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Computer Terms Definitions
Groupware
Open Source Software
Tutorials
User Groups
Voice Recognition

Groupware

Information on groupware.
http://www.usabilityfirst.com/groupware/

Choosing web conferencing software.
http://thinkofit.com/webconf/wcchoice.htm

Survey of Online Meeting Tools.
http://www.webconferencing-test.com/en/webconference_home.html

Williams, J. P. (2003, April 22). Groupware: Shared Thoughts, Shared Media, and Shared Models. A white paper from the School of Information at the University of Texas.
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~i385tkms/blog/archives/patrick/groupwarepaper.html

Open Source Software

All About Open Source. An excellent overall article about open source from the "Did You Know" reference section at Webopedia.
http://www.webopedia.com/Dido/Computer_Science/2005/open_source.asp

Open Source Nursing Informatics (OSNI) Working Group of IMIA-NI. Much information about nursing activities and sources for open source software.
http://www.osni.info/html/index.php

Open Source Licenses. Open source journals or software require different types of copyright licensing. See this site for links to licenses approved by the open source initiative.
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/

Wong, K., & Sayo, P. (2004). Free/open source Software: A general introduction. A 61 page source of everything you wanted to know about open source software including what it is, its history, benefits and shortcomings and examples of its use.
http://www.iosn.net/downloads/foss_primer_current.pdf

Computer Terms Definitions

Maintained by Webopedia, this site gives a good definition of the types of software including malware. Informative site.
http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Hardware_Software/2006/types_of_software.asp

Tutorials

Improving Computer Fluency with Shortcut Keys. Provides not only may shortcut keys, but instructions on using them for both PCs and Macs..
http://www.4teachers.org/techalong/bartol3/index.shtml

Goodwill Community Federation (GCF). Although one has to register for an account to use this site, the registration is free. Once registered, you can select from any number of learning topics. Suggest the Computer and Online Classes for help with using the computer, Internet, Mirosoft Office, Open Office, or even Facebook. (Added November 1, 2009)
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/default3d.aspx

Kids Domain. Although designed for kids, this site is valuable for all. From this site select the lessons you want. When you go to the site you will be greeted with a splash page of advertising, but you can click in the upper right corner to skip it.
http://parenting.kaboose.com/education-and-learning/learning-resources/brain-computer-lesson.html

Study guide site. This instructions use programs from the Windows 95 era, but could be used as a guide to developing your own instructions for using some of the office suite software. To get to some of the tutorials you will have to click the Next in the upper right hand corner of the screen.. Includes not only general computer concepts, but information about presentations, web design, spreadsheets and word processors. Hands on exercises not pertinent to users of Office 2007.
http://www.tekxam.com/StudyGuide/Guide.html

Links for help with many assorted programs including Office 2003 and 2007, developed by University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Invaluable!
http://www.uwec.edu/help/

User Groups

User groups. Web site for the Association of Personal Computer User Groups. Useful for finding a user group near you.
http://www.apcug.org/

Voice Recognition

Speech Recognition. A good description of this topic is found here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_recognition

Reviews of Voice Recognition Software
http://download.cnet.com/windows/voice-recognition-software/

Websites Referred to in Text of Chapter

Finding information on improving ease of access to computers for those with disabilities.

Windows - http://www.microsoft.com/enable/
Mac - http://www.apple.com/accessibility/

Download Open Office. http://www.openoffice.org/

Free photo-editing software. http://picasa.google.com/

Microsoft Windows XP Speech recognition software available for downloaded with Service Pack 1 for Window XP™. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/
expert/moskowitz_02september23.mspx

Find a computer user group. http://www.apcug.org

Report software piracy. https://reporting.bsa.org/usa/home.aspx

References in this Chapter that are Online

Beal, V. (2005, June 17). All about open source. Retrieved January 2, 2009, from http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Computer_Science/2005/open_source.asp.

Business Software Alliance. (2007). 2006 Piracy study. Retrieved January 2, 2009, from http://w3.bsa.org/globalstudy//upload/2007-Global-Piracy-Study-EN.pdf.

Seymour, J. (2001). The truth about speech recognition. Retrieved January 2, 2009, from http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,262680,00.asp.

Webopedia. (2002, January 4). Operating system. Retrieved January 2, 2009, from http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/o/operating_system.html.

Webopedia. (2004, May 17). Graphical user interface. Retrieved January 2, 2009, from http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/G/Graphical_User_Interface_GUI.html.

Webopedia. (2007, September 28). Voice recognition. Retrieved January 2, 2009, 2008, from http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/v/voice_recognition.html.

Woolley, D. (1996). Choosing conferencing software. Retrieved January 2, 2009, from http://thinkofit.com/webconf/wcchoice.htm.

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