There are course materials online for Office 2003, 2007
and 2010 at the moment, all downloadable as PDF files
with no registration required. The 2010 documents on
offer are shown below.
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EZANALYZE and Microsoft Excel Comparison
EZANALYZE,
developed by Dr. Tim Poynton, is an amazing Microsoft
Excel addin that makes using Excel much simpler,
essentially eliminating the need to use formulas.
However, EZANALYZE sometimes does not work on the
Macintosh platform. In this case, I would recommend that
you either (a) do the data portion of your work on a
Windows PC or (b) make your Macintosh dual boot and have
a Excel for Windows operating. If you must move ahead
without the use of EZANALYZE, then this table will help
you to find the corresponding functions.
This handout is available online at
http://bit.ly/ezanalyze2excel
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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.
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The Google Image Ripper
improves on the existing Google image search tool
by allowing you to safely and easily search through the
results as thumbnails and also as a gallery of full-size
images without having to surf to each website. You have
the option to show the link to the website where the
image is hosted but don't have to risk visiting a
malicious site just to see it. This site is NOT
associated with Google in any way, this is simply a tool
for use in conjunction with the existing service.
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Seven Free Add-ins and Apps to Supercharge Microsoft
Office
Microsoft Office is already a robust, feature-filled
office suite. If you want to make it even easier and
boost your productivity, here are seven awesome, free
add-ins and apps for your downloading pleasure.
Also check out my ongoing list here:
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The newest version of
Google Keep reminds you of important tasks and
errands at just the right time with notifications in
Chrome or on your Chromebook. To get started, select the
“Remind me” button from the bottom of any note, and add
a reminder for a specific date and time or a more
general time of day, like tomorrow morning.
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Coursera
Take the world's best courses, online, for free.
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Free Technology for Teachers: Upload Your Own PDFs and
EPUBs to Google Play Books
Google announced a great update to Google Play Books.
You can now upload your own PDFs and EPUB files to
Google Play Books. Upload your files and you can read
them on your iPad or Android device with the Google Play
Books app.
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Maildrop.cc
MailDrop is a free throwaway e-mail address. It's
temporary. It's transient. It's disposable. It's meant
for those times when you don't want to give out your
real address. Just give someone any e-mail address in
the maildrop.cc domain, come back here, put in the
e-mail address, and you can see that inbox. Make sure to
read more
here
before you start to use this service. you should have no
expectation of privacy when sending messages to your
MailDrop inbox.
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25 TED Talks Perfect For Classrooms
TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) represents
the best things about the Internet … and sometimes the
world, for that matter. With the click of a button you
can be inspired, educated, encouraged, wowed, or
entertained by speakers from all walks of life. Whether
you’re looking to inspire or entertain your students,
the following TED talks have terrific lessons embedded
in fascinating talks. While not every single talk may
float your boat, there are likely a few that you should
think about showing to students this year.
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Groopic lets you
take one picture of the group, then switch photographers
and take another. The app then blends the two images
into a seamless group photo without ever having to ask a
stranger to take a group shot of your friends. Available
for iOs and coming soon for Android.
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Breathe New Life Into Your PowerPoint Slides With Dozens
Of Exciting Free Tools & Resources
This page offers links to a number of ideas and free
resources that can help you add fun and pizzazz to your
PowerPoint slide presentations by incorporating engaging
visual and audio elements.
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2011/10/bring-new-life-to-powerpoint-slides-with-dozens-of-exciting-free-tools-resources/
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Fotor
Using Fotor photo editor, you can resize your photos,
crop them, adjust the lighting curve, rotate them,
adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, and sharpness,
adjust the tone and colors, or just straighten a crooked
shot! But wait! That's just in the basic edits module.
You can also add a photo effect, photo frame, clip art,
text, or use our unique color splash, mosaic, and tilt
shift tools! And the program is free.
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AM-DeadLink
detects dead links and duplicates in browser bookmarks
and text files. If a bookmark has become unavailable you
can verify and delete it permanently. Additionally you
can download FavIcons for all your Favorites and
Bookmarks. This program is free.
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10 Great New Tab Page Extensions For Google Chrome
For anyone who uses the Chrome Browser and wants more
tab features, there exists a large choice of extensions
that change the new tab page.
See other extensions here:
http://bit.ly/top-addins
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Tokkers (sounds
like "talkers") are talking QR codes and mobile landing
pages that let you add an audio message to almost
anything. Anyone with a smart phone can instantly hear
your message.
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Find your lost Android device with Android Device
Manager
Find your lost or stolen Android device and remotely
wipe your personal data with Google's new Android Device
Manager.
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Google Doc Templates
Before you spend time creating a spreadsheet, form,
document, or presentation, check out the available
templates on Google Docs. You can also download these
and convert to Microsoft Office format.
and check out the section for students and educators
here.
Related:
Microsoft Office Templates
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Mailinator is
fundamentally quite different from other services. Other
services let you "own" email addresses. Not here - at
Mailinator all email addresses are owned by everyone and
anyone. All email is public. Mailinator is "receive-only".You
cannot send email from Mailinator. Any email that gets
sent to Mailinator is deleted from the system after a
few hours This site is great if you need a quick and
disposable email address and you’re not worried at the
content (e.g., inputting a valid email address before
gaining access to a download).
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Amazon.com Funny Reviews
Helpful product reviews written by Amazon customers are
the heart of Amazon.com, and we treasure the customers
who work hard to write them. But occasionally customer
creativity goes off the charts in the best possible way.
Enjoy this collection of some of the funniest, top-voted
reviews written by your fellow customers.
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Get Rid Of Those Zits & Marks From Your Selfies With
Blemish Remover
The free Windows application lets you zap those zits and
nasty black marks in no time.
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