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Developed by a high school counselor who has worked in schools for 38 years, Academic ePlan provides a dynamic, interactive, computer-based solution to the development of 3 or 4 year plans for high school students. It is easily updated, adapted to your student database, and user-friendly (even for those technologically challenged).
 
Web resources for creating, tabulating, and presenting surveys.
 
Support for Texas Academic Renewal (STAR) Center identifies seven criteria for evaluating school culture.
 
Check this nifty guide available for download, "Writing Winning Grants." The author, Alan November, notes that just the process of sitting down together and coming up with common goals can unify a community. The 22-page guide includes prompts, templates, and worksheets to take you step-by-step through grant writing skills.
If you ever struggle to open photos or word documents or audio files or videos that are sent to you in the wrong format for your machine, "You Convert It" is the tool for you. This free conversion service on the web can  reformat almost any file in over 120 compatible formats.You just upload the file, choose the format you need, and a link to the reformatted file is sent to your email within minutes.
 
Ever wonder how big a Gigabyte is?  Roy Williams gives you some estimates with examples.
 
Ellis Melton has developed/borrowed/adjusted great material about conducting an effective meeting. Developed for a workshop for international educators, there's much here to make your own.
 
Here's more information on how to structure group work for adults.
 
Here's a ready reference of thoughtful, fair reasons for turning down tasks. Try one secret -  copy and paste your favorites from the list in the front of my planbook/calendar. Half the time when people think you're checking on a date, you can actually be looking at your cribsheet to find the most graceful way to turn down the work.  Content provided by OnlineOrganizing.com -- offering "a world of organizing solutions!" Visit www.onlineorganizing.com for organizing products, free tips, a speakers bureau, get a referral for a Professional Organizer near you, or get some help starting and running your own organizing business.
Managing your e-mail overload starts simply - send fewer e-mails. Check out other tips to cut down on the messages you send and receive
TECHtionary is a great resource that easily allows you to understand and explain complex technical concepts and systems by functioning as a dictionary on telecommunications, data networking, and internet technology. You can look up a term simply by rolling your mouse over the first letter of the item you are searching for and a pop-up list of all terms for that letter appears. Once you click on the selected term, you'll get an animated clip that delineates exactly how that hardware, software, system, or concept works. If you're looking to touch-up your technology knowledge, this web site takes out the computer jargon and makes concepts easily understood.
 

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