Links to Downloadable Items for GirlTECH 2001

(and some other stuff too)

Table of Contents

• Handy Windows Info     (tips and tricks for Windows survival)
• Internet Service Providers     (you need one to be online)
• Some Vendors: Local and Online     (where to get software and stuff)
• Handy Online Tools     (mostly graphics tools for logos or banners, etc.)
• Quiz Creators     (have your kids take tests online)
• Search Engine Tips     (make the most of your search time)
• HTML Editors     (create better pages with less frustration)
• Really Nifty Stuff     (some fun, some useful, all nifty)
• Your Pictures     (get them while they're still here)

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Links to Handy Windows Info

GirlTECH's Pre-Training Session (some hints and tips)
http://teachertech.rice.edu/Materials/GT2001/Pretraining/pretraining.html

Windows-Help.NET's Index of Win 98 Tips and Tricks (all kinds of info)
http://www.windows-help.net/windows98/all-tips.shtml

Windows 98 Annoyances (and how to cope with them)
http://www.annoyances.org/win98/

Lanier Middle School's Tech Help Pages (go here just to see the puppy, if for no other reason)
http://ms.houstonisd.org/lanierms/other/help/techhelp/

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Free Internet Service Providers

Juno
http://www.juno.com/

NetZero
http://www.netzero.com/

Other Internet Service Providers

Academic Planet (reduced price for teachers)
http://www.academicplanet.com/

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Some Vendors: Local and Online

Houston ISD Educational Technology web page (includes software ordering info)
http://www.houstonisd.org/ITD/

Online Software Vendor: CampusTech
http://www.campustech.com/

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Handy Online Tools

Free Online Graphics
http://www.ugmc.com/WebDev.htm

Net-Central.com's Online Graphics Tools
http://www.1netcentral.com/graphics-tools.html

CoolText.com Online Graphics Generator
http://www.cooltext.com/

Free Online Graphics Utilities
http://www.tigerherbs.com/eclectica/freedom/onlinegrfx.html

Bugg's WebMania Tools
http://ladeebugg1.tripod.com/tools.html

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Quiz Creators

Hot Potatoes (create quizzes you can put online)
http://teachertech.rice.edu/Materials/GT2001/East/day06/potato.html

E-Quiz (online quizmaker, tests are taken online also)
http://www.classmanager.com/about/equiz.asp

Quiz Lab at FunBrain,com
http://www.funbrain.com/teachers/index.html

Puzzlemaker at DiscoverySchool.com
http://www.puzzlemaker.com/

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Search Engine Tips

Surfing Is Not Searching
http://teachertech.rice.edu/Materials/GT2001/East/day05/searching.html

Searching the Web: Tips and Tricks
http://www.rice.edu/armadillo/Schools/Lanier/links/searching_the_web.htm

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HTML Stuff

List of HTML Editors Available for Download
http://teachertech.rice.edu/Materials/GT2001/East/webpage.html

Instructions and Link for Downloading Trial Version of Dreamweaver
http://teachertech.rice.edu/Materials/GT2001/West/dreamdownload.html

Lanier's Page of Links to Web Developing Tools
http://www.rice.edu/armadillo/Schools/Lanier/links/webtools.html

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Really Nifty Stuff

Incredibly Cool Java Stuff
http://teachertech.rice.edu/Materials/GT2001/East/day04/java.html

Other Cool Stuff
http://teachertech.rice.edu/Materials/GT2001/East/day05/coolstuff.html

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Your Pictures

          Pictures that were taken of participants will be online at the URL below, but for a limited time only. They take up a lot of space, so they will be removed eventually.  Be sure and get yours soon.

http://teachertech.rice.edu/Materials/GT2001/East/pictures/

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These pages were developed through GirlTECH, a teacher-training program sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education (CEEE) with support  from the National Science Foundation through EOT-PACI.
Copyright ©  Susan Boone and Michael Sirois, GirlTECH, June 2001.

last edited, ms  6-24-2001, 11:39