-+What's+on+Your+Thinkpad?

= What's on Your ThinkPad? =

Click onthe program tab on your ThinkPad and up pops a staggering list of programs available to you. Overwhelming? Of course. How are you supposed to know what ooVoo and GIMP are, let alone how you can use them in your classroom? On this page you will find an explanation of all the programs available to you on your CFF teachers laptops and how they can be intergrated into your curriculum. Additional tutorials can be found for most tools under Resources Links For Teachers located on the left navigation bar.

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 * [|Adobe Design Premium CS3 -] creative suite of professional design tools
 * Bridge CS3 - visual media management tool
 * ExtendScript Toolkit 2
 * Extnesion Manager CS3
 * Device Central CS3
 * Dreamweaver CS3 - incorporate cascading style sheets (CSS) into web design
 * Flash CS3 Professional -
 * Illustrator CS3 - inspired vector graphics to color, paint, crop, and trace images
 * InDesign CS3 - creative visual effects
 * Photoshop CS3 - digital imaging
 * Stock Photos CS3 - royalty-free image database
 * D[|ebuugmode/WINK] software that can be used to create presentations and "how-to-use" software tutorials; capture screenshots, add text/explanation boxes, insert navigational buttons, and wide range of other elements used to create high effective tutorials for your students
 * __[|GIMP]__ - (GNU Image Manipulation Program) free graphic editor use to process digital graphics and photos; typical uses include creating graphics and logos, resizing and cropping photos, altering colors, combining multiple images, removing unwanted image features, and converting between different image formats
 * [|Google Earth -] is a virtual globe, map and geographic information program; displays satellite images of varying resolution of the Earth's surface, allowing users to visually see things like cities and houses looking perpendicularly down or at an oblique angle, with perspective (see also bird's eye view); can be used to create virtual field trips and tours (see [|Wikipedia Google Earth f]or further explanation); Try History Tours to find pre-made tours and how to create your own.
 * __[|HunterStone THESIS -]__ The Curriculum Standards Toolkit allows educators to define and upload a library of Curriculum Standards and assign those standards to documents within a Microssoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Site.
 * [|iTunes]- Apple's digital media player that allows you to download music, video, and podcasts directly to your iPOD, mp3, or desktop.
 * __Learning Essentials for Microsoft Office 2.0__ - provides education-specific tools for students and educators to get the most out of their familiar Microsoft Office applications; offers curriculum-based templates and toolbars for Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
 * __Microsoft Office 2007__
 * [|Access]- database management system
 * [|Excel]- spreadsheet application
 * [|InfoPath]- develop database entry forms
 * [|Outlook]- personal information manager with an email application; includes a calender, task manager, contact manager, notetaking, journaling, and a web browser.
 * [|PowerPoint]- presentation program
 * [|Publisher] - desktop publishing application
 * [|Word]- word processing software
 * O[|oVoo]- free chat and videoconferencing software //(currently blocked by Smart filter)//
 * __[|Quicktime]__ - a multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc., capable of handling various formats of digital video, media clips, sound, text, animation, music, and interactive panoramic images.
 * [|Skype] - a free program that allows users to instant messge, file transfer and best of all, videoconference. Requires microphone, speakers, and webcam.