Cool Tools

Last updated 5/10/13

Isothermal Community College
P.O. Box 804, Spindale NC 28160
(828) 395-1307 fax (828) 286-8208

Charles P. Wiggins, Director of Library Services

Cool Tools

General
GCF LearnFree.org teach yourself basic "technology, literacy, and math skills"
Easy Unit Converter
Airhead Emissions Calculator calculate your pollution footprint
Sheppard Software free educational games
Instructional Technology Tool Kit discover new ways to manage, create and communicate
Language Tools
Word Web (free download) "does much more than a paper dictionary or thesaurus"
BBC Languages free beginner's courses
Babel Fish translation tool
Online Etymology Dictionary find out where words came from
Graphics
Create A Graph
Make pie charts and several other kinds of graphs (without Excel!) using your own data, then print, download or email them
Cool Text Graphics Generator
for web pages and anywhere else you need an impressive logo without a lot of design work
Britannica Image Quest Images of nearly everything, plus a citation to accompany it!

Computer & Keyboarding Skills
Peter's Online Typing Class
Learn to type or improve your typing skills at this free site
New User Tutorial
For those who are using the computer for the first time
How Secure Is My Password? Try it out; this site will tell you
Make Me a Password When you can't think of a good one yourself
whatismyip.org Find out your IP address here. Microsoft Office
Help for making the adjustment from
Microsoft Office products, 2007 to 2010
--Click on the program you want to learn about
Microsoft Training: Office 2010
--Click on the program you want to learn about Citation Makers
Citation Builder
EasyBib
Son of Citation Machine

Keyword Finders
KwMap "A keyword map for the whole Internet"

Politics
Politifact.com checks statements made by politicians and rates them for truthfulness
FactCheck.org monitors the factual accuracy of what is said in the nation’s political arena File Converters change gif's to jpg's and many more options
Zamzar
youconvertit
PDF to Word URL Shorteners make a long URL (internet address) into a short and easy one
Bitly
Tiny URL
Digbig

Some links on this site go to external web sites not connected with Isothermal Community College. Their inclusion is not an endorsement by Isothermal and Isothermal is not responsible for accuracy of their content.

General GCF LearnFree.org teach yourself basic "technology, literacy, and math skills" Easy Unit Converter Airhead Emissions Calculator calculate your pollution footprint Sheppard Software free educational games Instructional Technology Tool Kit discover new ways to manage, create and communicate	Language Tools Word Web (free download) "does much more than a paper dictionary or thesaurus" BBC Languages free beginner's courses Babel Fish translation tool Online Etymology Dictionary find out where words came from	Graphics Create A Graph Make pie charts and several other kinds of graphs (without Excel!) using your own data, then print, download or email them Cool Text Graphics Generator for web pages and anywhere else you need an impressive logo without a lot of design work Britannica Image Quest Images of nearly everything, plus a citation to accompany it!
Computer & Keyboarding Skills Peter's Online Typing Class Learn to type or improve your typing skills at this free site New User Tutorial For those who are using the computer for the first time How Secure Is My Password? Try it out; this site will tell you Make Me a Password When you can't think of a good one yourself whatismyip.org Find out your IP address here.	Microsoft Office Help for making the adjustment from Microsoft Office products, 2007 to 2010 --Click on the program you want to learn about Microsoft Training: Office 2010 --Click on the program you want to learn about	Citation Makers Citation Builder EasyBib Son of Citation Machine Keyword Finders KwMap "A keyword map for the whole Internet"
Politics Politifact.com checks statements made by politicians and rates them for truthfulness FactCheck.org monitors the factual accuracy of what is said in the nation’s political arena	File Converters change gif's to jpg's and many more options Zamzar youconvertit PDF to Word	URL Shorteners make a long URL (internet address) into a short and easy one Bitly Tiny URL Digbig
Some links on this site go to external web sites not connected with Isothermal Community College. Their inclusion is not an endorsement by Isothermal and Isothermal is not responsible for accuracy of their content.