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Go to http://www.easyquestion.net/gardenrayong/wp-login.php

Username: xxxxxxxx

Password: xxxxxxxx

To create a post with text only:

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Click “New Post” at the top of the screen.

Wait till a new window opens.

Where the cursor is blinking, type a title.

In the big box below, type a post.

On the right, choose a category or click “Add new category”.

On the right, click “Submit for Review”.

Wait till a new window opens. 

At the top it says “Post submitted. Preview post”.

In the upper-right corner, click “Log Out”.

To create a post with text and images:

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As above, plus add an image like this:

Place the cursor in the post where you want the image to appear.

Below the title, next to “Upload/Insert”, click the first icon. When the mouse hover over it, it says “Add an Image”.

Wait till a new window opens in the center of the screen.

Click “Select Files”.

Select the image on your computer and click “Open”.

The image should be max 500px wide. If it is wider, use Adobe Photoshop to reduce it. If you don’t know how, please ask.

The image should be gif, png, jpg, or jpeg. Do not upload bmp. 

The file name should have no spaces in it. Rename “nice flowers.jpg” to “nice_flowers.jpg”.

Wait while the program is crunching the image.

Scroll down and click “Insert into Post”.

Wait till a new window opens.

Now do as above, choose category and click “Submit for Review”.

Here is an example of a web page saved as an image. Click the image to see the original.

Go is a strategic board game for two players… Go originated in China, where it has been played for more than 2,500 years. It is most popular in East Asia, but has gained some popularity in other parts of the world in recent years… – Wikipedia article

• Download the free Go program Igowin here.
• Page with Go links.

Free alternatives to Adobe Photoshop
“At the point this article was created, Adobe Photoshop CS3 still cost about USD $649 per copy. I think it’s safe to say that not everyone will afford to get a copy or willing to get a copy if all one need to do is just basic image editing stuff. That’s probably one of the main reason why there’s still a fairly large crowd out there actively looking for free alternatives to Photoshop to help them in their daily basic design jobs. If you are not going into advance image editing, you should know that there’s always free software out there capable to perform what Photoshop can.” More

Keynote is a free note taking program ideal for students and teachers
“KeyNote is used by screenwriters to draft screenplays, by medical doctors to keep patient databases, by developers to store source code snippets – and to everyone it serves as a place to put all the random pieces of information that have no particular structure of relationship to other data, and do not fit easily in task-specific applications such as word-processors, databases or spreadsheets. As you use KeyNote, it will tend to grow on you and every day you will discover more ways to use it.”
This page lists its features while you can download it from here.

Free Star Office
Word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and more. Very similar to MS Office. Download it from here.

Free video editors
Read this and this review of free video editors.

You can’t afford Dreamweaver?
No problem! Many free alternative exist. ”KompoZer is a free complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing. KompoZer is designed to be extremely easy to use, making it ideal for non-technical computer users who want to create an attractive, professional-looking web site without needing to know HTML or web coding.”

You find Adobe Reader to be too slow?
Try Foxit Reader for Windows.

I’ve never let my school interfere with my education.
Mark Twain

A school can only offer a limited amount of subjects and topics within the subjects. But don’t let that stop you! If you want to learn php programming or swahili, most likely there is a free Internet course for you.

Hewlett Packard just opened their free online courses to run 24 hours a day all year long. 

HP offers a variety of free, online classes for both the Home & Home office and Business customers. Enjoy the self-paced lessons, expert instructors and active message boards. 

The W3Schools is ideal for anyone interested in learning programming in any web shape or form.

Full Web Building References
Our references cover all Web-building technologies, including W3C standards like HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML and other technologies like JavaScript, PHP, ASP, SQL and much more.

Try-It-Yourself On-Line Examples
At W3schools you will find thousands of cut-and-paste examples. With our on-line HTML editor you can edit the examples and experiment with the code on-line.

I have just created a Google Doc for teachers to book the two ICT labs. It can be viewed here. All teachers at GIS will shortly receive an invitation so they can book online.

Smart video collections keep appearing on YouTube. But rather antithetical to the ethos of its parent company (Google), YouTube unfortunately makes these collections difficult to find. So we’ve decided to do the job for them. These enriching/educational videos come from media outlets, cultural institutions, universities and non-profits. There are about 70 collections in total, and the list will grow over time.

Suggested by Chris Stokes.