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Highlights from SchoolCounselor.com

SchoolCounselor.com Must See Videos

•         Notebook: Cyber Bullying (CBS News)

•         The Megan Pledge

•         Bullycide in America

•         Can World's Strongest Dad

•         Stephen Wiltshire: The Human Camera

•         Dove Evolution

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Technology Tools for Calendaring

http://www.schoolcounselor.com/pubs/calendaring.htm

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Technologies for Communication/Collaboration

http://www.schoolcounselor.com/pubs/communication-tools.htm

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Using Video for your Presentations

http://www.schoolcounselor.com/resources/videos-ppt.htm

TIPS AND TRICKS

Public Speaking Strategies and Tips

" It is the vice of our public speaking that it has not abandonment. Somewhere, not only every orator but every man should let out all the length of all the reins; should find or make a frank and hearty expression of what force and meaning is in him." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

http://www.eduhound.com/cttarchives/030608ctt.cfm

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Microsoft PowerPoint: 2003 and 2007 Presenter View

Would you like to have access to your slide notes during a presentation—without printing? Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 features a multiple-monitor view that can display your presentation on one monitor and your notes on another monitor. But your computer must have two video cards, a requirement that only professional presentation computers are likely to possess.

With Presenter view in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, you can use your notebook computer's dual monitor capability to display the presentation on an external monitor (like a projector) and display your notes, thumbnails of the upcoming slides, and a presentation timer on your local monitor.

To enable Presenter view:

1. On the Slide Show tab, in the Monitors section, click the Use Presenter View check box.

2. Select which monitor will display the external slide show.

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Call for Manuscripts: Perspectives in Peer Programs

Perspectives in Peer Programs (PPP), a peer refereed on-line journal, invites original manuscripts related to peer helping, including peer assisted learning, tutoring, mediation, listening, mentoring, leadership, and ministry. The PPP is published by the National Association of Peer Programs (NAPP).

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Bully: Scholarship Edition

A coalition of groups representing four million teachers in several countries is urging retailers to refuse to sell a controversial video game about school bullying, reports Jill Mahoney for the Globe and Mail (Canada). The game, "Bully: Scholarship Edition," features a shaven-head teenager who adjusts to life at a new boarding school by harassing others, which the organization says glorifies bullying. The group spearheading the call to ban sales says there is a link between violent video games and aggressive behavior in children, with some studies support this conclusion while others do not. However, calling for a ban is like "flailing at windmills" when it comes to actually confronting bullying, said Michael Hoechsmann, an assistant professor at McGill University and an expert on the role of violence in video games. "As tempting as it may seem, I'm not so certain that banning this will somehow result in a more peaceful and more loving school population," he thinks. In addition, Hoechsmann noted that he hasn't found any evidence suggesting that playing a violent video game results in violent actions.

http://tinyurl.com/2lohxn

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25 Questions, 25 Answers

How can you make Vista less annoying? Or back up your data easily? Or preserve your pricey new HDTV's picture? We've got solutions for these and 22 other common tech conundrums.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,141702-page,4-c,peripherals/article.html#6

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Google Calendar Sync: Getting Started

Google Calendar Sync allows you to sync events between Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook Calendar. You'll be able to determine the direction of information flow, as well as the sync frequency. Staying on top of your Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook Calendar events has never been easier! Keep in mind that it's not possible to sync events on secondary calendars at this time. Google Calendar Sync will only sync events from your primary Google Calendar and your default Microsoft Outlook calendar.

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Picnik’s Gone Free

 Picnik makes your photos fabulous with easy to use yet powerful editing tools. Tweak to your heart’s content, then get creative with oodles of effects, fonts, shapes, and frames.

It's fast, easy, and fun. And, now there is a free version. With the help of advertising, everyone now has access to Picnik’s multitudinous Effects, Frames, Touch-up Tools, Shapes and Fonts. And we’ve set aside some extra delicious goodies for our lucky Premium users.

http://www.picnik.com/

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The Awesome Highlighter

Have you ever received a link from a friend, but weren't sure why? The Awesome Highlighter allows you to highlight text in a webpage so that when you send a link you can be certain the recipient will know why.

http://www.awesomehighlighter.com/

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Gratuitous Advice on Giving a Talk

This site contains advice on how to tweak the content and aesthetics of slides so that your audience doesn't fall asleep or leave despising you.

http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/powerpointadvice.htm

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EatLime

Brilliant new file sharing web site EatLime expedites online file sharing by allowing your friends to begin downloading the file as soon as you start uploading it, meaning you don't have to wait for the file to finish uploading before they begin downloading. You can share files up to 1GB with a free registration or up to 100MB with no registration.

http://www.eatlime.com/

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Publishing Google docs to your blog

http://bavatuesdays.com/publishing-google-docs-to-your-blog/

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Buzz.com

Source: Digital Inspiration

Telephone company AT&T has launched a nice blog aggregator (called Buzz) that collects the most popular stories from blogs across different categories such as Technology, Sports, Gossip, etc. While you are reading a story on Buzz, you also get to see reactions from other blogs on the same story which I think is really useful. And if you are doing something else like checking e-mail or reading another site, Buzz has a 3D avatar that can read the current story for you in the background. Not bad either.

http://www.buzz.com/

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WORTHY WEBSITES AND SOFTWARE

BurnAware

BurnAware allows you to easily perform the most common disc burning operations: write to all CD/DVD media types, including Blu-Ray (BD-R/BD-RE); create and burn disc images; write multi-session discs; verify the integrity of files; burn your compilations directly on optical media, without having to wait for hard drive staging first and much more. Its proprietary burning algorithm provides the highest level or fault-tolerance, error-free burning and data integrity. BurnAware Free Edition has a modern interface and supports Windows NT/2000/XP and Vista (32 and 64 bit). The application is free and contains absolutely no adware or annoying banners.

http://www.glorylogic.com/

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Obsolete Skills

Robert Scoble came up with the idea in a recent blog post to make a list of 'obsolete skills.' He describes these skills as things we used to know that are no longer very useful to us.

http://obsoleteskills.com/

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Kind Acts Foundation

The Kind Acts Foundation is a privately funded non-profit organization offering our nation's PK-12 teachers an easy and free way to honor their students for kind deeds. With a quick online request, teachers can receive a personalized certificate and a Kind Acts lapel pin for their student(s). Certificates and pins are mailed directly to the teacher for presentation. For more information and to recognize a student, visit http://www.KindActs.org

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Avery DesignPro™ 5.0

Avery DesignPro™ 5.0 is creative design and print software which contains a full range of Avery products. Avery DesignPro™ 5.0 contains over 600 templates. With a wide range of 3,500 clipart images (only in the CD version) it's perfect for greeting cards, photo and business card designs, media labels, addressing and so much more! In order to download the DesignPro™ 5.0 software you have to be a member of Avery Club (free).

http://www.avery.se/se1/downloads/design5.jsp

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Grandview Elementary School Student News

Example of how students can promote ideas via Podcasting and other media. How could you leverage kids and technology to promote school counseling competencies?

http://www.grandviewlibrary.org/Fold/GrandviewNews.aspx

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wikiHow: Articles with the term “guidance counselor”

wikiHow is a collaborative writing project to build the world's largest, highest quality how-to manual. With your edits, we can create a free resource that helps millions of people by offering solutions to the problems of everyday life. wikiHow currently contains 33,027 articles — written, edited, and maintained primarily by volunteers. Please join us by writing on a topic not yet covered, or editing an article that someone else has started.

Here is another search using the term “school counselor.”

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Kids and Porn Online- it's far worse than you think!

Kids and Porn Online...It's Far Worse Than You Think

Almost 50% of Young People Between 10 and 17 Have Admitted to Being Exposed to Porn Online According to a Recent Report.

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Scribd

Recognized as the YouTube of documents, Scribd lets you upload Word, PDF, text (.txt), PowerPoint, Excel, PostScript, and LIT (.lit) files for private use or public sharing. As on YouTube, files may not appear instantaneously.

http://www.scribd.com/

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Windows Live SkyDrive

This site offers 500MB of free file storage. Share uploaded files with the world or with selected friends (Windows Live ID required), or keep them private.

http://skydrive.live.com/

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KidsClick: WebSearch for Kids by Librarians

Source: Digital Smarts Blog by Power to Learn

When looking for a place to help your children find information they need for reports and projects, try KidsClick. This is a Web search site developed by librarians, who have left their stamp of approval on the sites linked to from KidsClick. The site features 600+ subjects that can be searched by topic, a letter of the alphabet, keyword, and even Dewey Decimal Classification. Every entry gives you and your kids not only a brief description of the site, but also whether it includes illustrations, and what the reading level of the site is. For example, if your kids are researching the topic Bears, KidsClick lets you know that Polar Bears is appropriate for reading levels 0-2 and that Nature: Great White Bear is for reading levels 7+. KidsClick is definitely a site to add to the family Favorites or Bookmarks in your web browser.

http://www.kidsclick.org/

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JUST FOR FUN

Motivator: Create your own customized motivational poster – Inspire! Motivate! Mock!

Create your own customized motivational posters. Armed with a digital camera and that non-stop wit of yours, you now have the power to turn a simple photograph into a humorous or inspirational message. Print it, frame it! Make two—we know you've got hundreds of digital images and photos to spare! Make your own inspirational, funny, parody, sports or other posters. Perfect for the office, schools, teachers, coaches, as announcements, for parties, invitations, and a lot more.

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/motivator.php

Or, order real posters here.

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NAUPA

This Is Your Official Portal to The Government Agencies That Are Safeguarding Unclaimed Property Funds Totaling In Excess of $32.8 Billion

http://unclaimed.org/

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Kijiji

Free classifieds. You can also browse items for sale in your area. And you can search job postings and community events. Best of all, you won’t get any ink on your fingers!

http://www.kijiji.com/

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Evolution of Microsoft Word for Windows (1989-2007)

A trip down memory lane

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Games for the Brain

here is what one person says about this site, “A cool little website chock full of neat games that make your head hurt. (...) The best part is, after you waste a good part of an hour playing them you can reassure yourself that it was time well spent and that you're that much smarter for the playing.”

http://www.gamesforthebrain.com/

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Jango

If you're tired of tuning in to the same old music, try shaking things up with Jango. Similar to sites like Pandora and Last.fm, Jango streams custom Internet radio stations based on your favorite artists. But it goes way beyond playing DJ; the beta version I tested integrates a social aspect that makes it fun to discover new music by matching you with like-minded listeners.

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