Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Do you need free books for holiday reading?

Check out the Mashable/Tech website's article on "Free Kindle Books: A Guide."  Project Gutenberg, Google E-BookStore, Internet Archive, Open Library and ManyBooks.net are some sites recommended to download ebooks to a PC, iPad, Kindle, Android or Sony Reader. LibriVox has free audio books. Happy holiday reading!

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Create your own holiday cards! Happy Holidays!

Create your own invitation, holiday or thank you cards using Microsoft Paint.



Happy Holidays! Wish you a wonderful new year 2011!

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Google Docs - Forms for surveys and class assessments

Check out the Google Docs - Forms to create surveys and class assessments. You can create a summary of the responses from the survey in a graph format by using the Forms feature on Google Docs. The Chronicle of Higher Education's Technology section, ProfHacker column has an informational article, "Revisiting Google Docs" written by Heather Whitney.

This sample survey is created on Google Docs.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHJ3WlhHamE1RUswREhwdTBSYUxfQVE6MQ

Monday, December 13, 2010

Are you using Zotero?

A free resource to collect sources, create bibliographies and share with your colleagues using your web browser. Check out Zotero.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Are you using Google Apps?

Are you using Google Docs, Google Groups, Google Video or Google Sites for your collaborative projects in your institutions? Try using the Google Sites and Google Groups for your online projects. Create your Google email account today and begin your Google Site. It is a free resource. Read more on Google Apps for Education website.