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Properly naming your files - always use lower case, no spaces (use an underscore_) and never use any punctuation marks of any kind (.,/;:"%$*).

SOL Tutoring and Review sites:

Algebra SOL Practice:

The following site has practice math and science SOL tests: Jefferson Lab - http://education.jlab.org/solquiz/index.html

To take a practice test and review the online tools for the Online SOL tests, please visit: http://etest.ncs.com/Customers/Virginia/pat_home.htm.
Scroll down and look for the EOC (End of Course) tests for High School Courses.

Also, visit the Virginia Department of Education's Website
http://www.pen.k12.va.us

Fast Track Tutoring

Finding Images on the Internet:

Insert pictures into your projects the correct way!
-Right click on the picture you want to use
-Scroll to "save picture as"
-Place it on the desktop
-In your project go to the menu bar > insert> picture>from file. 
-Navigate to the desktop to find the picture and insert it
-Remember to cite your source - just because it is on the internet does not mean you can just use it - you must cite the URL of where you found the picture!

http://www.search-engine-index.co.uk/Images_Search/
http://www.graphsearch.com/
http://creative.gettyimages.com/
http://www.ditto.com/
http://www.ithaki.net/images/
http://www.picsearch.com/

Music and Sounds suitable for use in Power Point presentations

http://www.brainybetty.com/soundsforpowerpoint.htm
http://www.incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

Great sites for pictures, clip art and graphics

http://www.pics4learning.com - Copyright free images for educational purposes
http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com - Awesome Clip Art for Kids
http://www.coolarchive.com/index.cfm - Cool Archive
http://www.flamingtext.com - Flaming Text
http://www.animationfactory.com - Animation Factory
http://www.boogiejack.com - Boogie Jack collection of everything
http://www.backgroundcity.com/index.html - Background City
http://www.freelayouts.com - Free Layouts!

Web Tutorials

http://support.wcc.net/pamphlet/composer.html - Netscape Composer
http://wp.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/4.0/handbook/comp.htm#HTML_basics
Basic HTML
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/frontpage - FrontPage Tutorial
http://www.lissaexplains.com/basics.shtml - HTML plus lots of goodies
http://www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver/getting_started.html - Great
http://k-12.pisd.edu/techs/guides/dream/dwmx_manual.pdf - (in .pdf format) Using DreamWeaverMX from Plano ISD Instructional Technology Department

Free Web Hosting

http://www.brinkster.com
http://www.spaceports.com

Advanced tutorials for graphic editing

http://www.designsbymark.com
http://www.webworksite.com
http://www.cartoonster.com/ - learn animation
http://www.poynterextra.org/cp/index.html - the Power of color

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