Between this blog and our Adobe Connect Friday meeting (which I can't attend today due to a little backlog of tasks) contributors in this space provide myself and the audience with some great links to tools that when I think:

"I definately want to share that with my friends who have school children, teachers and family."

I need to share it with you. This blog and our "digital donga" video conferencing meeting each week provides an opportunity to share ideas in our community of practise and re-find them. Having an informal get together is good as long as the great ideas are tagged, recorded and presented in a discoverable way.

This blog serves as one way to achieve that.

Before I show the links to the tools, I want to add an unrelated request. I notice that my blog font is quite small since the change to the new layout and although folks can adjust font size on the fly in a browser by holding the ctrl key and rotating the mouse wheel up or down, I'd like to know if this size is suitable as a default size. (It certainly is for my eyes). Anyway onto the tools...

The first is a link to http://www.gcflearnfree.org submitted by Pamela. Thanks Pamela. 

This organisation provides

  • Reading
  • Basic Math
  • Computer Training

to anyone.

The next two were submitted by Adam - Thanks Adam.

 

Here are a couple of links - one is to a free cleanup tool for your computer - A little caveat here... please read and install and use at your risk. It has fixed some computers where we had been getting slow responses from the playing of multimedia files. It is called Ccleaner and it is a tool that inspects and fixes or deletes unneeded files and registry entries. If you are not comfortable with these kinds of tools and you have a problem with your computer, I suggest you dial a friend or engage a professional.

The last one for today also submitted by Adam is Networx. Networx is a simple and free, yet powerful tool that helps you objectively evaluate your bandwidth situation.

Clear graphic and/or numeric display.
• Usage reports with export to a variety of file formats, including Excel, MS Word and HTML.
• Permits close supervision of uploads and downloads.
• Works with dial-up, ISDN, cable modems, ADSL, Ethernet cards, and more.
• Includes network information & testing tools with advanced netstat that displays applications using your Internet connection.
•Scalable to your own modem download capabilities.
• Option to notify user or disconnect from the Internet automatically when network activity exceeds a certain level.
• Speed meter to accurately time downloads and report the average transfer rates.
• Dial-up session journal with detailed information about every session.
• Absolutely free and does not contain any adware/spyware/malware

With NetWorx You Can ...
• Find out and monitor how fast your Internet connection is.
• Find out and monitor how much Internet traffic you consume.
• Verify whether your ISP charges your Internet usage fairly.
• Detect a suspicious network activity on your computer.
• Perform simple network tests such as ping and trace route.
• Be notified about excessive Internet usage.

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