Required Materials

Web Sites

Create a Graph: An online tool for creating graphs and charts

FindTutorials.com: This Web site has almost 200 tutorials covering just about every piece of software you can think of!

High School Ace: A gateway to excellent free online academic resources for high school students, featuring a reference desk, college information, and subject guides for English, mathematics, social studies, and science.

Discovery School: A sizable list of class-related resources and more.

Library of Congress: The ultimate reference source!

Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: Hear the pronunciation of those weird words in that novel you're reading for your English class!

Citation Maker: Use this interactive form to help you format your source citations!

Roget's Thesaurus: Look up synonyms, antonyms, and definitions.

Schoolwork, Ugh!: Tons of useful links to information for various classes, organized by subject area.

Specialized Search Engines and Directories: Helps you choose a search tool which will best fit your needs.

How To Study: This site offers tips and strategies for studying and writing about just about any subject.

RefDesk.com: You won't believe this site! A truly incredible list of links to reference resources.

Webopedia: A great place to look up those new techno-terms that baffle you!

Media

All of the materials you need for this course may be found online. You will be creating a Web page for one of your projects, you may find the following book to be helpful. You should first check with your school or city library to see if your can borrow it before attempting to purchase it.

Web Pages That Suck: Learn Good Design by Looking at Bad Design by Vincent Flanders and Michael Willis is wonderful. It is hard to tell someone that they have bad breath or that their Web page sucks, but Flanders & Willis do it with a good sense of humor and practical suggestions for making your pages better.

Minimum Hardware Requirements

Please see the minimum recommended Hardware and Software Requirements in the COOLSchool Student Center.