I just received a new computer. What programs should I put on it?

Vocabulary
FreeVocabulary.com

When a student gets a computer, which is "new to you," you can think about ways to save money and get free software.   What programs will help you prepare for the future?

Free Software
OpenOffice.org

Communications
Skype.com

A package of videos and files to study
Download the ebooks at these locations

Set up a Digital Portfolio
Sites.Google.com is a good place to start

Set up your blog
Blogger.com

Set up your Youtube Account
If you don't have a gmail account, get one today.  gmail.com


Get busy with BIBPenpals.com and other free vocabulary opportunties to practice with others, such as YourNetImpact.com

Two important websites for teenagers: An Alarm clock http://onlineclock.net/ and an app to practice vocabulary and mental math

Teenagers need to wake up early sometimes...  and asking some teens to get up before 7 a.m. is early for them.


http://onlineclock.net/

Here are some screenshots.   I awoke early today because I needed to speak with someone in Europe...

... and I had lent my phone to a student who needed to use the applications to improve his studies.   I especially recommend Spread the Words App and the math practice with Math Workshop

Get Spread the Words here

Get the App

Get the Math Workout Here

Let's visit the Matterhorn and walk on the road in Jerusalem... the antidote to video games and TV

Go to "Air Zermatt Helicopter Matterhorn" 



Yes, you can find an alternative to Grand Theft Auto...





How about an HD tour on the streets of Jerusalem?


How about "Creepy Places"?



so let's look at "Creepy Places"


and Unbelievable Places

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFdBNJsW46Y


100 Beautiful places is just a slide show...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xl1oWjQJF8


The City of Petra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Z6XkKryD4





Walking tour of the city of Jerusalem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuq3HyTvFeo




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuq3HyTvFeo



Yes, go travel!  With a 10-year-old...

No more "Grand Theft Auto" -- a list of videos for a 10-year-old boy

Where is Katharine?

Parents, I now it is difficult to watch your kids.  I was recently put in charge of a 109-year-old boy and I looked down to check my email... and when I looked up, the fellow was playing Grand Theft Auto.  "Does your mother allow that?"

"no."

"Then turn it off. Let's learn about monsters and Noah's Flood."

"Can you show me something about mummies?"

There!  Finally, an educational site

You can look at Ocean Research, or Ocearch.org and look for the shark...  Katharine has bdeen sighted near Florida in the past 7 months.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/pharaohs/mummy.html

Here is the Mummy