Computers & Technology Resources
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Periodicals |
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- The Art, Science, and Engineering of Programming Provides scholarly works related to computer programming.
- Macworld Reviews Apple products and related software.
- MIT Technology Review Reports the latest technology developments.
- PC World View hardware and software reviews, how-tos, PC news, and more.
- Wired Delves into the breakthroughs and innovations taking place now that will impact our tomorrow.
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History |
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- Computer History Museum Discover how computers were developed as well as the history of the Internet and more. The museum is located in San Jose, California.
- A History of Apple Computers Provides an overview of the history of Apple Computers up to the death of Steve Jobs.
- Hobbes' Internet Timeline Documents the history of the development of the Internet by Robert Hobbes Zakon.
- Intel Museum Explores the history of Intel and the development of the silicon chip.
- National Museum of Computing This British museum contains the largest collection of working historic computers. Its website has a timeline of the history of Microsoft, a virtual tour, teacher resources, and more.
- Old Web Today View sites using old web browsers such as Netscape Navigator, early Internet Explorer, Apple Safari, and more.
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Basic Skills |
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- Google Docs Training and Help Learn the basics of Google Docs includes cheat sheets, templates, productivity guides, tips, and more.
- Internet Skills Tutorials GCF Global provides tutorials on Internet basics and browsers, online safety, social media, email, and Google. There are also teacher guides.
- Take a Screen Shot Shows how to take screen shots on a PC, Mac, and a variety of devices.
- Tech Terms Dictionary of computer and technology terms.
- Typing Club This free site teaches you how to learn how to type without looking at the keyboard.
- Typing.Com Learn how to type with these tutorials.
- Typing Lessons A great site to learn how to type or to improve your typing skills.
- Typing Special Characters: Microsoft Keyboards - Standard English Provides the codes to type symbols for Microsoft programs. Macintosh keyboards are also available).
- Webopedia This resource is a dictionary of computer and technology terms.
- What Is.Com Defines computer and technology terms.
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Internet |
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- Internet Scout Project From the University of Wisconsin-Madison's College of Letters and Sciences, this site's purpose is to find the best resources for locating, evaluating, and providing the best online sources.
- Print Friendly This site allows you to print websites without the graphics, ads, and other junk. Helps you save paper and ink!
- Search Engine Watch This site provides the latest news and criticism about the many search engines out on the Internet.
- Virus Info McAfee reports on what current computer viruses, spyware, trojan horses, and other harmful computer entities are out in cyber-world. There’s also a glossary of terms, security advice, and McAfee removal tools.
- Wired Safety Discusses the importance of online safety for all ages and includes support for victims of cyber-crimes, advice on preventing cyber crimes, and resources to help educate online safety.
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Troubleshooting
- Computer Hope Provides tips, troubleshooting help, a history of computers, and more.
- Have I Been Pwned? Allows you to scan your email accounts to see if it has been compromised in a data breach.
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Coding/Web Design |
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- AI Coding and Programming Tools Discusses the different programming technologies and provides resources on coding and programming.
- Alice This block-based programming resource was created at Carnegie Mellon University and allows students to create games, tell stories, and more.
- Become a Coding Genius: Coding Games for Beginners HP lists 22 games to help teach how to code. Special thanks to Kelly Miller and her daughter Katie for suggesting this resource.
- Code Monster Teaches basic codes and shows the results right away.
- Codecademy Provides lessons on how to write code including HTML, JavaScript, and more.
- The Coding Train Daniel Shiffman hosts these videos that introduces coding programs and fundamentals.
- Grasshopper Teaches how to use JavaScript. Can be put on your phone or done on a desktop.
- Happy Hues This site is designed to help you figure out a hue palette for your website.
- HTML Dog Provides tutorials and examples of html coding.
- Online Programming Books Collects free ebooks and online books relating to programming, computer science, web design, and more.
- Scratch MIT Media Lab allows students to learn coding by creating interactive stories, games, and animations for free.
- SoloLearn Learn how to code using Python Core, C++, Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and more.
- Unicode Emoji Here you can view lists of emoji characters.
- w3Schools Online Web Tutorials Learn how to code in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and others.
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