Laptop+config+-+Teacher

=**Shikellamy High School - CFF Software**=
 * **Microsoft Office Applications** ||
 * **Program** || **Description** || **Tutorials** ||
 * Word || Word processor || [|Up to Speed with Word 2007] ||
 * Excel || Spreadsheet || [|Up to Speed with Excel 2007] ||
 * Access || Database ||  ||
 * Publisher || Desktop publishing ||  ||
 * Powerpoint || Presentation Software || [|Up to Speed with PowerPoint 2007] ||
 * **Multimedia Programs** ||
 * Audacity || Sound editor – record and edit sounds of all kinds. Can be used to create podcasts or to mix voice and music track for multimedia presentations || [|Video Tutorial] ||
 * Photo Story 3 || Quick easy way to create dynamic slide show presentations. || [|Web based tutorial] ||
 * Movie Maker || Easy way to create movies. All the CFF laptops have a firewire port that allows for uploading video. There are four video cameras available in the CFF office. Have students create a documentary or a movie to teach a skill they have learned in class. || [|Video Tutorial]

|| There are video tutorials that come with Inspiration ||
 * Windows Media Player 11 || Used to play multimedia – mp3’s, movies, etc. WMP11 can also be used to take WAV files from a CD and convert them to MP3 format. This can be a great resource when creating multimedia presentations || [|Basics] ||
 * **Other Tools** ||
 * Inspiration 8 || Visual organization tool. Great for creating diagrams, idea maps, outline, etc. || [|Tutorials]
 * Gimp 2 || Open source program for working with graphics. Somewhat similar to Photoshop || [|Tutorials] ||
 * Delicious || Social bookmarking, Create, organize, and share web site bookmarks that are available online ||  ||


 * The following will be available for the teacher computers**
 * [|Delicious] – Social networking
 * Google Notebook – requires download
 * Google Toolbar
 * [|Google Blogger]
 * [|Google Reader](RSS aggregator)
 * [|Google Documents] – includes word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation programs
 * Google Sketchup
 * Google Picassa (edit and share photos)
 * Flv player –