Aspects of Online Learning
  • Purchasing a computer
  • Homework support
  • Enrichment  \ Summer Advancement \
  • College Classes Online
     Buying Home Access to the Internet
      •  The internet itself: 
         Reduced price internet access may be available at Cablevision (FC
         C initiative)
      •  Tablets, Netbooks, Desktops, Laptops
      •  Mac vs PC 
      •  Refurbished OK?
      •  What brand - Dell, Gateway, HP?
      •  What processor?
          – Intel vs AMD ? 
          – Older Processors (Pentium4 +)?
          – Low end Processors?
      •  Open Office  --- SurgeForce
      •  Google docs
   Homework Support – Teacher Site
   • School site
     –Contact numbers
     –Some teacher sites 
      • Homework
      • Lecture notes
      • Email address
     –Many professors welcome email (but follow up!)
     –Subscriptions to online tools
   Homework Support – Knowledge Sites
  • Knowledge sites
    –Nassau Library
      • Tutor.com Live one-to-one help: Every day from 2:00pm to 10:00pm
        – Includes writing help
      • Online databases for research sources
    –Kahn Academy (math, science, history - video, exercises, interactive!)
    –Purplemath (good explanations - reference pre-algebra/algebra/trig) 
    –WolframAlpha Math (good pictoral explanations)
    –Justmathtutoring (arithmetic through calculus - videos)
    –You Tube
    –Just google
         Khan Academy – Try It
   • www.khanacademy.org
   • Search Angles
     –See topic, video, exercise
     –Click angle types exercise
      • Stuck – watch a video
      • Move the protractor
      • Get hints
      • Enter wrong answer
     –Topic angles
   • Practice - see the map and click angles