Plug-Ins

If you come across plug-ins which are needed to run a web-site you need to access, be sure to contact your school media specialist or technology coordinator before installing them on the computer.Even though most plug-ins are easy to install, some may change your computers internal settings.

Featured Sites

Real.com

http://www.real.com/products/player/index.html

Real.com is wonderful! I am amazed at the products they offer the Internet community for free. The site provides several tools that are appropriate or both education and entertainment.Real Player is a plug-in that controls both audio and video files, it makes listening to music or playing a song as easy as clicking with a mouse.Get creative with Real JukeBox and you can record speeches and other educational snippets and have them at your fingertips any time.

Macromedia.com

http://macromedia-flash-5-infocenter.com/html/player.html

Macromedia products make the Internet sparkle. Animation and application files seem to take on a life of their own when you use Flash or Shockwave technology. From an educational perspective, an ever growing number of sites are now employing this technology as a way to make pictures, drawings, openings and more into seamless presentations.

Winzip

http://macromedia-flash-5-infocenter.com/html/player.html

Internet files can take computers a while to download so many companies compess their files before sending them out. You will need a file decompression program like Winzip in order to put them back in a usable format. Winzip is the Internet's premiere file utility program. We recommend you take a look at this before trying its' competition.

Acrobat Reader

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/downloads/

Acrobat Reader is the internet"s preferred software for placing and reading documents online. Reader installs very quickly, is easy to download, and is free from the T.E.A.