SchoolCounselor.com
eNewsletter #119
June 14th, 2010
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
Top 5 Training Topics
for School Counselors
http://www.schoolcounselor.com/top5training.htm
Must See Videos
New videos have been added since the last issue:
Copy Machines, a
Security Risk?
http://counselingvideos.blogspot.com/2010/06/copy-machines-security-risk.html
Laugh at the Fat Kid
http://counselingvideos.blogspot.com/2010/06/laugh-at-fat-kid.html
The 7-steps model of solution-focused change
http://counselingvideos.blogspot.com/2010/06/7-steps-model-of-solution-focused.html
This drummer is at the Wrong Gig
http://counselingvideos.blogspot.com/2010/06/this-drummer-is-at-wrong-gig.html
Breakfast at Ginger's-
Golden Retriever Dog Eats With Hands
http://counselingvideos.blogspot.com/2010/06/breakfast-at-gingers-golden-retriever.html
Jessica's "Daily Affirmation"
http://counselingvideos.blogspot.com/2010/06/jessicas-daily-affirmation.html
Plagiarism case threatens graduation
http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/hamilton_county/plagiarism-case-threatens-graduation
Tony Get's His Butt Kicked - Cyberbully PSA
http://counselingvideos.blogspot.com/2010/05/tony-gets-his-butt-kicked-cyberbully.html
Star Fish Story - Making a Difference Every Day
http://counselingvideos.blogspot.com/2010/05/youtube-star-fish-story-making.html
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Postings from Russ Sabella ...
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Keeping Kids Out of High Tech Trouble.
This blog 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.blogspot.com/
- SchoolCounselor.com eNewsletter.
The SchoolCounselor.com e-Newsletter is an
electronic publication 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.
http://counselingtechnology.blogspot.com/
- Must See Videos.
When I see a video that would be useful,
inspiring, enlightening among counselors, I post
it here.
http://counselingvideos.blogspot.com/
- Twitter.
Postings about all things counseling, life,
humor, and more.
http://twitter.com/rsabella
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Public Service
Announcement
His
Dream... Our Mission...
Help Restore History
My hometown of Cape Coral, FL is
proud to display one of only three original Iwo
Jima Statues. The statue is deteriorating. It
was a wish of one of our local fallen soldiers
and friend, Craig T. Fuller, to restore the
statue and that is just what his friends and
family endeavor to do. The Cape Coral community
has worked very hard to raise half of the
$85,000 needed to do this. You can help them
with the rest with a small donation.
It would have made Craig proud to
know that the statue that he loved and that was
so dear to his heart will finally be restored
with your help.
Visit
http://www.craigtfuller.com/ for more info
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Facebook Monitoring
Facebook has made
headlines over the years, much more than just once
or twice, for its "confusing,
complex and shifting privacy policies and
"bewildering tangle of options." These sites will
help you (not guarantee you) to stay private and secure.
ReclaimPrivacy.org
This website provides an independent and open tool
for scanning your Facebook privacy settings. I took it
for a test run and it is actually amazing (easy and
effective).
http://www.reclaimprivacy.org/facebook
openbook
This one is a bit on the raunchy side although very
effective for learning more about what others can see in
public from your Facebook account.
http://youropenbook.org/
Street0.com
Similar to open book, this site helps you discover
what is made available to the public in Facebook.
http://www.street0.com/
Leo Laporte Deletes His Facebook Account
(Youtube)
Leo deletes his personal Facebook account live on
This Week In Google (TWiG) on May 12, 2010. Co-hosts
Gina Trapani and Jeff Jarvis and guest Doc Searls cheer
him on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_y7mMlKgjY
Diaspora
This project is poised to replace Facebook. They
(Maxwell, Daniel, Raphael and Ilya) define the project
as: "the privacy aware, personally controlled, do-it-all
distributed open source social network."
http://www.joindiaspora.com/project.html
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TIPS AND TRICKS
FreeOCR.net is a scan and OCR
(Optical Character Recognition) program and good for
extracting text from scanned PDF documents. Moreover,
images from scanned PDF documents can be selected and
placed on the clipboard.
http://freeocr.co.uk/
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Reuse a Favorite Chart by Using a Chart
Template
To reuse a favorite chart that you customized to meet
your needs, you can save that chart as a chart template
(*.crtx) in the charts template folder. A chart template
that you create is in reality a custom chart type that
you can apply like any other chart type. Instead of
re-creating the chart, you can apply the chart template
to the worksheet data when you create a new chart. You
can also change the chart type of an existing chart by
applying a chart template. If you no longer need a
specific chart template, you can remove it from the
charts template folder or you can delete it from your
computer.
http://bit.ly/c6tm4t
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pptPlex uses Plex technology to give
you the power to zoom in and out of slide sections and
move directly between slides that are not sequential in
your presentation. Watch the videos below to see how
pptPlex can help you organize and present information in
a non-linear fashion. Test drive pptPlex and wow your
audience with your next presentation.
http://www.officelabs.com/projects/pptPlex/Pages/default.aspx
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Calendar Nexus, Vertex42's directory of free
printable calendars and templates.
The calendars are available in the following formats:
Adobe PDF (.pdf), Microsoft Excel (.xls), and GIF image
(.gif).
http://www.vertex42.com/calendars/
These photo calendars are beautiful.
http://www.vertex42.com/calendars/photo-calendar.html
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How To Use Drop Caps To Enhance Your Text In
Microsoft Word
A drop cap is the first letter of a paragraph that's
of a much bigger size than the rest that follow. The
letter formatting is such that the letter 'drops down'
to cover the few lines following the first one. Drop
caps have been extensively used, from the early days of
printing to the advent of web publishing.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/drop-caps-enhance-text-microsoft-word/
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ChatRide is an awesome way to webcam with
your friends.
http://www.chatride.com/
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Notalon is an application designed
to make taking Cornell notes faster and easier. It is
written specifically for the task of taking Cornell
notes, unlike a word processor. The Cornell note-taking
system contains two essential features: headings and
text. Although the term was originally conceived as part
of an efficient method of studying, it is now also used
to describe a specific document layout. Documents in
this format contain a 2.5-inch wide column for headings,
and a 6-inch wide column for the text. Headings in the
first column must be aligned with the corresponding
text, and are used to index and summarize the contents
of the text.
http://notalon.sourceforge.net/
Direct download link
More student tools
here.
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42goals is a simple tool for tracking your daily
goals and keeping a log of your daily activities.
http://42goals.com/
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Fear.less: Magazine With Inspirational
Stories Online
Reading inspirational stories on how people get
through impossible obstacles can help us overcome our
own fears. Fear.less is a free online magazine that
compiles various stories from individuals who have
survived extreme situations to encourage people going
through tough times.
http://fearlessstories.com/
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YouTube Downloader
This simple freeware application works pretty well,
given how basic the interface is. It has two main
features: to download FLV files from YouTube, and to
convert them to most major formats. If there's a YouTube
URL in your clipboard, it will automatically paste it
for you when you click on the dialog box. From there,
just hit OK and the downloading will commence. One more
left-click is all it takes to load the file in the
converter, which supports iPhone, iPod, PSP, cell phone,
AVI, MP3, WMV, and Xvid. Surprisingly, there's also a
basic video editor for cropping videos by time stamp.
You can also cut out the sound when converting.
http://bit.ly/bFPzei
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WORTHY WEBSITES AND SOFTWARE
Shareaholic
Shareaholic is the simplest way to share, spread, and
save interesting webpages via your social networks,
email, blogs, IM, and more.
http://www.shareaholic.com/
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AVG LinkScanner® puts you one step
ahead of the Data Snatchers by analyzing every website
behind every link you click or type into your internet
browser. LinkScanner® lets you know if the webpage you
are visiting is safe before you even get there.
http://linkscanner.avg.com/
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Cyberbullying Tips from Common Sense Media
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/cyberbullying-tips
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Virtual Magnifying Glass Portable is
the handy Virtual Magnifying Glass utility packaged in
PortableApps.com Format so you can easily use a screen
magnifier on any PC you use. Virtual Magnifying Glass
Portable is a full-featured screen magnifying glass that
allows you to zoom in on an area of the screen for
better readability. It's also handy for people with
visual impairments. With a variable zoom (1-20x),
configurable size, hot-key support (CTRL-ALT-e) and lots
of other great features, it's a great addition to any
portable arsenal.
http://portableapps.com/apps/accessibility/virtual_magnifying_glass_portable
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Ninite
Install multiple free apps at once without toolbars
or clicking Next.
http://ninite.com/
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Microsoft Offers Web-based Office
Applications for Free
Source: Gizmo's
Freeware
In a direct response to the popular free Google Apps
service Microsoft has quietly launched the beta version
of its own free online suite of office programs. Called
"Office Web Apps" it offers free online versions of
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint
and Microsoft OneNote. Even better they are giving users
25 GB of free online storage to store their documents on
Microsoft's SkyDrive service.
Click
here
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HamsterSync is a Outlook 2007 Addin
to synchronize Google/Outlook 2007 contacts. It supports
one or two way automatic synchronization.
Synchronization is based on contacts' full name.
Synchronized fields include phone numbers, emails,
addresses, and categories/groups, all other fields are
not synchronized at this point.
Source:
Life rocks 2.0
http://www.macroschema.com/node/4
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Fotoflexer
Remove backgrounds from photos without Photoshop
http://fotoflexer.com/start.php
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Make Your Own Free Multipurpose Web Page With
Google Sites
Of course, if anyone could simplify the website
creation process even more than most other free website
creator tools, it would be Google. The nice thing is
that your Google Site is tied directly to your Google
account, so you never have to worry about remembering
what the site was or the URL, just log into your Google
account, go to Google Sites, and there it is.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-multipurpose-web-pages-google-sites/
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JUST FOR FUN
Wolfram Tones is an online sound
generator that can help you create 100% original
patterns of music that you can download to your cell
phone and use as a ringtone. You'll get a different tone
every time you press the composition button. The
generated tones are generally shorter than traditional
music and, when you install one as a ringtone, your
phone will automatically repeat it. The default duration
of a ringtone is 30 seconds but you can easily increase
it to 300 seconds.
http://tones.wolfram.com/generate/
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tintii takes full colour photos and
processes them into black and white with some select
regions highlighted in colour. The technique is known as
colour popping or selective colouring - tintii makes it
easy.
http://www.indii.org/software/tintii
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HotCal is an Easy to Use Weight, Exercise,
and Calorie Tracker
http://www.hotcal.com/
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In 20 years
7,383,060 people already peeked into the future. Are
you ready to be next?
http://in20years.com/
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Garage Sales Tracker
This site offers individuals the ability to advertise
garage sales on the internet. We strive to make
advertising yard sales as effective and efficient as
possible.
http://www.garagesalestracker.com/
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