Practice and Tutorials

Want to learn more about how to use a computer? These sites will help explain the ins and outs of computer usage all the way from keyboarding to HTML programming!

Typing

• 12ghosts.com/public/ and typewriting.htm - Learn typing the 12 ghosts way
• www.easytype.com - Choose your age group, sign-in, and learn to type for free!

Basic Computing

• www.newbieclub.com - This is a great site for all you first timers. Newbie Club explains all the basics from what is Windows to downloading.

The Internet

• www.searchenginewatch.com - All kinds of tips and help on how to make the most out of your search engine experience.
• Basic Guide to the Internet - More tips and help on getting what you want from the WWW all written by the Santa Cruz Public Library.
• www.webteacher.org - Learn all aspects of the WWW from browsing to creating with these self-paced online tutorials.

Microsoft Office

• ehow on Office - ehow has a number of informative and helpful tips for using Microsoft Office as well as a number of other computer applications.
• Power Point in the Classroom PowerPoint can be a handy and enriching in the classroom. Let this fifties style tutorial walk you through the basics of setting up a presentation.

HTML

• htmlgoodies.com - Let Joe Burns, Phd, teach you HTML in this witty and well-written guide.
• www.webmonkey.com - This page was made possible by Webmonkey, that funky monkey. Priceless cheat sheets let those of us with the basics down use HTML like pros.