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last updated on August 29, 2006

Adobe Acrobat  - is becoming the universal form software.  Files end in .pdf.

Scanning Software -on Lice, the instructor workstation in CB 307.
OmniPage - optical scanning software - changes text on paper into text on computer screens.
HP DeskScan II  - for graphics.

Microsoft Access - database software package - great for mailing labels, record-keeping, ...

Microsoft Word - word processor

Microsoft Excel - spreadsheet

Microsoft Photo Editor - scanning program and editing program.

Microsoft PowerPoint - presentations

Management Scientist - flow charts, organizational charts, ...

Paint -graphics

There are several examples of CD-ROMs  (compact discs - read only memory) that serve as encyclopedias - Encarta, Grolier's, and other paper encyclopedias that are now on CD.

There are online research databases.  ERIC (educational resources in circulation) is a US Department of Education supported network of clearinghouse and online databases on resources and publications in education. http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/textbooks/eric.html provides a list of these clearinghouses and other affiliations educational organizations.  Search ERIC Home Page is found at http://www.eric.ed.gov/;  they note that it is like a CD-ROM.

A search engine for Legislative Information on the Internet is called THOMAS,
after Thomas Jefferson.  It is located at http://thomas.loc.gov/ .
 
 

Fitness and Wellness Profile - evaluates health status based on individual statistics

Learning Plus [Help - How to Use Learning Plus]

Logo for Windows - Turtle Graphics - originally from the Media Lab at MIT - programming language for children like PASCAL - uses procedures

Visual Basic - BASIC - the fifth generation - a programming language

Maple V - used for calculus to discuss areas under curves and other topics

SPSS - statistical package for the social sciences

Minitab - statistical package

WinZip - for unzipping and installing software from the Internet.

QuickTime - software for displaying video clips and animation on a workstation.

Real Player - software for displaying video clips and animation on a workstation.

Internet Browsers
Netscape Communicator
Microsoft Internet Explorer

PC-Duo - lead workstation may display particular screens in a lab

Find - for finding files

Telnet - allows one to go from one server to another

Multimedia -CD Player

Object Packager - importing icons and renaming documents

Sim City

Flight Simulator

Sim Ant

Where in the World is Carmen SanDiego?
 

http://www.merlot.org/Home.po
"MERLOT is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students in higher education. With a continually growing collection of online  learning materials, assignments and reviews, MERLOT helps faculty enhance  instruction. MERLOT is also a community of people who strive to enrich teaching and learning experiences. "

http://www.getsmarter.org/index.cfm
"The mission of the ILN is to stimulate improvements in mathematics and science education. Our objectives are to:

         Provide a free web site for voluntary, no-risk, K-12 self-assessment in math and
         science with national and international benchmarking - Based on the results of the
         Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), users can compare
         their performance against the results of students worldwide, in the privacy of
         their own homes and classrooms."

http://www.nyelabs.com/
This website supplements the Bill Nye programs.