Useful Skills for Your Web Treks

  Below you will find detailed instructions about how to save graphics and information from the web to your hard drive or a floppy disk. REMEMBER copyright guidelines if you intend to use these items outside the classroom.  These pages will take you through this step-by-step process. Bookmark this page in your web browser.

• Saving graphics to a folder or disk
• Viewing the graphics you save
• Saving text to a folder or disk  

Where to Find It: Your Web Compass

• Acceptable Use Policies:
  • Bellingham, Washington's Web Policies
  • Ligon Middle School's Acceptable Use Policy
    (Includes permission for web publishing)
  • MidLink Magazine's "Permission to Publish" Template
• Citing Your Sources How to cite Internet sources
• Copyright Guidelines Keep it Legal
• Handouts: Rubrics, Evaluation Forms, Electronic Fieldtrip Tickets, etc.

Interacting on the Web:  Videoconferencing and Downloads

• CU-SeeMe Download free software for Mac and Win
  • How to set up CU-SeeMe in Windows (Illustrated)
  • How to set up CU-SeeMe on a MAC (Illustrated version from Teachers Connect)
• Decompression:  Unstuffing and Unzipping Your Downloads
  • Stuffit Expander Decompression utility for Macintosh
  • WinZip Decompression utility for Windows
• Software Downloads: Large collections of shareware to download
  • Shareware.Com  
  • Tucows

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  Updated: 02/25/05