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Laurie Peterson - Digital Storytelling Tutorial  http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/photostory.html The University of Houston’s, The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling website has a phenomenal, easy to use, Photo Story 3 (PS3) tutorial for novice digital storytellers. Access the site using the link above and click on the Create Tab for the tutorials. After you download PS3 there are eight tutorials to choose from. The first five tutorials provide step by step instructions for using PS 3, customizing motion in PS3, adding computer-created music with PS3, adding narration and other audio with PS3, previewing PS3 and saving PS3. The last three tutorials provide aid in downloading images from the web, putting PS3 on DVD and Sonic DVD for PS3.

Bonnie Breckenridge- PowerPoint Tutorial http://oregonstate.edu/instruction/ed596/ppoint/ppoint1.htm This tutorial was designed to teach students how to begin making a power point in specific classes. The goal for the students is to complete their presentation learning task. . It does not go into great depth or show all that power point offers it simply teaches one how to get started. I like this specific tutorial because it is very simple. It shows pictures and does a good job explaining in words what the students should be doing. I also like how it puts very important phrases and instructions in red bold. This way the students pay extra close attention.

Adam Sharp- What Makes a Successful Online Student? http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/StudentProfile.asp On this particular you are given a tutorial on what kinds of things you need to do to be a successful online student. This site provides you with ten purely effective ways that will make you a better online student. This site is very useful with the expansion of hybrid classes that students are taking now. A few examples that are used include being able to communicate through writing, Being self motivated, and having an open mind. This site provides a good tutorial that will help make taking online courses a lot easier as long as you follow each step.

Ness Garland- The Java Tutorials http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial. This web site is basically a user’s guide to creating programs using Script. The Web site starts off by giving you a step by step instructions o how to use java an evens supplies the programs you will need to download in order to use it. Java is a very helpful program because with it you can create a visual lesson plan for your students in order to reach out to those visual learners. The web site even provides resources for you to use in order to create your lesson plans. Even though the website is limited to using one program for your lesson plan I think it is a very good source to use when creating something visual for your students

Patty Landsly – Smartboard Tutorials [|www.smarttech.com/trainingcenter/index.asp] The smartboard is one of the hottest new technologies to enter the classroom. This interactive whiteboard is more than a chalkboard. It is a computer screen, a projector, and a writing surface with digital ink. Interconnectivity with your classroom computer allows you to display lessons and save students work. The touch sensitive screen allows students to directly interact with the lesson on the board and supplemental functions allow each student to work at their desks and display answers on the larger classroom screen. Many schools are installing smartboards and offering teachers limited basic training on its use. The website offers many different supplemental training options for teachers and users to get the most out of this technology. Two minute tutorials are a quick reference for the basic uses. The site also offers self paced in depth training and live online sessions.

Jake Meyers- Power Point in the Classroom http://www.actden.com/pp/index.htm This tutorial is a free instruction on how to effectively utilize a power point presentation in the classroom. It is an eight step tutorial that walks the educator through the set up of a power point. Common power point terminology is explained and basic knowledge of power point functions is thoroughly expressed. Instruction on how to apply visual stimulus and proper sounds to a power point and then the effects of these components in the classroom are explained. The tutorial even outlines different ways to rehearse and time your power point presentation to keep the instructor on track and effective.

Monica Maurer – Excel Tutorial http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/excel/index.html This website is a free online tutorial on how to use Excel, Microsoft’s spreadsheet program. Having the Excel program already installed on your computer is recommended, since this tutorial suggests that you have the spreadsheet program open while doing the tutorial. It very clearly defines the terms commonly used in Excel and shows a diagram or picture as it describes each step. The tutorial explains how you enter mathematical functions, copy the formulas, format text and numbers, and insert rows and columns. This site would be helpful in a classroom to demonstrate to students how to use Excel, and is organized in an easy-to-follow manner.

Brianna Duvall-Tutorials.Com http://tutorials.learn.com/learncenter.asp?id=178409 Tutorials.Com is a website with over 1,000 courses that you can take online to master whatever program you would like. They offer tutorials for the most important software applications as well as for personal and professional skills development. The programs range from Microsoft Windows, Web Design, Microsoft Office to Leadership, Organizational and Personal Skills. Tutorials.Com is a division of Learn.Com, which is a worldwide leader of instructional coursework and online learning. You can even earn a college credit for some of the courses. You can enroll for a single course or an annual subscription membership. They even offer money back if you are not satisfied with the class as long as it has not been completed. You may also cancel your subscription at any time. There is also a customer service number that you can call for help or to cancel.

Aubrey Findley--Library Research Roadmap http://www.library.yorku.ca/roadmap/ This website is a tutorial to aid students in what they are majoring. It contain different profiles they can choose from for what they are studying. Once they have selected their profile, it tells the assignment and walks the student through what needs to be done. Each section has it own title that has to do with the step they are on. It shows examples of what should be done each step of the way. It is very helpful for the students and it tells them how to complete the assignment most effectively.


 * Meghan Smith-Microsoft Tutorial
 * http://www.microsoft.com/Education/Tutorials.mspx
 * For my tutorial I have chosen the Microsoft office tutorial. I feel that this would be a very advantageous for all students to participate in. I feel that as most  tschools use Microsoft Office in their school it would be very helpful to have students use a website that will help them become acquainted with the system. Also, just from personal experience, I know that some things on Office are difficult when you have never done them before. Therefore, if students were to do a tutorial on the applications that come with Microsoft Office, then the transition to working on computers would be much easier for them.

Stephanie Colby--Lesson Plan Book Tutorial [|http://www.edzone.net/~mwestern/tutorials.html] This website has many tutorials for teachers such as how to make a classroom newsletter and how to make your own lesson plan book. The tutorial was in depth and had step-by-step easy instructions on how to make your lesson plan book. There were also examples on how your lesson plan book should look when you created it but you have to have permission to distribute it to other teachers from Marilyn Western, who created the website. I think this website is very helpful for teachers because as a new teacher, you are not going to know everything you will need for teaching or how to use these materials as well. This helpful website gives you easy instructions for creating certain tools you will definitely need in the classroom.

Adam Padjen- W3Schools online web tutorials http://www.w3schools.com/ This website is a site with a bunch of different tutorials on web building. This is a good site because it has an option for any format you want to design a web page for. It is an easy site to navigate through and it teaches you what you need to know quickly and in a way that anyone can understand. If you are looking to build a webpage for anything in the classroom and need some help getting started this is a good website for anyone. It is very helpful and easy and not hard to use at all.

Crue Harmon - Lesson plan tutorial  [|__http://www.uen.org/tutorial/lessonplan/tutorial/index.shtml__] I was really hoping that I would find a tutorial for making a good lesson plan because I know that I will be able to use it in the future. This website is great, the tutorial starts out as simple as just logging into the website. It then takes you through a series of five very well explained steps with the guided photo on the left side as well as a red outline when you are on certain steps. It not only shows you exactly how to set up a solid lesson plan but it also explains where you should put different information that way your plan is setup the same and correctly every time.

Corey Heisel--math tutorial and training http://www.math.com/ This website is pretty much the math headquarters. It gives several links to other sites based around math and how to teach it. However on this site it also gives several ways to help students with difficulties in math. The topics range from basic math to calculus which is great for any student. This site is great for teaching at any level because it offers some many different styles of teaching. It has puzzles for any level ranging from pre k. to collage level cources. I would deffinently recomend using this site to any student or teacher needing help with math.