============================================================= TeAch-nology.com's- Weekly Tips For Teachers **Issue #26** "The Web Portal For Educators!" We're up to 3012 subscribers http://www.teach-nology.com ============================================================= This newsletter is only sent to the users of TeAch-nology.com, but feel free to forward it to all your friends. ============================================================= 1. Teaching with Technology Site of the week- CollegeRecruiter.com- http://www.collegerecruiter.com/ CollegeRecruiter.com is used by students who are seeking part time jobs or internships and graduates who are seeking full time career or continuing education opportunities. CollegeRecruiter.com is also used by employers and schools to recruit students and graduates from post-secondary schools, including colleges, universities, junior colleges, community colleges, technical schools and vocational schools. For employers and schools, their high traffic site (400,000 visits per month) offers the advantages of effectively targeting and reaching a large number of bright and energetic entry level candidates at a very low cost. ============================================================= 2. A greatly reduced rate on books for Teachers! Get 8 hardcover kids' books for only $1.99 (plus s&h and applicable sales tax)! The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr., Seuss(tm); Who Are You, Sue Snue?; The Best Mistake Ever! And Other Stories, by Richard Scarry; Arthur's Reading Race, by Marc Brown; Sleepy Dog, Harriet Ziefert; Thomas and the School Trip; and Berenstain's A Book, by Stan and Jan Berenstain. There is NO OBLIGATION and NO CREDIT CARD REQUIRED! Bring them into your home today! 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Click below to visit this site: http://by.advertising.com/1/c/22592/8276// ------------------------------------------------------------- AOL users click here ============================================================= 7. Ask A Technology Expert- Note: For the users own privacy last name's and school name's have been removed from these questions. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> A question from Anonymous: "Hello my name is chris ______ i go to ______ academy. I met the lead shareholder of this website or company who is one of the schools trusties and i met her in the lab at the middle school i was wondering how to create games with cool graphics were do i go??" <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> TeAch-nology.com's response: We encourage you to try your hand at learning how to write simple programs (games). Before you begin to develop games for use over the web, you should have a advanced understanding of HTML. A good site to start learning HTML can be found at: The Bare Bones Guide To HTML- http://werbach.com/barebones/ Once you completely understand the front-end (what users see) and back-end (what users don't see) programming with HTML, you're ready to move up to creating games.You'll notice that our site offers two types of arcades. Our basic games page has games that were made using one of two types of coding languages: Java and JavaScript. Our animated arcade has games developed in both Flash and JavaScript. The easiest code to recognize is our battleship game, which is coded entirely in JavaScript. Out of all of the languages that we use for coding games, this probably is the easiest to learn. A great site for learning this type of coding is: http://www.javascriptguide.com/ When you've got JavaScript under your belt, you're ready to move onto Java. This language is a lot more difficult to learn if you are new at programming. A great site to get you started on Java is: http://www.javacoffeebreak.com/ Once you have coded your first Java game successfully, you're ready for Flash/Shockwave programming. Flash-based programming is becoming very popular. One of the best sites for Flash programmers is: http://www.help4flash.com/ Beware that along the way you may need to purchase some software to help you on your journey. There are a great number of free editors available for Java and JavaScripta and you can find them at download.com. For Flash programming, you will need to purchase a copy of Macromedia's Flash editor, version 5.0 was just released. If you're new to programming for the web. You will run into frustration along the way, just keep in mind there are plenty of experts in this field that offer free help, we would recommend the allexperts.com network for specific questions. Good Luck! <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> A question from Lorenzo, M.D.: "What WEB site, program or CD can teach me Powerpoint to be able to elaborate presentations with the sophistication of your monthly motivator. Thanks, Lorenzo ______ M.D." <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> TeAch-nology.com's response: PowerPoint's current capabilities does not allow you to deliver highly animated/interactive media for the web. Our monthly motivator is coding in Flash. PowerPoint allows you to make very static web-based presentations. If you would like to learn how to use the advanced functions of PowerPoint for off-line presentation delivery, there are a number of methods for doing this, as your question indicated. It really depends on your learning style. If you learn well from on-line sources, we would suggest: www.myhelpdesk.com. This site will help you learn just about any software application for free. The free service covers a great number of the advanced functions of PowerPoint. If you have like to read more about this, we would suggest "PowerPoint 2000 Essentials Advanced", by Linda Bird; Prentice Hall; ISBN: 1580762867. This book covers all the advanced functions and does a great job of it. It runs just under $20.00. If you are a visual learner, we would suggest the book "Teach Yourself PowerPoint 97 Visually", by Ruth Maran; ISBN: 076456062X. We haven't come across the 2000 update for this edition. We have seen hundreds of people pick up this book and end up making great presentations in a few weeks. The pictures make it easy to understand. It runs just under $30.00. As far as CDs, we have yet to see an outstanding, easy to use CD. There are a great number of CDs, but they are very user unfriendly. Hope this helps! <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ************************************************************* To ask the TeAch-nology.com staff a technology question go to: http://www.teach-nology.com/help/ask_a_tech_expert/ ************************************************************* ============================================================= 9. New fundraiser allows school FREE on-line support! Parents can support your school while they shop at schoolcash! Shop at their online mall of over 250 merchants, and your school gets up to 20% of every purchase. We checked them out and it to be reliable. Start now! Click Below To Visit This Site: http://by.advertising.com/1/c/22592/8113// --------------------------------------------------------------- AOL users click here ============================================================= 10. 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