Cool Tools for Schools

This site is mentioned in the Bristol Scheme of Work for ICT and may be useful to fill in some of the gaps when  completing units you don't have the software for.

Let me know if you find any really useful ones on this site and I will mention them in this post.

http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Home

Prezi

Wow! everyone with a Prezi Presentation.

Take Presentations to the next level using this web based  Presentation Tool.  It is really easy to use and a good alternative to Powerpoint.  You will need a login to use the site.  With Prezi you layout all your information on one large screen and then zoom into the different areas to display your presentation.

The results are very impressive!

http://prezi.com/

Microsoft LIVE - Microsoft Office - Sky Drive

If you have a free Microsoft Live account it will give you a free e-mail account, access to Microsoft Office online, an online Photo Gallery and 25 GB of online storage (Sky Drive).  You can create a folder on your desktop that you place your work in and it will synchronise with your online content allowing you to access it from any computer with internet access and gives you a backup copy of your data.  The Microsoft Live account also works with X-Box live.

www.live.com

Free iWork Templates

This site is dedicated to bringing you high quality free iwork templates. We found some on the internet, we've created some, and we also have some that users have submitted. Take a look around we're sure that you'll find Pages templates, Keynote templates and Numbers templates that you'll love

Click Here - To go to iWork resources

Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007 - Training

Free self-paced training courses for Office programs

There is a free game download to hone your new Office Skills.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/default.aspx

Powerpoint....who needs Powerpoint!

Create astonishing Presentations live and on the Web.

Amazing tool that is free for education, you'll need to register with a school or LA email account.

Click Here - to Login

j2e - Online Document Processor

j2e is an online document processor that runs in a web browser.

This software has intuitive ease of use with all of the advantages of being web based. This allows flexible access and sharing of files, there is no software to install and j2e is always up to date.

Designed for use in schools, j2e is suitable for age 5 to sixth form and beyond.

Click Here to link to website