European school of the Netherlands information technology

ICT Resource Centre


The European Schools ICT syllabus



Tutorials
Alison.com
Excellent Video for beginners to Gmail. Has text instead of / with sound. Also has tutorials on Office, Touch Typing and other useful topics. You have to register to use the Site.
Lynda.com
Video tutorials covering many of the basics of Gmail, Google Docs and Google Calendar

Teach-ICT Video Tutorials
Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Flash, Dreamweaver and more. Excellent resource.

BBC Learning to Type
For all ages. Needs headphones.

Visibone Online Typing Course - Simple but effective.

Commoncraft.com
Learn all about the basics of Blogs, Twitter, Wikis and much more in these short animations.
Available in English, German, Portugese and Spanish.

W3Schools Tutorials
HTML, CSS, Javascript and much more for the budding web programmer. Well designed and thorough tutorials.


Online and Open Source Free Software

OpenOffice.org
Do you need to continue your ICT work at home but do not have Microsoft Office? OpenOffice is a multilingual office suite, compatible with all other major office suites including Google Docs. Free to download, use, and distribute.

Graphic Programs

* Paint.net.
* Gimp
* Photoshop Online
* Sumopaint

Image editing and photo manipulation software. Many more tools and effects than MS Paint.