SchoolCounselor.com eNewsletter #111
Welcome to SchoolCounselor.com, an electronic newsletter
designed to advance counselors' level of technological literacy,
application, and integration. You will find practical solutions
and answers to technology related problems, especially as they
apply to your job as counselor. If you would like to share a tip
or trick, or if you would like to ask a question, e-mail Russ
Sabella at
newsletter@schoolcounselor.com.
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Highlights from SchoolCounselor.com
eReaders
I've owned a Kindle 2 (http://bit.ly/RZp6y) now for several
months and I love it. As I'm using it and experimenting with it,
I ponder the potential for these types of eReaders to be adopted
in both school counseling and counselor education. I do wonder
if it just a matter of time that readers are adopted as paper
replacements as the advantages seem to already be significant
and will continue to evolve.
Read more and comment ...
SchoolCounselor.com eNewsletter:
eReaders and counseling - What do you think?
http://bit.ly/495kjk
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Must See Videos
Did You Know 4.0
http://www.schoolcounselor.com/videos/2009/09/did-you-know-40.html
Teen Bullying Prevention - A
Cyber Bullying Suicide Story-6
Click here to
view.
Cyberbullying: You Can't Take It Back
Illuminate Cyberbullying
Texting While
Driving (Caution: graphic)
http://www.schoolcounselor.com/videos/2009/08/texting-while-driving-psa.html
Mom Loses Daughter Over 'Sexting,'
http://www.schoolcounselor.com/videos/2009/08/mom-loses-daughter-over.html
Michael Pritchard's water filter
turns filthy water drinkable
http://www.schoolcounselor.com/videos/2009/08/michael-pritchards-water-filter-turns.html
See more videos at:
http://www.schoolcounselor.com/videos/
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TIPS AND TRICKS
Cheetah YouTube Downloader -
Download Videos Fast!
The Cheetah YouTube Downloader will batch download videos
and allow you to save them as MP3, MP4, FLV, Audio CD and a
Video DVD. Use the built in web browser to find the video that
you would like to download. Then add it to your list of videos
and when you are ready, click the "Save Video" button to
download your videos. You can download, convert, and burn your
videos to Audio CD or Video DVD with one click.
http://www.cheetahburner.com/
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Google Calendars and SMS
(texting)
Did you know that you can interact with your Google
Calendar using text messages? The Google Calendar SMS short code
is 48368 or you can remember it as GVENT. First, you’ll have to
register your phone/Mobile device number by following the
directions are
here
(A list of providers can be found
here):
Check your calendar via SMS
To receive a notification with your calendar information,
send a text message containing one of the following commands to
the shortcode '48368' (GVENT):
* 'next': request your next scheduled event
* 'day: request all of your scheduled events for the present day
* 'nday': request your events scheduled for the following day
Please note:
–This feature is available only in the United States at this
time.
– Only event information from your primary calendar will be
retrieved.
– Information is currently only available for events that are
scheduled within 24 hours of the request.
Create an Event via SMS
To create an event on your primary calendar via SMS,
simply send a text message containing your event's details to
the shortcode "GVENT (48368)."
For example, if you send a message with something like "Shopping
with Sarah at Monterey Market 5pm Saturday," Google Calendar can
figure out what you mean and pop the new event into your
calendar.
Please keep in mind that this feature is only available in the
US at this time.
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How to Set Up and Run a Webinar
With DimDim for Free
DimDim is a webinar service that allows you to run
presentations or share your screen with a group of people. They
have a free version, which allows you to run a webcast or
webinar with up to 20 people. You’ll be able to share your
computer screen or web pages. The paid versions allow you to use
a whiteboard, share presentations and have more people attend.
With both the free and paid versions you can record the class to
save it or share with people who couldn’t attend. Here is how to
set up and utilize this helpful service.
http://www.ehow.com/how_5323489_set-up-run-webinar-dimdim.html
You can go strait to DimDim
here.
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Windows Movie Maker is Updated
Windows Live Movie Maker is a new offering that allows
you to easily turn photos and videos into great-looking movies
to share with family and friends across a TV, PC or mobile
device using the most popular camera types and file formats on
the market today.
http://www.moviemakerpreview.com/downloads.aspx
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Pin Frequently Used Documents to
File Menu to Save Time
Here is a quick productivity tip if you work with same
set of Excel (or Word or Powerpoint) documents everyday. Just
pin the documents to recent documents list in the Office Menu in
MS Office 2007.
http://chandoo.org/wp/tag/quick-tip/
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6 Ways to Share Your Documents
Online
Document sharing sites are really helpful for large
organizations, schools and universities; even small business
organizations can represent their clients using these services.
Here are a few of the best online documents sharing sites worth
checking out.
http://www.the20life.com/2009/08/19/6-ways-to-share-your-documents-online/
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“Dealing with PDF Files in
Outlook
As you might know, when you receive an attachment (e.g.,
Word or Excel) in a Microsoft Outlook email, you can single
click on it and preview the file without having to open in it
(double clicking on the file will open it). However, there is
not available a built in previewer for PDF files. This free file
does the trick. After installing, you will be able to preview
PDF files within Microsoft Outlook. The trick though is that,
Foxit must be your default PDF viewer. If not, it will launch
Acrobat and defeat the whole purpose of the quick preview. I
recommend Foxit over Adobe as a PDF reader anyway.
To download free Foxit PDF reader (click
here).
To download the Foxit PDF viewer:
a. If you are using Windows Vista, download Foxit PDF Preview
Handler (Alternate Link Vista).
http://www.box.net/public/syl2dsag1g
b. If you are using Windows XP and have Outlook 2007, install
Foxit PDF Previewer for XP (Alternate Link XP).
http://timheuer.s3.amazonaws.com/FoxPDFPSrv.zip
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Microsoft Outlook: Print an
address book
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP030656981033.aspx
WORTHY WEBSITES AND SOFTWARE
Find Out if That E-Mail Is a
Hoax
This site catalogs and debunks the hundreds of Internet hoaxes
and urban legends that continue to make the e-mail rounds.
http://www.snopes.com/
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Youth, Pornography, and the
Internet Free Book
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=youth_internet&page=index.html
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Internet Safety 3.0.
Both the Internet and the way young people use technology
are constantly changing, but Internet safety messages change
very slowly if at all. A few years ago, some of us in the Net
safety community started talking about how to adjust our
messaging for the much more interactive "Web 2.0." And we did
so, based on the latest research as it emerged. But even those
messages are starting to get a bit stale….
Now it's time for Internet Safety 3.0.
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WatchKnow
Just think: hundreds of thousands of great short videos,
and other media, explaining every topic taught in schools, in
every major language on Earth. WatchKnow--as in, "You watch, you
know"--is trying to do this.
http://www.watchknow.org/
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Kindlepedia
Kindlepedia is your tool to format articles from
Wikipedia to read on your Kindle - or any other ereader that
supports Mobipocket files.
http://www.edukindle.com/kindlepedia/
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GuardingKids.com Blog
Just updated, this website supports Dr. Russell Sabella's
work on educating children, parents, educators and other stake
holders about the responsible use of technology. Included in
these pages you will find helpful resources, lesson plans,
links, and more. Russ's most recent book and workshops are
primary resources for meeting this mission.
http://guardingkids.com
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Volumouse
I use this one everyday. Volumouse turns your
mouse's click wheel into a volume dial. Already at your
fingertips, it's both convenient and intuitive. And you don't
have to open a menu to use it.
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/volumouse.html
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LinkBunch lets you put
multiple links into one small link which you can share over IM,
Twitter, email or even a mobile phone SMS.
http://linkbun.ch/
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The Internet as a Diversion
Three-quarters of online economic users--those Americans
who use the internet to keep up with news about the economic
recession or their own personal finances--go online to relax and
take their minds off of the recession, according to an April
2009 survey by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American
Life Project. Listening to music and watching online videos are
among the most common of the activities we evaluated; roughly
half of all online economic users have done each of these
activities to relax. Approximately one-third of online economic
users have played online games or chatted with friends (on a
social networking site, listserv or other online group), while
an additional 22% have taken their minds off of their economic
or financial circumstances by creating or posting content
online. Young Americans in particular go online in great numbers
to relax by watching videos, listening to music, playing games
or chatting with friends.
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/16--The-Internet-As-A-Diversion.aspx
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Photo Recovery Programs
Source: Komando.com
At some point in time, it’s happened to all of us: we’ve
accidentally deleted photos from a memory card or hard drive.
But this doesn’t mean that your precious memories are gone for
good. Most memory card manufacturers offer software to recover
images. For a fee, of course. Additionally, you can purchase
third-party programs to recover images.
http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=2938
Data Boot
Camp for School Counselors
and Administrators - CD
Russell A. Sabella, Ph.D.
 My newest CD is designed
to help you become more proficient in using Microsoft
Excel™ to make data an important part of your
comprehensive school counseling program. From
data-driven decision making, to monitoring progress, to
reporting the positive impact you're having on kids --
this CD will demystify how it's done.
With the Data Boot Camp for School Counselors and
Administrators, what you see and hear on the videos is
what you do. At your fingertips, you'll have access to
30 videos and lots of graphics, tips, tricks, and
resourceful links. This straightforward step-by-step
approach makes learning how to use Microsoft Excel™ (and
a bit of PowerPoint™) as easy and convenient as watching
television. Data Boot Camp will help school counseling
students, practitioners, administrators, and counselor
educators to more easily unlock the power of data so you
can more effectively support student achievement.
The content on the CD is equivalent to a full-day
workshop in the computer lab!
Visit and learn more about the contents of the CD and
view a couple of sample videos (Remember, these samples
may take a few moments to load because you are online.
However, on the CD, this is not an issue because the
videos are all located on the CD itself!).
http://www.schoolcounselor.com/store/data-bootcamp.htm
$18.95 (FREE shipping)
Please allow 5-7 working days to arrive
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Youtube.com Education Channel
Did you know about this?
http://www.youtube.com/edu
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JUST FOR FUN
Could you pass a driving test?
You'll answer a quick set of questions. Then, you'll get
a grade on the test. If you want, you can post it to Facebook,
Twitter or your blog.
http://www.autoinsurance.org/driving_test/
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iDig Network announced
this week the launch of iDigRadio, which launches more than 990
radio stations from over 40 different countries.
Source:
Research Buzz
http://www.idigradio.com/
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Google Fast Flip
A new way to display news articles.
http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/
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