click on the download button to learn more about digital cameras

check out Movie Maker 2 tutorials on Russell Smith's site

russelltexas.com/tutorials/mm2/mm2.htm

for a great collection of tutorials

click on:

shortcourses.com

Click below...you'll be learning all the courses that apply to you--it's an amazing website
www.uwec.edu/help/index.htm

Click on the download button and discover how easy it is to make a watermark background on a word document

click on paper port icon then choose twain, scan, then minus that page down, then double click, then crop, edit crop, "save as" --give it your name and save with a .jpg extension to your place on the server.
Go to your machine, open it from your place on the server in Adobe Photoshop and work on it...then save back to your place on the server and to your desktop picture folder you made.

Our students now have their own photo galleries under their own email addresses.
They will have to send you an invitation to view their photos.

Here are some sites that allow you to upload pictures to the Internet:

kodakgallery.com
Other websites that have picture galleries are:
shutterfly.com has lots of good borders
snapfish.com is still another place for galleries.

CLICK ON
Start
My computer—double click
My network places—double click
Entire network—double click
Microsoft windows network—double click
HCISD—double click
Rochester—double click
sfry—double click
pictures—double click

click on these links to see optical illusions:
Here's a link:
www.colorcube.com/illusions/illusion.htm
here's another link:
www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/f_exhibits.html
here's another:
www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/saishin-e.html
here's another link:
www.sandlotscience.com/Illusion_Jump_Main/Master_Jump.htm
here's another link to try: click on tour and then read at the left of each one...then click next until you've looked at all of them
www.michaelbach.de/ot/

NEXT
click on the download button below and CHOOSE SAVE TO YOUR DESKTOP... follow the instructions

click the download button below:

copy pictures from one album to another
NEXT...Follow this set of instructions on how to copy pictures from one album to another is also at your station
PLEASE COPY 5 PICTURES from each of the following TO YOUR ALBUM FROM THESE ALBUMS:
homecoming album, parade album, memory album, and 3 other students' albums. When you're done, you will have copied 30 pictures to your album.

NEXT...right click on the desktop and choose properties, screensaver, "my pictures slideshow", 2 minutes, settings, more, larger, and make sure everything is checked, then browse for the place on the network where my (sfry) pictures are...just click on sfry, then pictures and choose ok) Now, you'll see all the hundreds of pictures that are on the server as your screensaver.

make sure you've followed instructions and have made a folder on your desktop called "your name pictures" and have saved 15 pictures from the server to that folder.


NEXT..make sure you've done this:
start, run, \\rochester
then right click on roch4650 and choose connect so you've have the right printer.

(note for your home computers...to download SketchUP, just go to Google and key in Google SketchUp...then download it to your home computer.)
Do your the 1/2 page SketchUp assignment--sheet is lying on your keyboard.
It says that if you're finished with the video tutorials IN SKETCH UP (choose HELP...VIEW TUTORIALS)
then you MUST DO THE SELF-PACED TUTORIALS.
To get to them, when you're in SketchUp
click on help
and choose "SELF-PACED TUTORIALS"
YOU MUST DO ALL 3 PARTS BEFORE GOING ANY FURTHER
NEXT:
click here to learn about and download 3 things from 3D warehouse--save them 2 places
sketchup.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=8589

Next go here and put an existing model into Google Earth
sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=36245&topic=9057
save it 2 places

Then click here--you must put your SketchUp model into Google Earth
sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=36241

PRINT your sketchup drawing that's in Google earth AND HANG IN HALL

www.2smrt4u.com/

www.wiredsafety.org/internet101/myspaceguide.html

click here to learn about the new Vista operating system
www.pcworld.com/
type this in top left corner search line
Everything You Need to Know About Windows Vista
Look at all 8 parts dealing with Vista, then find the 5 things we love and 5 things we hate about Vista--put those 10 things into a Word document...save to your place on the server as Vista and also to your desktop.

Look at the top happy news stories from 2006...click below
Click here and then pick your favorite 5 stories from the top 10 and from the editor's pick top 10 (that's 20 in all to pick from)
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16173375/#storyContinued
Please write a paragraph (in your own WORDS)about each OF YOUR 5 FAVORITE STORIES in a Word document: DO NOT COPY AND PASTE!!!!
Always choose tools, option, save (every 1 minute) and then give it a name (happy news). Save to your desktop and to your place on the server. I'll be taking word counts often.

(you can just Google in "Google screensaver" and download it....but be careful not to accept the whole Google pack.....all you probably really want is the screensaver)
When you click on this link below to get Google Pack Screensaver, be sure to choose the words "add or remove software" and NOT the words "download google pack"
That way, you'll have a chance to uncheck all those items Google is trying to have you download that you don't need or want. Uncheck everything except "google pack screensaver".............unless you really want some of those things........google earth is great!

Then you can click on "download google pack" on the right and you'll only get what you had checked.
Next screen, be sure to uncheck "set Google as default search engine" before you click on "agree and download"
Next..click "run", and "run" again
While it's downloading, choose the "preferences" tab and then uncheck everything, choose "hide" and then "save"

pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer.html?hl=en&gl=us




Enjoy your favorite photos when your computer is idle

Turn photos from your personal collection into a screensaver
View your photos full screen or as a virtual collage


To configure your screensaver after you get it downloaded:

Right-click on your desktop and select "Properties" from the menu that appears
Select the "Screen Saver" tab from the "Display Properties" dialog
From the "Screen saver" drop-down, select "Google Pack Screensaver" then click the "Settings" button
From the settings window, you can select the transition, timing, and selection of photos in your screensaver.

Cloud Net, a free site that concentrates on subjects like history, literature, English and reading. Kids will find help with poetry, Shakespeare, vocabulary, debate, journalism and punctuation
www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edeng.htm

The Museum of Unnatural History is unlike any site you've seen before. Arrive at the front page and watch as the pictures change from dinosaurs to Egyptian pyramids to outer space. Click on any picture and be immediately taken to a page covering that subject. This is an impressive website where you'll spend lots of time and learn much. Go to unmuseum.mus.pa.us/unmuseum.htm

Google is a great search engine, but it's also more than that. Google has tons of hidden features, some of which are quite fun and most of which are extremely useful - if you know about them. How do you discover all these hidden features within the Google site? Click to learn more.


www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=675528&seqNum=1&rl=1

then click the GREY DOWNLOAD BUTTON (printout is at your desk, but you'll need a link to clip art from the download button at the BOTTOM of this day's assignment
CHOOSE OPEN
MAKE a Valentine's Day card USING PUBLISHER

NEXT click here and email someone a Valentine's Day card...if you don't know an email address, just email it to yourself:

HERE'S THE HALLMARK ECARD SITE:

www.hallmark.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/category1%7C10001%7C10051%7C-102001%7C-102001%7Cecards%7CunEcardandMore%7CE-Cards?lid=unEcardandMore

CLICK HERE, then choose a ship you'd like to be on, then CHOOSE BRIDGE CAM and you'll be able to look at the area where they're sailing at this exact moment...live!
www.princess.com/ships/

NEXT, CLICK HERE AND FIND DIRECTIONS, MAPS, AND MILEAGE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER:

(it works best if you leave out street addresses and zip codes)
randmcnally.com/
The site below calculates the distance between places in the world (as the crow flies

www.indo.com/distance/

CLICK HERE TO GET THE LATEST WEATHER AND RADAR:
(radar..loop will be at the top)

intellicast.com/IcastPage/LoadPage.aspx

GO HERE

to check out all 7 places:
www.greatestplaces.org/book_pages/top.html

look at these great sites below:
www.bestedsites.com/

click below:
randmcnallyclassroom.com
Username: sfry@haskell.esc14.net
Password: 130250
Your username and password will give you instant access to:
Get started now!
CLICK HERE...THERE ARE SO MANY WEBSITES INCLUDED....ALL GREAT!

www.onekey.com/kidsafe/best.htm

(get one perfect and then copy and paste it to the others)
Please go here and make your own business cards (you must make up a pretend business that you might have in the future). Save..

office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT011389721033.aspx

What if you're trying to install and you get a yellow bar at the top?
You may need to click the gold bar at the top of the browser window to allow the install.
Click the download button below to find out.

LEARN TO USE DRAW AND PAINT BETTER
Using Draw and Paint
click on the links below and make sure you learn how to use Draw and Paint
lkwdpl.org/classes/MSPaint/paint.html

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_draw_a_diagram_with_Microsoft_Word




FUN LINKS FROM RUSSELL SMITH OF REGION 14 SERVICE CENTER
www.practicalmoneyskills.com/english/flash/countdown/countdown.html (Countdown to Retirement)

www.practicalmoneyskills.com/english/resources/games/


www.lemonadegame.com/


www.nathannewman.org/nbs/ (National Budget Simulation)


www.serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/reaction/reaction.html (Reaction Times)


ikeepbookmarks.com/


www.surveymonkey.com/



PC World.com
You can figure out a lot about computers here:

www.pcworld.com/




Click here and try out the new Windows Vista Operating System
www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/default.mspx

www.wiredsafety.org/internet101/myspaceguide.html

wiredsafety.org/

also..to report weapons at school, call
1-866-speakup

APPLY THESE RULES BOTH AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL
please read:
As long as the Internet is running it will never be truly safe, but there are ways to make it safer. Always apply the built-in filters to messenger programs that can block strangers from contacting you and seeing your personal information.

Never fill in the blanks of a form with personal things like your address, phone number, full name, etc.

It's also very important not to give an individual online or by email your personal information, because they may not be who they say they are. This is how stalking gets started---when they find you and your location.

click on the download button below:

At the beginning of school I e-mailed you about accessing Britannica On-Line and EBSCO, two great online resources for reference and research, through Region 14. These two accounts have now been activated through the state- funded K-12 Databases Program. Now, to access this please go to web.esc20.net/k12databases then click on Access K-12 Databases. Our user names and passwords are still the same and will work for both Britannica and EBSCO:



High School – haskellhs; Ktwelve

Junior High – pk-hs-s; Ktwelve

Elementary – haskelles; Ktwelve.



These logins are for faculty, parents and students for campus and home access. This “comprehensive, resource-rich online database package from EBSCO” is being provided to all Texas public schools and “is available 24/7 anytime, anywhere to students, staff and students’ immediate families.” It can be utilized “in the library, the classroom and home, across the curriculum and at all grade levels.”



I wanted to get the word out to everyone about these resources that we are fortunate to have, which can be used by all grades, and as stated, “across the curriculum.” Once you have a spare minute to see all the information here you’ll want to put it to use. Just save to your desktop for convenience. Please share this information with your students, especially since they can use these programs at home if they have computers. We’ll try to distribute printed reminders to them through English classes or the libraries.



Thank you.

Betsy McManamon

What if you're trying to install and you get a yellow bar at the top?
You may need to click the gold bar at the top of the browser window to allow the install.

Learn to put a picture into Word Art.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A WORD ART TOOLBAR...CLICK ON VIEW, TOOLBARS, AND MAKE SURE WORD ART IS CHECKED.

NOW click on the paint can on the word art tool bar after you've written your words in word art.
Then choose color
fill effects
picture
select picture
ok
ok....
and it's done.

tools, Internet options, home page, (put refdesk.com in the blank)
apply
OK

refdesk.com/

format, background, pull down to fill effects, then picture, then select picture, double click, ok, then APPLY
NEVER CHOOSE apply to all on anything!!!

You can add fill effects to a text box just like we learned to add to Word Art. Make sure you double click on the grey border around the text box and then you can start the process as was given below for Word Art:

ADDING A PICTURE TO WORD ART
Learn to put a picture into Word Art.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A WORD ART TOOLBAR...CLICK ON VIEW, TOOLBARS, AND MAKE SURE WORD ART IS CHECKED.

NOW click on the paint can on the word art tool bar after you've written your words in word art.
Then choose color
fill effects
picture
select picture
ok
ok....
and it's done.

Another TIP

Sometimes when you're trying to save a .bmp or .gif as a .jpg the option isn't there in the pulldown. To solve this problem, just open the item in Paint and then you'll have the .jpg option in the pulldown list.

Concentrated information here to give you the basics of:
WORD
EXCEL
ACCESS

Please click on the following link to get the basics of Microsoft Word and keep hitting "next" until you've completed the lesson

office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC100140951033

Next, learn about Editing in Word

office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC011600131033

MAKE SURE YOU ADD ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

clips, sounds, music, and captions

This is the link that takes you to the filmmaker part: you can't try it until you've done everything above.

INSTRUCTIONS ARE BUILT INTO THIS PROGRAM (ON THE LEFT SIDE) You can skip the video part because we're only using photos for our filmmaker project.

when you click the link, you'll have to find the filmaker part in the flash program that goes across the screen......ask me!!
animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/filmmaker.html

You must save your filmmaker project and give me your code:

moviemaker--when finished save to your place on the server and to the desktop
YOU MUST SAVE YOUR MOVIEMAKER TO THE SERVER....that's the only way you'll get credit for it:
--moviemaker is in your program list

CHOOSE start, programs and find it...then right click on it and pull the icon out to the desktop and choose .... copy here

called
"windows moviemaker"

choose to import pictures (not video)

you'll need to click on the blue "help" links to find out how to add titles, effects, etc.

Click below and try finding 3 locations on mapquest
www.mapquest.com/

click on the link to see more pictures, etc.

www.lorettochapel.com/staircase.html

My friend, Kay, has been emailing me pictures from her trips and they're so easy to open. They show up as a collage right in the email itself (no downloading, etc.). She told me she uses Picasa to do this.

When you install Picasa, it instantly goes to work, organizing all the pictures on your hard drive by date in the "Folders on Disk" collection. If Picasa finds folders you don't want, go into Tools > Folder Manager to tell it which folders to scan once, scan always or remove. To remove individual pictures from your library, simply select a photo and right-click to delete it permanently from your computer or hide it from Picasa.
Take the tour:

picasa.google.com/features/index.html

Need help using the software?

Visit Support to reference the Picasa Getting Started Guide and helpful FAQs.


picasa.google.com/download/thanks.html

Only try this at home on your own computer.


picasa.google.com/features/features-create.html

Create
Enjoy your pictures in fun, creative ways – it’s what photography’s all about!

Turn your photos into a movie.
It’s so easy to play filmmaker with your pictures.

Select your best shots, then adjust the delay time, dimensions, and video compression settings. That’s it –
Picasa will render a movie, complete with title graphics, that you can play and share.

Make a personalized desktop picture or screensaver.

Your best pictures are now on display.

Pick a favorite photo as your desktop picture or add several into your screensaver rotation. What better way to enjoy your photographic genius at your desk?

Create a poster.
Picasa can tile any picture you select, allowing you to print each part and reassemble them at poster size – up to 1,000% larger than the original.


Make picture collages.
Select a group of pictures, choose one of the beautiful templates, and Picasa will create a collage that expands your creative horizons. Picture pile it. Make a multi-exposure image. Create a contact sheet. Done? Simply save your collage to a folder, as a new desktop background or as a screensaver.

googlesightseeing.com/

make animated gifs of your own
It's simple!
After you click on the link below, do the following:

Using the easy-to-use pull down menus, select "new 3-D text" in the File menu above.

You'll have to turn off pop up blocker and also you'll have to click on the yellow bar at top and allow active X

Simply follow the instructions to load any GIF and then manipulate the image using the GIFWorks menus. It's that easy.

www.gifworks.com/image_editor.html