April 2002 Computer Education & Training Newsletter
- From: "Scott Turton-intelligentedu.com" <intel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: intelinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 01 Apr 2002 22:37:06 -0600
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Newsletter for Computer Education,
Training & Tutorial Resources
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In This Issue:
1)... Editor's Greeting
2)... The Best New Free I.T. Training & Tutorial Sites
3)... New Free I.T. Books & Book Sites
4)... University Computer Science Course Sites
5)... The Best Suggested Sites from Website Users
6)... New I.T. Training & Tutorial Link Sites
7)... New Desktop and Office Application Training Sites
8)... I.T. Sites Worth Mentioning
9)... Frequently Asked Questions about Technical Training
10)... Please Support Our Computer Training Mission
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1) Editor's Greeting:
Hello, everyone! This is the 20th issue of our free monthly
email newsletter for Computer Education, Training, & Tutorial
Resources, giving you the latest Free online IT Training
Resources that we have recently discovered and researched. This
newsletter is free to anyone subscribing (instructions at bottom,
no username/password is needed). To access our member site,
however, you do need a user name and password - registering as a
member of intelligentedu.com costs $10 for six months, for more
information please see below 'Become a Member of Intelligentedu.com'.
My desire is that these free resources will help you with your
computer education and training and are tools to advance your IT
career. Our main mission is the training of those less fortunate
who are seeking to become computer literate, both technically
and from a user's perspective.
In this issue we describe and link to a total of 56 computer, IT
and programming learning and tutorial web sites. By means of
this email newsletter, you have knowledge of and access to these
sites before our web site visitors do.
*** Current News ***
Our newsletter subscriber list is now well over 10,000. I would
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I have created a new website feedback form for our visitors to
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Please take a minute to fill it out here:
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I will let you know the results of this feedback survey in a
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I have also posted a new special request form that our site
members can use to communicate to me what their training needs
are. Non-members may also use it, but members will get priority
in our time spent researching and finding free computer and IT
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Just to let you know, we are still in the process of updating
all of the links on all pages of the site. All the popular pages
have been updated. Eventually we will move to an automated
database.
I'd like to personally wish you the best of luck with your
computer studies and learning.
Warm Regards,
Scott Turton
Newsletter Editor and Webmaster
intel@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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2) The Best New Free I.T. Training & Tutorial Sites:
This section of our newsletter contains the best new free IT
training and tutorial sites that we have found and researched in
the last few weeks. These resources will be added to our Free IT
Training & Courses page at http://www.intelligentedu.com/cat1.html,
our Free IT Tutorials and Guides page at
http://www.intelligentedu.com/cat2.html, or to our members' site.
Learn-C.com:
http://www.learn-c.com/
A free Web site that teaches you how to use the C programming
language in embedded systems and in control applications. The
courses teach you how PCs store and move information, how
switches work, the basics of PC hardware, and how to read a
schematic.
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C++??: A Critique of C++ (3rd Ed.):
http://www.elj.com/cppcv3/
Gives a critique on the flaws of C++ versus other programming
languages.
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Three C/C++ Tutorial Downloads:
cpptour.zip:
http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/46701.html
- Hypertext-based tutorial on using C++. (52 kb)
ctutorde.zip:
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/c/ctutorde.zip
- C language tutorial, style, and quiz program. (892 kb)
ptrtut01.zip:
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/c/ptrtut01.zip
- Text tutorial on C pointers (ASCII). (27 kb)
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XML Articles and Tutorials:
http://www.online-learning.com/articles_internal.html
These learning and teaching XML related documents are from the
faculty and students at online-learning.com
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ProFusion - Search Technology:
http://www.profusion.com/AgentNav.asp?PTH=ProFusion/Technology&TTL=Technology
Use this search engine to find IT tutorials and learning
materialsm, search for "tutorial".
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Cisco - Packet Magazine - Archives:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/784/packet/archive.html
Cisco has published current and back issues of their Packet
Magazine for download as Adobe Acrobat files. Click on the
links below to subscribe to the print version, download the
current issue, or view past issues.
Packet Magazine - Fourth Quarter 2001:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/784/packet/oct01/pdfs/oct01.pdf
http://www-search.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/search/public.pl?q=demo&sa=Go&num=100&searchselector=0
Several Demo learning courses and materials from Cisco
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Uncanny Programming:
http://server9.hypermart.net/ucprogramming/
This page contains various programming tutorials that the other
pages never teach you. CSS, Active Channels, IE HTML, and
Dynamic Fonts are some of the many cool programming tips that
you will learn here.
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Novell Support Knowledgebase:
http://support.novell.com/search/kb_index.jsp
Search Novell for technical documents and manuals for various
Novell programs.
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The Programmer's Lair- Programs :
http://apurvaslair.50g.com/
This site offers C++, Visual Basic, Delphi programs, source
codes, tutorials, forums and more
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Computer Training Schools:
http://www.computertrainingschools.com/faqs/
Some well written guides to help you in your IT career and
certification goals.
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Design Harbor:
http://www.designharbor.org/
Web Design, Coding and Server Tutorials. Learn HTML, CSS, PHP
and the GIMP.
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EZlookin.com:
http://www.ezlookin.com
Two free practice tests here for Win2000 70-215 Practice Test
(91 questions) and CCIE 350-001 Practice Test (159 questions).
They give you the correct answers at the end.
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Xploiter.com:
http://www.xploiter.com/
Programming tutorials covering the following:
C/C++:
http://www.xploiter.com/programming/c/index.shtml
Delphi:
http://www.xploiter.com/programming/delphi/index.shtml
Pascal:
http://www.xploiter.com/mirrors/pascal/default.htm
Visual Basic:
http://www.xploiter.com/programming/vb/index.shtml
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SS64.com:
http://www.ss64.demon.co.uk/index.html
Oracle, Windows and Linux Command References, a guide to Oracle,
Windows NT and Linux BASH operating system commands.
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Object Orientation Tips:
http://www.ootips.org/
Keep up-to-date with object oriented technologies, without
having to read through high volume, low signal-to-noise sources.
About one new article per week.
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Tutorial Online Homepage:
http://scorpius.spaceports.com/~tutorial/0123456789/tutorials/23.zip
Seven chapter, 122 page Visual Basic Tutorial in doc format.
(294 kb)
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Five Stars for Effort:
http://www.5starsupport.com
This excellent free support site currently has 53 technicians
available to help you with your problems. There's also a very
good collection of tips, tricks and FAQs online to search.
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HelpTalk:
http://www.helptalk.com
This site is a favorite of tech support people and developers,
and a great way to find the answer to your current IT problems,
covers Visual Basic and Repairs/Troubleshooting, among others.
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Techadvice.com Home Page:
http://www.techadvice.com/
A comprehensive source of computer information on the Internet,
covering everything from product information and prices to
tutorials. The site is well organized content is accessible via
multiple number of indexing schemes.
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Free Soft Skills Online Training Opportunities:
Free Brainstorming Training:
http://www.brainstorming.co.uk/tutorials/tutorialcontents.html
- Has a basic and advanced tutorial on brainstorming techniques.
AMBAI Online Business Management Course:
http://www.ambai.org/
- AMBAI Free Online Distance Course in Management and Business
Administration
Presenters University:
http://www.presentersuniversity.com/
- Presenters University helps you learn how to be a wow
presenter with a large variety of courses and tutorials in the
following topic areas:
- Content: keep your audience on the edge of their seats
- Delivery: how to be an impactful power presenter
- Visual Aids: how to add punch to your presentation
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Viveks Programming World:
http://indianprogrammer.tripod.com/programmingworld/
Free email courses in SQL, Java, Linux and a Basic Computer
Course.
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Aries Curricula & Assessment Demo:
http://naas.aries.net/demo/
Free online training covering 4 A+ units, 3 Net+ chapters, 3
Windows NT chapters, and 2 computer literacy units. Each lesson
contains content, summary, exercises, and a practice quiz, and
is designed to be completed in one 50 minute setting. Register
here: http://naas.aries.net/register/
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2000trainers.com:
http://cisco.2000trainers.com
http://linux.2000trainers.com
http://windowsxp.2000trainers.com
2000trainers.com has recently added new Cisco CCNA, Linux and
Windows XP sections to their site. Active Directory has also
been added.
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MainFunction:
http://www.mainfunction.com/
For IT students and educators - free IT and MS technology
learning resources. For some you need to register.
Featured Curriculum, Projects, Tutorials:
http://educators.mainfunction.com/Resources/highlights.asp?value=5
C+ search results:
http://students.mainfunction.com/Search/results.asp?keyword=C%2B+Resources&image1.x=8&image1.y=5
Programming search results:
http://educators.mainfunction.com/Search/results.asp?keyword=Programming&image1.x=12&image1.y=8
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Microsoft's VB Articles:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/productinfo/previous/articles.asp
Technical Articles for Visual Basic 6 by Microsoft covering
technical development, data, server-side technologies, client-
side technologies and internet technologies.
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Microsoft.com Learning Resources:
Free Learning IT Events from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tcevents/itevents/default.asp
- Free Microsoft TechNet Briefings provide you with in-depth,
how-to information on deploying, managing, supporting, and
optimizing your Microsoft products.
Product Documentation:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/proddoc/default.asp
- This page lets you access the complete online help for all
versions of the Windows 2000 operating system as well as
Internet Information Services (IIS). Get all the most current
documentation here.
How It Works:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/howitworks/
- These resources provide in-depth technical information to help
you better understand and optimize the Windows 2000 operating
system.
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Microsoft Windows XP Quick Reference:
http://www.customguide.com/demos/windowsxpqr.exe
Windows XP is a lot different from previous versions of Windows.
To make things easier for you here's a Microsoft Windows quick
reference free of charge.
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3) New Free I.T. Books, Publications & Book Sites
Some of these web resources will be added to our Free IT Books
page at http://www.intelligentedu.com/free_computer_books.html and
some will be added to our members site.
Osborne/McGraw-Hill:
http://www.osborne.com/indexes/other_certification.shtml
Free Book Chapters - do a search for "sample chapter". Has
sample chapters for Oracle, Flash, Python, and others.
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Network World NetSmart:
http://www.nwnetsmart.com/ns/books/ciscopress/
NetSmart has numerous sample chapters from a number of Cisco
Press books including several CCNA, CCDA, & CCNP titles.
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Online Boox v2.2:
http://planeta.clix.pt/testeeee/
Free online books for HTML, Java, C++, and Security topics.
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NPS:
http://nps.vnet.ee/ftp/Docs/
Free Books for Basic, C, Cobol, Internet, and Hardware.
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Currell:
http://www.sd68.bc.ca/dove/currell/Frame1.html
Free Books and Tutorials for Visual Basic, Graphics, and others.
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Apinforma:
http://www.apinforma.com/biblio/
Free online books and downloads of computer and IT books.
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Hypermart:
http://free-books.hypermart.net/computers/index.htm
Free Computer Book downloads.
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Java Bookshelf:
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/Books/javaserverpages/cservletsjsp/
Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages - two free chapters.
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Linux From Scratch:
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/view/cvs
Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project that provides you with the
steps necessary to build your own custom Linux system. The
instructions how to create an LFS system are provided in this
LFS book. Beyond Linux From Scratch is also available::
http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org/view/cvs
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Using Visual Basic 6
http://www.1sayfa.com/1024/diger/vb/CH01.HTM
Online version of the popular Using Visual Basic 6 book.
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SQL : A Practical Introduction:
http://www.managedtime.com/freesqlbook.php3
You can download a PDF copy of the book "SQL: A Practical
Introduction" by Akeel Din. You need to supply an email address
before you are allowed to download it.
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MemoWare: Computer Category:
http://www.memoware.com/Category=Computers_ResultSet=0.htm
The PDA Document Repository. Many free computer related docs and
books. Here are the Document Conversion Utilities:
http://www.memoware.com/mw-helpm.htm
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4) University Computer Science Course Sites
Free to Browse and Study:
These web sites will be added to our Free University IT Course
Webs page at
http://www.intelligentedu.com/cat3.html
Pace University:
http://csis.pace.edu/~bergin/
Has some project and technical papers on subjects including Java,
Extreme Programming, C++ and Object Oriented Programming. Here
are a couple:
Rules for C++ Programmers:
http://csis.pace.edu/~bergin/papers/cpprule.html
Java vs. C++:
http://csis.pace.edu/~bergin/papers/JavaCpp.txt
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IT Courses from University of Western Ontario:
http://www.csd.uwo.ca/courses/
Operating Systems:
http://www.csd.uwo.ca/courses/CS305/
Networking Fundamentals:
http://www.csd.uwo.ca/courses/CS357a/
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University of California - Berkeley:
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/courses/is206/f99/Schedule.html
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/courses/is206/f98/Slides
INFOSYS 206: Distributed Computing Applications & Infrastructure,
online notes and Slides directory
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University of Edinburgh:
http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/compsec/
Computer Security - Documents are PDF or HTML
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Virginia Tech:
http://fiddle.visc.vt.edu/courses/ece2504/resources.html
ECPE 2504 - Introduction to Computer Engineering -Fall 2000, Dr.
Scott F. Midkiff - great online lecture notes.
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University of Washington:
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/tom/cs162sp95/
Operating System lecture notes, very good.
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Christopher Newport University:
http://www.pcs.cnu.edu/~dgame/courses.html
Networking and Communications Courses with good, online lecture
notes.
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7) New Desktop and Office Application Training Sites:
These web sites will be added to of Free Office and Desktop
Training page at http://www.intelligentedu.com/office.html . Also,
check out our expanded MS Office 2000 Free Training page here:
http://www.intelligentedu.com/office_2000.html
Free Tutorials and Guides from Penn State University:
Software Learning Guides:
http://www.pserie.psu.edu/compcntr/learnguide.htm
Handouts on various applications:
http://www.pserie.psu.edu/faculty/instdes/support/handouts.htm
C&IS Seminar Notes and Handouts:
http://cac.psu.edu/training/Outlines/SeminarHandouts.html
- Here you will find some of the handouts, notes and links to
many of their hands-on seminars.
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Information Systems Services:
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/iss/documentation/tut/
Tutorial Workbooks covering Unix, SPSS, Excel, Word, Access,
HTML .
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Studyfinance.com:
Getting Started with Excel:
http://www.studyfinance.com/lessons/excel/index.html
Time Value on Excel:
http://www.studyfinance.com/lessons/timevalue.xls
Valuation on Excel:
http://www.studyfinance.com/lessons/valuation.xls
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St. Philips College Technology Training Center:
MS Word 2000 Online Course:
http://www.accd.edu/spc/it/ttc/word/ms_word_2000_TOC.htm
PowerPoint 2000 Online Course:
http://www.accd.edu/spc/it/ttc/powerpt/default.htm
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Unitek Information Systems:
http://www.unitek.com/training/desktop/onedayregister.php
Get a free, no-obligation, 1 day access to MS WORD 2000 course.
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8) I.T. Sites Worth Mentioning:
HFNetChk 3.3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=31154
Microsoft has released version 3.3 of its command-line tool
which checks servers and reports on which security fixes are
installed. This useful free tool is the easy way to ensure that
your machines are running all the latest patches and that you
haven't missed any.
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9) Frequently Asked Questions about Technical Training:
Each month Scott Turton will answer one of the frequently asked
questions we receive about computer and IT training and career
development.
April 2002 FAQ:
What is your new "Understanding Computer Security" e-book all
about? How do I get one?
Answer:
This is a new computer security e-book that I have put together
from U.S. government agency computer security papers and guides.
I have attempted to extract the most relevant information and
present it in a coherent and understandable manner. It is a
complex area encompassing many topics that can be difficult to
understand and bring together. My hope is that this e-book will
make computer security easier to learn. You can receive your
free copy be sending an email with the word 'security' to this
address intelinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I will send to back to you
as an zipped attachment (550 kb). When unzipped the file is a
windows .exe executable. For those not able to use this format,
please email me (intel@xxxxxxxxxxxx), at a later date I'll have
an alternate format ready.
Scott Turton
Computer Education, Training & Tutorial Resources
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MindLeaders Online IT Courses:
http://www.intelligentedu.com/links/mindleaders.html
Low cost online technical and end-user computer courses. Earn a
certificate of completion for each course you take and pass.
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Computer Liquidation Sale: Click here:
http://www.qksrv.net/click-543555-1155794
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Animated Tour of Sessions.edu:
http://www.intelligentedu.com/links/sessions.html
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Online Courses - eLearners.com:
http://www.intelligentedu.com/links/elearners.html
eLearners.com is your key to online distance learning courses,
degrees. Search 27,000+ online & distance learning courses,
degrees, training programs and colleges.
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Visit Videoprofessor for a FREE CD-ROM Computer Lesson!
Windows XP, Word, Quicken, Excel, Access, & More!!
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