Welcome to the Friday Tech Class

Friday

MARS webquest - http://www.glencoe.com/sec/Tech_Ed/mars.shtml

Microsoft Office Publisher Tutorial - http://office.microsoft.com/training/Training.aspx?AssetID=RC102448621033&CTT=6&Origin=RC102448621033

training practice - http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RP102448691033&CTT=6&Origin=RP102448791033

To aid in feeding hungry people around the world - http://freerice.com/ (For each word you get right, they donate 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program) 

 Just for fun - try this cosmic zoom site - http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/cosmic_zoom/index.htm

Free ecards - be careful NOT to sign up for advertising - http://www.dayspring.com/ecards/

Go to this website about online safety - http://onguardonline.gov/index.html

Go to this site and take the 1 minute test for #27 Classic Tales - http://www.freetypinggame.net/free-typing-test.asp      Show your score to Mrs. Jones for 10 points.

Go to this site and take any lesson.  Show that you've completed the lesson to Mrs. Jones for 10 points... Keyboarding online - http://www.freetypinggame.net/

Another site that is more entertaining for typing lessons **keyboarding is a very important skill!!**  Dance Mat Typing  at http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 Awesome art website: http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/zone.htm

Adobe Digital Photography Website http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/intro/index.html

Toledo Lucas County Public Library now offers free Rosetta Stone software to help you learn a foreign language.  Visit their site - http://www.toledolibrary.org/

Technology vocabulary and tutorials with media animations and interactive glossary: *time to explore - http://www.techtionary.com/

Information about internet hoaxes:  http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/

Art education - http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/play.html

Jo Cool or Jo Fool quiz - http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/jocool_jofool/kids.cfm

Word art activity - http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312802&sd=tech

Webquest about the Papal Visit

How do you recognize a Pope?  Look around at the following websites. 

Encyclopedia Britannica Online - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-66454/religious-dress

Catholic Encyclopedia Online - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10624b.htm

Online Dictionary - http://dictionary.die.net/zuchetto

Biography from the Vatican's website - http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/biography/documents/hf_ben-xvi_bio_20050419_short-biography_en.html

For more information about the Pope's visit, go to http://www.uspapalvisit.org/ - This website is from the "United States Conference of Catholic Bishops" and will feature streaming video of the events while the Pope is in the U.S.  It's also sponsored by the Archdiocese of Washington and New York.

Images of the Inauguration Celebration - http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/photogallery/2005/index_20050424.html