[Nesabes] Tech Tips September 2007

[Ball, Patrice]

Wicked Good Tips, Shortcuts & Sites... on how to better use technology in your ABE/GED/ESOL classroom and at home
September 2007 - Issue 2 Google Tip:
Use Google Site Search. Having trouble finding something on a large site? Try typing your search term, followed by site (colon) then the URL, like this:
"performance standards" site:doe.mass.edu/acls 
Quote from a participant at a recent workshop: " I can tell you, I spent 15-20 minutes searching for the document I wanted in the DOE site, but when I used the site search technique, it came up instantly.  How to save time is one of the most valuable things we can learn!"




Tips September 2007 
Sites You Should Know 
New York City Public Library Digital Gallery
Bookworms don't need to live in Manhattan to explore the city's legendary public library.  The digital gallery of the New York Public Library (NYPL) provides readers and researchers from all over the world with access to over half a million digitized images from its extensive collection.
Visitors can search the website by topical sections, which include "Culture & Society", "History & Geography", "Nature & Science", "Industry & Technology", and more.  You will also find other rarities from the NYPL archives such as printed ephemera, rare prints, historical maps, 
illuminated manuscripts, and illustrated books.  And you don't have to whisper either!
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/



Swivel
Tasty treats for Data Geeks
Swivel is a place where curious people explore data - all kinds of data.
Swivel lets you explore data and share your insights with others. Swivel has data about politics, economics, weather, sports, business and more. 
Swivel is full of good stuff. We think of it like this: 
Explore popular data or obscure data. Search for it or have fun cruising all the colorful graphs, data sets and opinions. 
Compare gas prices to presidential approval ratings or UFO sightings to iPod sales. You might find a crazy coincidence or something more. 
Share your insights by posting a graph to your blog or emailing a link to your friends and coworkers. 
Upload the information you care about, describe it, pick a color scheme and even pick a cool photo to bring it to life. 
If you're curious about data, Swivel is the place for you. 
http://www.swivel.com/
Sites September 2007 
What's New 
Google Sky 
Google has done it again. With about a hundred million stars and two hundred million galaxies, Sky in Google Earth lets you explore the heavens like never before. Check it out now!!! (*Google Earth is a download) 
With Earth's new Sky feature, you can:
Zoom in to distant galaxies and nebulae
View constellations and the movements of the planets
Learn about the lifecycle of a star and different kinds of galaxies
Create and share your own imagery, placemarks and more

http://earth.google.com/sky/skyedu.html
What's New September 2007 
Try This Shortcut 

Edit the Save As/Save In Menu: 
Click On: 
nFile - Save As n
In Save In Drop Down box, find folder you want to save to, then click 
Tools - Add to My Places



Shortcuts September 2007 
Mark Your Calendar 
9/20 - SMARTT Update: Focus on Starting the New Year 
10/11 - SMARTT New User Training 
10/24/25 MCAE Network Conference 

Created by: Patty Ball 
Northeast SABES Regional Technologist 
45 Franklin St * Lawrence MA 01840 
email: pball at necc.mass.edu 
Tel. # 978-738-7303 
SABES is funded through a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Education


Patty Ball, Technology Coordinator
NorthEast SABES c/o NECC
45 Franklin St
Lawrence MA 01840
978-738-7303  pball at necc.mass.edu

Please send all SMARTT requests to the SMARTT listserv at:
smarttne at lists.literacytent.org 
Contact information for all regional techs can be found at:
http://www.doe.mass.edu/acls/mailings/  (go to - latest mailing - smartt updates)
To register for NE SABES events, go to http://calendar.sabes.org/northeast

"Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach that person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks." 
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