TUTORIALS AND OTHER STUFF

Brock House workshops - Spring 2017

• Using the Internet better - email
• Using the Internet better - the Web
  
• Better travelling with technology
  
• Introduction to digital security for Windows users
• Intoduction to Facebook
  
• Introduction to Digital Photography
• Getting Comfortable With Your Computer - an introduction to file management and more
• Windows 10 Introduction workshop
  
• Android Introduction workshop

Chromebooks and Education - a presentation given at CUE-BC 2014 conference, October 24 2014

Files for downloading and favorite links
Burning CDs from tapes and LPs 

Online security - a presentation given to the International Kiwanis Convention, 29 June 2013

Web Page Creation and Maintenance:

• Before you begin- an Introduction 
• Using Netscape Composer to create web pages 
• Webpage Creation hands-on practice 
• Using Netscape Gold to create web pages
• Using WS_FTP to upload and maintain your web pages
• Making web animations with free tools 
• Tricks of the trade: Extend Composer with hand coding 
• Working with Frames (When you don't actually know much about web pages)
• Adding sounds and music to your webpages
• Adding video to your website
• Inserting Online Video Clips into your web pages - new Jan 2011
• Using Windows Movie Maker to make videos for the Web

Working with OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice:

Getting started with OpenOffice.org (September 2009)
OpenOffice Impress QuickStart (November 2009)
Working with OpenOffice.org's free office suite (April 2005)
Customizing your OpenOffice.org 2.0 Setup (October 2005)
Making presentations with OpenOffice.org's Impress
Open Office Impress Photo Album add-on

Making presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint
Using Irfanview as a quick Powerpoint replacment
Making a card with MS Paint
Getting started with Microsoft Publisher

Using the Internet better: 

• How can teachers use the Net? 
• Searching Better 
• Web Tricks: annotating, saving and using Internet text and graphics and printing from the Web. 
• Internet Starting Points for secondary teachers
• Coping with the dread Download word 
• This Page Is Under Construction 
• Exploring the Anne Frank House Internet assignment  
• Setting Up Mailing Lists in Yahoo Mail new!

Using Windows series:

• Windows 95/98 for new computer users 
• Clean up your Windows Desktop and Start Menu revised
• Using the System Policy Editor (Poledit) to help with security
• TweakUI to tweak the user interface 
• Network Workshop (intro to Win95/98 networking)
• Using the International Keyboard 

• Resetting default file types in Windows and Mac OS X
  

Getting started with Microsoft Works series:

• Word Processing with Microsoft Works
• Spreadsheets and Charts with Microsoft Works
• Databases with Microsoft Works

Just for teachers:

Creating a classlist folder on Vancouver's new CSP workstations- Jan 2010
CSP for Vancouver teachers - November 2009
Using the free Virtual Electricity Lab to teach elementary science 
Using Operation Neptune to practise math word problems
Setting up ‘standalone’ Rosetta Stone to save student data across a network
Using the VSB's MediaNet service to book videos, DVDs and more - revised

Presentations:

Kids and Computers: a presentation for parents given at the Wonder of Words conference at Hastings School- 21 April 2005
Computers and Internet Security: a presentation given to NAAAP Professional, Vancouver- 6 April 2005
Free Software for K-12 Education: a presentation given to the CUE-BC Horizons Conference, October 2007
The Maquinna Sun: creating an elementary school newspaper integrating technology with the writing process: a presentation given to the Vancouver School Board Faces of Technology conference, February 2008
Files and Folders and Drives, Oh My!- a presentation for beginning or awkward computer users, Spring 2007
Google Earth and Picasa- a presentation for Vancouver teacher-librarians: April 2008
Google Docs- interface, presentations, & collaboration- presented to Vancouver teacher-librarians: May 21 2008 and to the CUE-BC Horizons conference, October 24, 2008

Out of date and removed:

Cybersecurity: 
These tutorials accompany CyberSafety, a Continuing Education course at BC's Capilano College.

Introduction

Know Your PC

Computer Viruses

Email and Spam

Firewalls

Spyware

Networks and Wireless issues

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