Posted on 27 August 2008, 1:11 am, by Tim Dolan, under
Online tools.
Google Docs is an online office suite, like a cut down version of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc). It runs in your web browser and stores your documents online making them available from any computer. Google Docs makes it easy to collaborate on and share Text documents, spreadsheets and presentations. There are lots of [...]
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Posted on 26 August 2008, 9:49 pm, by Tim Dolan, under
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One of the best features of web browsers when they first became popular with start of the mass use of the Internet back in the 90s was the ability to save, or bookmark, favourite web sites. Making it easy to find them again. Bookmarks are still a major feature of all browsers and there have [...]
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Posted on 19 August 2008, 7:23 pm, by Tim Dolan, under
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The URL (Universal Resource Locator) is the address of a webpage, for example the URL for this site’s homepage is classroomtech.org.uk. Not all websites or web pages have such snappy and easy to remember addresses. Try telling students (or expecting them to type) addresses like http://www.members.aol.com/ukhostmths/mathson/maths/shape/curve/curve1.htm or even worse random addresses like the ones you [...]