#33 Desktop Training Series

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1. google docs - http://docs.google.com - Google is straightforward in its goal to excel in collaboration and sharing of documents, while agreeing that desktop office applications will continue to offer superior editing features for the foreseeable future. Still, the ability to import and collaborate on a document, and then publish it to the web or take it back to the desktop, is a powerful feature not available to Microsoft Office users outside of Office Live or Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server. And use of Google’s online office applications is free.

2. google for educators - http://google.com/educators - Google recognizes the central role that teachers play in breaking down the barriers between people and information, and we support educators who work each day to empower their students and expand the frontiers of human knowledge. This website is one of the ways we're working to bolster that support and explore how Google and educators can work together. It includes a teacher's guide to 12 Google products, including basic information about each tool, examples of how educators are using them, and lesson ideas. You'll also find lesson plans and videos from our partners at Discovery Education focusing on two of our most popular teaching tools: Google Earth and Google Sketch Up. It is a platform of teaching resources – for everything from blogging and collaborative writing to geographical search tools and 3D modeling software – and we want you to fill it in with your great ideas.

3. google sketch up - http://sketchup.com - Developed for the conceptual stages of design, Sketch Up is powerful yet easy-to-learn 3D software. We think of it as the pencil of digital design. This award-winning software combines a simple, yet robust tool-set that streamlines and simplifies 3D design inside your computer. SketchUp is being used by anyone with the desire to... Dream, Design and Communicate in 3D

4. excel calendar template - http://www.download.com/Excel-Calendar-Template/3000-2077_4-10561361.html?tag=pop - This free Excel calendar template allows you to quickly and easily create a monthly calendar by simply choosing a year and month. You can also choose a color scheme for your calendar using simple form controls. Use this Excel calendar spreadsheet for planning, printing, and scheduling. Includes a 2007 calendar workbook with each month on a different sheet, and another worksheet for the full year.

5. McAfee Site Advisor - free - http://www.download.com/McAfee-SiteAdvisor-for-Internet-Explorer/3000-2144_4-10508464.html - for internet explorer users - helps protect you from all kinds of Web-based security threats including spyware, adware, spam, viruses, browser exploits, phishing, online fraud, and identity theft. Our automated testers continually patrol the Web to browse sites, download files, and sign-up for things with e-mail addresses. As you search, browse, download, or register online, SiteAdvisor's safety ratings help you stay safe and in control.

6. Paltalk Messenger - Paltalk Messenger allows you to see, hear, share files, and chat with anyone, anywhere in the world--all for free. http://paltalk.com

7. Oxford Dictionary of English - http://www.download.com/Oxford-Dictionary-of-English-Second-Edition-/3000-2279_4-10238905.html?tag=list - Finger produces and sells downloadable, interactive products developed by integrating our software with mono- and bilingual reference information from some of the world's most famous publishing houses. Simply move your cursor over a word, and the software searches the content and returns the dictionary article instantly in a pop-up box. iFinger works both on- and offline, and text searches can be entered manually for specific queries. Version 2.1 covers up to 355,000 words, phrases, and definitions of current English.

8. TypingMaster Typing Test is a free, full-featured typing tester for Windows. After warming up with enjoyable typing games, you can evaluate your typing skills with any of the several test texts, or add your own. You can also view your personal test result history and print out test diplomas. Program has multiuser support and four games. In addition this package contains several features of Typing Master Pro typing tutor such as the touch typing course (3 free lessons) and a full Numeric Keypad course. - http://www.download.com/TypingMaster-Typing-Test/3000-2051_4-10452924.html?tag=list

9. Chrysanth NETime Diary is a personal diary and journal software that helps you avoid forgetting important moments in your life and your beloved ones'. All the diaries are stored safely without access to other prying eyes. Whenever you are on the move, you may also bring along this diary program in your portable devices such as thumbdrives to record all your diaries and journals wherever you go. - http://www.download.com/Chrysanth-NETime-Diary/3000-2124_4-10378252.html?tag=list

10. Babylon is the world's leading dictionary and language translation software. Babylon offers you the most intuitive tool for all your translation needs. With Babylon you can quickly translate e-mails, Web pages, documents, instant messages, and more. You simply click on the word or text that you want to translate and a small window instantly appears with the desired results from Babylon's extensive database of language dictionaries, glossaries and conversion tools. - http://www.download.com/Babylon/3000-2279_4-10530680.html?tag=list