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Slide 1: Technology 101: Free Tools ● ● ● ● ● Compiled by: Debbie Clingingsmith Email: debbie@clingingsmith.org Last revised: 3/16/2007 Description: The following slides contain information about very useful, yet free, software tools available for PCs. Download slides: tapateacher.blogspot.com Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 2: Free Tools: Belarc Advisor ● ● Description: Belarc Advisor lists the hardware and software installed on your computer. This is very useful if you are trying to make use of phone support for your PC. Download: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 3: Free Tools: Belarc Advisor Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 4: Free Antivirus Tools: AVG ● Description: AVG Free Advisor is a free version of AVG antivirus software. Updates to keep protection and antivirus definitions current are available. ● Download: – – – http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5 ● Additional free antivirus programs: ● Additional free online virus scan and info: – – http://www.free-av.com/ http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html http://www.clamwin.com/ http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ http://www.freebyte.com/antivirus/ Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 5: Free Tools: Anti-Spyware ● Description: Spybot Search and Destroy, Adaware, and AVG Free Advisor detect and remove spyware, hidden programs which are installed on you computer. There are weekly updates to keep the software current. Adware: http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html ● ● AVG Free Advisor: Spybot: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-spyware-free/lng/us/tpl/v5 ● http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 6: Free Tools: Anti-Spyware Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 7: Free Tools: Firewall ● ● Description: Zone Alarm is a software firewall. It blocks hackers from your computer. Zone Alarm also provides alerts when a computer application tries to connect to the Internet, lets you designate which applications may connect to the Internet, and blocks Internet traffic when your computer is unattended. Download: http://www.download.com/3000-2092-10039884.html Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 8: Free Tools: Open Office ● ● ● Description: Open Office is a free suite of tools comparable to Microsoft Office Pro. Powerpoint, Word, Access, and Excel documents created in Microsoft Office may be opened in Open Office, and visa versa. Download from: http://www.openoffice.org/ Titles of included programs: Impress, Writer, Draw, Calc, Base, and Math. Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 9: Open Office: Impress Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 10: Open Office: Impress ● To convert to Powerpoint: Click File-> Save As and choose Powerpoint in the Save As Type drop down box. Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 11: Open Office: Write Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 12: Open Office: Calc Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 13: Open Office: Draw Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 14: Free Tools: Google ● ● ● Description: Google provides free online calendars, spreadsheets, and documents. Requires signing up to create a login. Calendars may be shared publicly or with selected individuals. Docs & Spreadsheets reads Word and Excel files. Docs & Spreadsheets: http://www.google.com/google-d-s/tour1.html Calendar: http://www.google.com/intl/en/googlecalendar/tour. Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 15: Free Tools: Mozilla ● ● ● Description: Mozilla.org provides free browser (Firefox), calendaring (Sunbird), email reader (Thudnerbird). Versions which run on PDAs are available. Download from: http://www.mozilla.com/products/ Further information: http://www.mozilla.org/ Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 16: Free Podcasting Tools: Audacity ● ● ● Description: Audacity records, edits, and adds special effects for audio. May also be used to record from cassette or CD player. For a podcast, LAME plug-in must be used to export soundtracks to an MP3 format. Download Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Download LAME: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 17: Free Podcasting Tools: Audacity Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 18: Free Podcasting Tools: Audacity ● ● ● Description: Audacity records, edits, and adds special effects for audio. May also be used to record from cassette or CD player. For a podcast, LAME plug-in must be used to export soundtracks to an MP3 format. Download Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Download LAME: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 19: Free Podcasting Sounds ● ● ● ● ● Description: These web sites offer royalty free music and sounds. Partners in Rhyme: free music and sounds http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/ Royalty Free Music: free for personal and educational use: http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/free.html Opsound: Artists share their creations: http://www.opsound.org/index.php Odeo lists web sites with free music: http://odeo.com/find/free+music Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 20: Free Podcast Hosting: Odeo ● ● ● Description: Odeo hosts podcasts up to 50 megabytes free. Paid services available. Requires signing up to create a login. Once an MP3 file is uploaded, Odeo provides html code which may be copied to a blog or web site to play your podcast. URL: http://studio.odeo.com/create/home Additional free hosting sites: – – – http://switchpod.com/ http://www.podbean.com/index?sourceid=goog_001 http://www.shockpod.com/ Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 21: Free Podcast Hosting: Odeo Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 22: Free Web Logs: Blogger ● ● ● Description: Blogger provides free web log, or blog, hosting. Requires signing up to create a login. May create links in your blog to a podcast. Paid services available. URL: http://www.blogger.com/start Additional free hosting sites: – – – http://www.blogeasy.com/ http://www.blogthing.com/ http://wordpress.com/ Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 23: Free Web Logs: Blogger Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 24: Free Instant Messaging: Spark and Wildfire ● ● Description: Spark is an Open Source crossplatform instant messaging server optimized for businesses and organizations. Spark is the client. Use these tools to set up private chat rooms and messaging on an Intranet. URL: http://www.jivesoftware.org/index.jsp Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 25: Free Remote Admin: Log Me In ● ● Description: Log Me In Free software allows remote control of a PC through a web browser. This is comparable to Go To My PC. Use to access your home computer while travelling. URL: http://www.logmein.com/ Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 26: Free File Sharing: FolderShare ● ● Description: FolderShare by Microsoft is a free folder sharing service. Download a client to your PC and create a login. URL: https://www.foldershare.com/info/aboutFoldershare Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 27: Free File Sharing: FolderShare Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 28: Free File Storage: MediaMax ● ● Description: MediaMax is a free file storage service, up to 25 GB. Synchronize from a PC and store files online. URL: http://www.mediamax.com/index.aspx Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 29: Free Music Notation: Finale Notepad ● ● Description: Notepad by Finale is a free music notation program for composing, editing, and arranging. URL: http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad/ Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 30: Free Music Notation: Finale Notepad Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 31: Free Web Authoring: Nvu ● ● Description: Nvu (pronounced n-view) is a free web authoring program. It is available for Windows, OSX, and Linux. URL: http://www.nvu.com/index.php Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 32: Free File Storage: MediaMax Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 33: Free Web Authoring: Nvu Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 34: Free Photo Editor: Picasa ● ● Description: Picasa by Google is a program for organizing, editing, and sharing photos. Special effects allow addition of captions, pan, zoom, tilt, sepia, cropping, and others. URL: http://picasa.google.com/index.html Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.
Slide 35: Free Photo Editor: Picasa Copyright © 2006, 2007 Technia. All rights reserved.