Interesting Website Links
"Vital Information For Your Everyday Life"
Internet Security:
Spybot - Search & Destroy
Remove spywares, and adwares from your computer
http://www.safer-networking.org/
SpywareBlaster
Blocks adware cookies, and other spywares
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html
Lavasoft's Ad-aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Windows Defender
AVG Virus Scanner
Includes a free and paid version.
Why pay for Norton Antivirus or McAfee when you can have this scan for free? :)
(Go to Products, then click on AVG Free Edition)
AVG Anti-Spyware
Includes a free and paid version.
(Go to Products, then click on AVG Anti-Spyware)
Webroot Spy Sweeper
Includes trial and paid version, with optional anti-virus scan.
http://www.webroot.com (40 USD with Spy Sweeper & Anti-Virus, without anti-virus 30 USD)
Norton Antibot
http://www.symantec.com (30 USD)
Scams and Shams
http://freebies.about.com/od/notbargains/
Money Scams
Internet Tips
(1) Do not open emails that have suspicious senders, subjects, or attachments. Turn on your spam filter.
(2) Do not respond to emails that claim that the company needs your credit card information because "your account is going to be closed." Do not click on the email link, do not fill in an email form. If in doubt go directly to the site in question, and contact their costumer service or billing section.
(3) Always keep your programs updated! For example if you go onto the internet once every week, update Spybot, SpywareBlaster, antivirus software, and check for Windows Updates (click on "start" button and click on "Windows Updates"). If the updates are large (as with Windows Update) then you may have to download it in pieces. Keeping the programs updated allows them to protect your system better.
(4) Now that you have them updated, use them once a week to scan your computer for a virus or spyware/adware. It ensures that your computer will be protected.
(5) You should NEVER be asked to give ANY sensitive information through insecure means such as:
giving (a) credit card number, bank card numbers, Personal Identification Number (PIN) (b) passwords, (c) Social Security Numbers, etc through insecure sites, email, instant messenger (IM). If you receive an email from a company that requests any information always be doubtful, do not click on a link. Directly contact them to see if the email is true.
(6) Change your password every three to six months. Use letters, and number combination, and words that are not in the dictionary. Do not use your birthday, SSN, first/last name, pet name, etc as your password!
(7) Getting emails about some country forwarding money to your check account? Read more information here about this scam:
http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml
Websites: Odds And Ends
SMS
http://www.sms.ac/ - free 5 SMS/day (via their website)
Old Version of Software
This websites hosts older version of software because sometimes newer isn't always better for you.
Download Youtube Videos
http://vixy.net/ - Copy youtube address, put into yellow box, choose file format and click "start" :)
Convert Files
http://www.youconvertit.com/ - Convert audio, video, documents, units, and images with this website. It is very useful especially if you are on a public computer or restricted from downloading software.
Lemon Flower
Offers recipes for lemonade, lemon cake and a lot more. Enjoy!
Mom Mom Page!
This page has tons of information about working from home, recipes and other information.
Internet Storage/File Sharing
SendSpace
Xdrive
http://www.xdrive.com - Free 5GB accounts or paid accounts. Internet storage.
Zshare
http://www.zshare.net/ - Upload files you want to share, and give friends custom link to download files.
School/Teacher Resources
How Stuff Works
Tells you about how things work.
Quizlet
http://quizlet.com/ - Student created quizzes. Very interesting.
Scholarship Search
PocketMod
The free personal organizer--very useful for anyone!
Printable Certificates
http://www.freeprintablecertificates.net/
Free Graph or Writing Paper
Print off your own free graph or writing paper for free!
http://www.incompetech.com/beta/plainGraphPaper/
Create A Graph
This website offers the user to create various graphs (similar to Microsoft Excel), but for free.
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/
Free Ebooks
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/scores/top
May books that are public domain are published here as ebooks. May be helpful if you are reading a book for a class.
White Board:
Write, Share, Revise, Edit, Compare group projects on this site.
Acid Fonts
Download free fonts for your computer
The Open Library
Includes digitized books.
Visual Story Board
http://www.flickr.com/groups/visualstory/discuss/ - Includes Visual story board which could be used for various activities.
World Languages Resources
Dictionaries
Your Dictionary
(Great for English or any world language!)
WordReference
http://forum.wordreference.com -> ask questions about grammar, vocabulary, etc at their language forums
http://www.wordreference.com -> English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian dictionaries.
English -> Spanish dictionary
http://www.englishclick.com/students/allterms.aspx
Diccionario Argentino - Español
http://www.elcastellano.org/miyara/dic_arg_esp.html
Verbix - Verb conjugator
Clip Art for World Language Classrooms
http://tell.fll.purdue.edu/JapanProj//FLClipart/
http://www.mdlsoft.co.uk/PrimaryPics.htm
Newspapers
http://www.wordchamp.com - Newspapers in various languages.
Spanish
AT&T Labs
Type in word in English, French, German, or Spanish, and hear the audio spoken.
http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php
Spanish Phonetics (The Sounds of Spanish Language)
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/about.html
http://liceu.uab.es/~joaquim/phonetics/spanish_contents.html
Spanish Vocabulary / Grammar
http://studyspanish.com/ - Wonderful website to give to students to practice concepts from class.
http://pwidergren.net/PPT/index.html --- Spanish teacher provides Vocabulary & Grammar Power Points for students and teachers to use in and out of the classroom. This website is very valuable.
http://www.languageguide.org/espanol/ - This site is good for introducing Spanish with groups of vocabulary.
http://chs.advertisnet.com/enespanol.html - This website offers many worksheets for textbook En Español, but can be adopted to any book.
http://richtigerrich.googlepages.com/richardrussell'shomepage - Spanish teacher provides various worksheets for various movies, textbooks, and activities.
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/ - Offers Spanish Grammar in Context with video and exercises.
http://www.drlemon.net/grammar/verbs.html - Offers explanation of Spanish Grammar
http://studyleaf.com/subjects/language - Offers explanations of beginning Spanish Grammar
Comics in Spanish
http://www.gocomics.com/sitemap.phtml#span -- Comics in Spanish.
http://www.condorito.cl/ - El Condorito
Spanish Health Presentations
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tutorial.html -- Disease and health topics in Spanish Flash presentations. These presentations could be used for a health unit in the classroom.
BBC Languages
Learn and improve with the BBC resources (for French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
BBC en Español
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/news/
Radio Stations in Spanish
http://www.analitica.com/bitblioteca/home/radios.asp
Podcasts in Spanish
http://www.podcast-es.org/index.php/Directorio
http://www.elrincondelaura.com
Technology Integration in the Classroom
http://www.langwitches.org/podcast/index.htm
Spanish Numbers (Written and Audio)
http://www.jvlnet.com/~liliana/Spanish_Numbers.html
Songs by Luis Pescetti
http://www.luispescetti.com/cancionero/
Test Yourself with Spanish or French Language Tests
http://www.pittstart.pitt.edu/fl_note.html
¿Cómo se llenan los cheques? (Spanish)
Valentine's Day Ideas
http://us.geocities.com/pierrejon/valentine.html
Italian
Italian Alphabet and Pronunciation
http://cyberitalian.com/html/alphabet.htm
Italian Audio Language Lab
http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfareindex07.htm
BBC Languages
Learn and improve with the BBC resources (for French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
French
Tennessee Bob's French Websites
http://www.utm.edu/departments/french/french.html - Tennessee Bob lists thousands of websites in French that you can use for your classroom.
French Grammar / Vocabulary
http://studyleaf.com/subjects/language - Offers beginning French grammar.
BBC Languages
Learn and improve with the BBC resources (for French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
ESOL
ESOL - Vocabulary/Grammar
http://www.mes-english.com/ - ESOL for Young Learners, includes topics about vocabulary, grammar, and phonetics.
http://www.rong-chang.com/lsnplan.htm - Includes various lesson plans & websites.
http://www.longman.com/ae/azar/grammar_ex/ - Grammar Exchange
Phonetics
http://web.ku.edu/idea/europe/england/england.htm - International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA)
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/about.html - English Phonetics (American English Dialect)
http://accent.gmu.edu/ - Speech Samples
http://www.mes-english.com/ - Includes various phonics activities for young learners.
ESOL & Foreign Language Books
http://www.prolinguaassociates.com/
Download Programs
CNET Download.com
Download many programs through the site.
Search Engines:
Need help finding something in the internet?!
a) Google Maps: http://maps.google.com - search satellite maps
b) Google Video http://video.google.com - search video clips
c) Google Hosting http://video.google.com/videouploadform - host your files through Google (beta)
d) Google Page Rank Checker - http://www.prchecker.info/check_page_rank.php
Blingo
http://www.blingo.com - You could win prizes each time you search. (Uses google search)
Ask Jeeves
http://www.ask.com - many of your questions answered.
Dogpile
Yahoo
MSN
Answers
http://www.answers.com - A question and answer site
Become
http://www.become.com - Shopping search site
Jellyfish
http://www.jellyfish.com - Shopping search site -- they will share their commission with you!
Blinkx
http://www.blinkx.tv - video clip search
FareChase
http://farechase.yahoo.com - Travel search sites
Alternative Web Browsers:
Seamonkey
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/
Firefox
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
Opera
Another cool browser!
Avant Browser
Sick of Internet Explorer? Improve it with this instant upgrade!
Email Providers
Gmail
Hello Kitty Mail
Juno Mail
Roxette Mail
Hotmail
Yahoo Mail
Free Alternatives to Microsoft Office
OpenOffice
http://www.openoffice.org - This software suite includes all free versions that can open Microsoft files, BUT if you want to create your own files, you can with this suite. It is free, user friendly (very similar to Office) and includes everything at no cost! (If you are really excited, just drop them a donation.)
Online Word Processors:
Ajax Write: http://ajaxwrite.com
Think Free: http://online.thinkfree.com
Writely: http://www.writely.com
Zoho Writer: http://www.zohowriter.com
gOffice: http://goffice.com (Includes word processor, desktop publishing, and spreadsheet [presentation program to be added soon to the list]
Instant Messengers
Yahoo Messenger:
MSN Messenger:
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)
ICQ Messenger
Odigo Messenger
Trillian - Universal Instant Messenger
Use AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), Yahoo Instant Messenger (Y!), MSN messenger (MSN), ICQ, and IRC.
http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/
Includes a free version, and paid version
Skype
Communicate with other people from around the word.
StanaPhone
Communicate free with other memembers.
New Radicals links
http://www.mcarecords.com/artistMain.asp?artistid=62 - MCA Records - New Radicals Site
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Radicals - Wikipedia's encyclopedia about NR.
http://newradicals.17.forumer.com/index.php - New Radical Forum
http://www.new-radicals.com/ - Discography and rare files
http://www.azchords.com/n/newradicals-7561.html - New Radicals Tabs for Guitars.
http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/TechnicolorLover/ - Fan site
http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/new_radicals/artist.jhtml - VH1 site about NR.
http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/new_radicals/artist.jhtml - MTV site about NR.
http://www.rollingstone.com/artist/_/id/1150 - Rolling Stones information
http://www.amiright.com/misheard/artist/newradicals.shtml - Misheard lyrics
Cyndi Lauper links
http://www.cyndilauper.net - Alexander's site
http://www.cyndilauper.com - Sony's Official Site
http://www.cyndilaupermusic.com - Sony's Cyndi Lauper website
http://www.cyndilauperonline.com - Kathy's site, includes forum.
http://www.cyndilauperuk.com/ - Cyndi Lauper Discography website (UK site).
http://www.bangor.ac.uk/~iss082/enter.htm - Mark's The Vibe website
http://lists.avalon.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shebop - She Bop Mailing List.
http://cyndi.8m.com/ - Cyndi Lauper Source, includes forum.
http://www.cyndistyle.com/ - New Cyndi site, downloads, wallpapers, news and biography
http://www.globaldust.com/music/detail.php?id=6599 (must register to add as fan)- Meet different Cyndi Lauper fans from all over the world!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CynthiaLauper/ - a Yahoo group dedicated to Cyndi Lauper.
http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/lauper_cyndi/artist.jhtml - MTV's dedicated page to Cyndi Lauper.
http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/lauper_cyndi/artist.jhtml - VH1's dedicated page to Cyndi Lauper.
http://www.bettemidleraloha.com/lauper.htm - Video Archive (pictures of various stars in their video media appearance)
http://www.fhpositivo.com.ar/music/cyndi.htm - Cyndi Lauper remixes.
http://www.askmen.com/women/singer_150/196_cyndi_lauper.html - Interesting bio page.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0490980/ - Details Cyndi's cinematic performances.
http://www.tartcity.com/cyndilauper.html
http://www.fact-index.com/c/cy/cyndi_lauper.html - Cyndi facts
http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/Cyndi-Goonies/default.asp - describes the plot of Goonies R Good Enough video through pictures and text.
http://www.amiright.com/artists/cyndilauper.shtml - Parodies, misheard lyrics, etc
Roxette Links
http://www.sonofaplumber.com/ - Official Roxette / Per Gessle Site
http://www.myspace.com/gessle - Per Gessle's Myspace
http://www.dailyroxette.com - Get your Roxette news here!
http://forum.runtoroxette.com - Run To Roxette General Discussion Board
http://forum.runtoroxette.com/gallery/ - Roxette Picture Gallery
http://www.roxette.co.uk/ - UK Roxette fan club
http://www.roxette.be/ - Belgium Roxette fan club
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/gessle/ - Official Italian Roxette fan club
http://www.geocities.com/kaktus_17/roxette/ - Roxette house - pictures, ringtones, wallpapers
http://www.roxettefr.com/indexfr.htm - in French
http://people.freenet.de/roxette-articles/Roxarticles_index.html - Lists some German articles of Roxette (in German)
http://listen.to/neverendingrox - Neverending Roxette
http://www.fretplay.com/tabs/r/roxette/ - Roxette guitar tabs
http://www.askmen.com/women/singer_150/187_roxette.html - Magazine article that focuses on Marie
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/music/roxette-faq/part1/ - FAQs about Roxette with many website links, not sure if they still work, but nice information!
http://www.musikbibliotek.dk/10452 - Short Biography in German.
http://paginas.terra.com.br/lazer/thony/ - Tony Ferreira's page about himself and Roxette.
The DailyVengaRox: http://personales.ciudad.com.ar/henrystauf/
http://www.geocities.com/frieswiththat_99/main.html - Do You Want Fries With That? - Parody Page
http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/roxette/bio.jhtml - MTV's Roxette page
http://home.online.no/~magnorh/roxette3.htm - Have a Nice Day site
http://www.globaldust.com/music/detail.php?id=6548&query=Roxette (must register first to add yourself to list) - meet all the Roxette fans of the world
Roxette parody page by RoxFox and Kompu: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Venue/8991/index.html
http://www.roxette.cd - lists entire Roxette and related artist CDs and Bootlegs
http://home.wanadoo.nl/roxette1/ - lists the Unofficial (bootlegs) that were released of Roxette
http://ar.geocities.com/mattiasrox/ - Download Mattias' Spanglish Roxette album!
http://www.roxstation.blogspot.com/ - Roxette art
http://www.amiright.com/artists/roxette.shtml - Parodies, Misheard lyrics, etc
Ohio links
(1) The Ohio State Fair
(2) The Ohio Travel - learn what you can do in Ohio
(3) 10 TV Eyewitness News
(4) Columbus Metropolitan Library
http://www.columbuslibrary.org
(5) Columbus Help Wanted Ads
http://www.columbushelpwanted.com
(6) Columbus Jobs
(7) Franklin Park Conservatory
(8) Ohio Wine Industry
(9) Columbus, OH Craig's List
http://columbus.craigslist.org/
(10) Das Vroom: The Brewery District Motor Show
(11) Pickerington's Violet Festival
(12) Dublin Irish Festival
http://www.dublinirishfestival.com
Webcams around Ohio
(1) Ohio's Peregrine Falcons - look at a live falcon nest
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/wildlife/falcons
(2) Ohio State University Webcams
See all those sites around campus even if you across the globe!
http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~jwdavis/Webcam/index.htm
http://www.police.ohio-state.edu/police/webcams/index.php
http://140.254.42.46/axis-cgi/jpg/image.cgi?camera=&1059748276250
(3) JAYwalkCAM
View the Ohio Wesleyan University campus
(4) Parrots 4 Fun
Check out the Northeast Ohio parrot breeder's webcam
http://www.parrots4fun.com/camview.htm
(6) Cincinnati, Cleveland and Toledo Zoo Cams
http://www.aroundcinci.com/icams/rhino
http://www.cleveland.com/zoocam
(7) Cedar Point Cams
See the amusement park in Ohio
http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/fun/webcams/index.cfm
(8) Cincinnati History Museum iCam
http://www.aroundcinci.com/icams/museum
(9) MadridMan Cam
This Columbus local has a passion for Madrid (wooohooo!!), see all of his Spain items!
http://www.madridman.com/madridmancam.html
(10) Kel's Camera
You can view this Ohioans complete house and even control some of his items via the internet.
(11) LakeVison
See the cams at Lake Erie
Other Webcams
(1) Nessle On the Net
See webcams watch the Lochness monster in Loch Ness, Scotland.
http://www.lochness.co.uk/livecam
(2) Bubble Cam
See the bubble cam in Florida
http://www.andieandmike.org/bubblecam-push.stm
Blogs
(1) http://www.xanga.com/rayofsunlight83
(2) http://www.xanga.com/Lady_Brown_Suga_20
(3) http://just-a-kid.ebloggy.com/
(4) http://jamtown.multiply.com/music
(5) http://eesh0130.livejournal.com/
(6) http://blogs.pcworld.com/techlog/ - Technology Blog
(7) http://www.flogao.com/carloslopes (português)
(8) http://marga.blogs.runtoroxette.com/ (español)
(9) http://spaces.msn.com/members/sebastianbaioni/ (español)
(10) http://www.metroflog.com/petrisdi (español)
(11) http://www.fotolog.com/margarox (español)
Page Last Updated: 08 October 2007. Note: At the time of publication, all websites were noted to function correctly. Frequently, websites are updated, moved, and deleted. This website tries to keep this list up to date so you can enjoy accurate information.