RESOURCES Modified: August 27, 2008

Useful Links

Computer Related:

A cheat sheet for Netscape Composer

Instructions on accessing your SFU "Personal Filespace" (a.k.a. your Blackcomb account) from home.

To manage your SFU account, such as forwarding your SFU email to another account, changing your password, setting your spam filter, etc. go to: https://cgi.sfu.ca/~account/management.cgi

A comprehensive tutorial on web searches by the University of South Carolina. Does a good job covering search engines, meta search engines, using Booleans and proximity operators. In lesson 17, there are links to other explanations and sites about searches.
http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/bones.shtml

Webopedia - an online computer and internet technology dictionary. Key words that appear in definitions are hyperlinked. http://www.webopedia.com/

Virgina Shear's "Netiquette" (Inter"Net" Etiquette).
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/index.html

Common emoticons and acronyms.
http://www.pb.org/emoticon.html

A giant list of emoticons by Computer User. Keep in mind that many of them are not common and if you use them, people may not have a clue about what youre are tyring to say. ; )
http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/emoticons.html

Software

FTP

You can access your Blackcomb space (personal space) from home, either through your web browser or a dedicated program called an "FTP client". You may already have one on your computer, but if not, we recommend that you try either "CuteFTP" (for Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP) or "Fetch" for Macintosh. Both are available in free trial versions on download.com

You may want to refer to SFU general hints on setting up your FTP programs.

Listservs

WWWEDU. The "internet's largest forum on the use of the World Wide Web in education" http://www.edwebproject.org/wwwedu.html

EDTECH. Discussion of educational technology issues.

To subscribe, address an e-mail message to: listserv@h-net.msu.edu In the message body type: subscribe edtech Your First and Last Name

Education - General

British Columbia Ministry of Education—information relevant to students, parents, and teachers, such as past provincial examinations and Integrated Resource Packages (IRPs).

British Columbia School District Employment Directory—postings for school and districtwide employment.

BC Teachers’ Federation—a wealth of information for teachers, including union information, lesson plans, and upcoming events.


Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE)—CSSE is the “voice of Canada’s educational research community.” The organization includes many different associations and special interest groups

 

PowerPoint Tutorials

PowerPoint in the Classroom

Baycom Group Tutorial

University of Rhode Island Tutorial

Oregon State PowerPoint Tutorial