E-learning resources
Keeping things simple- Common Craft
Want a simple explanation?
Google Docs - Sharing and collaborating on a document
Blog - An online, public diary
Wikis - Another way of collaborating.
Twitter - What is Twitter?
RSS - What is Really simple Syndication? There are 3 feeds on the index page
Open Source Software
Open Source Software is becoming more popular. My pay hundreds of pounds for Microsoft Office when Open Office is free!
Why not download and try some of these Open Source programs.
If you don't like them you can always uninstall them.
| OpenOffice
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OpenOffice.org 3
is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It creates documents compatible with MS Office, so can be used at home to continue working on documents created in school download here |
| Scribus
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Scribus is powerful Desktop Publishing software that helps you create great looking documents of all kinds. It also comes with a lot of support options to help you achieve the best result.
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| First Page
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A freeware Web Authoring Program |
| Splashup
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Online image editor, looks similar to photoshop.. |
| GIMP
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GIMP Freeware Image editor you can download and install, offers a lot of the features found in Photoshop |
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Avira AntiVir Personal Edition (Gizmo's Freeware site) |
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Outpost Firewall Free (Gizmo's Freeware site) |
Google Account - Free - email, great calendar/organiser and Reader for RSS feeds
Why not take a look at the KHS Discussion Forums. Please note, you need to register to take part and post or reply to topics. Once registered we need to verify and approve your membership so it may take 24 hours before you can post, if it takes longer than that please email board admin
Our students are encouraged to keep their own blogs as a learning journal. This gives an opportunity to reflect on their learning and form part of the self-assessment, target setting process. Here are some examples of year 7 ICT students; student1, student2, student3, student4
KHS Wiki (hosted at wiki spaces) . Our students create wikis on this site.
