See also: Revision
Test your IQ
from Microsoft: assess your IT skills
General sites
ICT GCSE
includes online quizzes and project guides for databases, spreadsheets,
word processing and web design. Covers all aspects of theory from network
topologies to health and safety issues. Recommended.
BBC
ICT Portal
Good reference site.
cnet
one of the most comprehensive computing sites
Burford School's KS3
ICT website
"This website contains a wide range of resources including information
pages and down-loadable worksheets. The site provides guidance aimed at
students, parents and teachers and all resources are free to use. Navigation
is easy, using the same unit structure as the QCA scheme of work for ICT.
Environmental education themes are used throughout to provide stimulating
material for the developing of ICT skills."
Becta - British Educational Communications and Technology Agency
the Government's key partner in the strategic development and delivery of its information and communication (ICT) and e-learning strategy for the schools and the learning skills sectors. Becta also provides an educational software database. BESD contains information about software for pre-school to further education. Software included in the BESD is educational in nature and available in the UK. For reviews of educational software got to the TEEM website.
ICT News
slashdot
News for nerds. Stuff that matters
The
Guardian OnLine
weekly IT supplement
Computer Weekly
Award winning weekly magazine for the IT industry. Lots of issues
for A level IT.
News.com
"tech news first"
Wired
huge site with news of the net, business, culture and politics
TechWeb
The business technology network
Awesome Library: Technology
A subject list of technology topics linking to lots of different types of information, including papers, materials, journals and LESSON PLANS. Has an American slant, but there is a lot of really good information. The links are kept well up-to-date.
Encyclopedias and glossaries
Whatis?com
an online dictionary of computing terms. It explains complicated computing
terms in plain and succinct language
IT
Glossary
from the University of Michigan's IT Web
netlingo
helps make sense of computing jargon
FOLDOC: Free Online Dictionary of Computing
Webopedia
online dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet technology
techdictionary.com
includes "computer, Internet and telecommunications terms, acronyms,
emoticons or smilies, chat abbreviations, filename extensions, HTML tags,
and domain suffixes".
TechWeb Encyclopedia
More than 20,000 IT terms defined
Issues in Information Technology
Information Commissioner
Responsible for the Data Protection & Freedom of Information Acts.
[ Data Protection
Act 1998 ]
Copyright
and the internet
Copyright Licensing Authority
The Copyright Website
"endeavors to provide real world, practical and relevant copyright
information of interest to infonauts, netsurfers, webspinners, content
providers, musicians, appropriationists, activists, infringers, outlaws,
and law abiding citizens"
Vmyths.com
Learn about computer virus myths, hoaxes, urban legends, and the implications
if you believe in them. You can also search a list of computer virus hoaxes
from A to Z.
Technical matters
Keyboard
Shortcuts to Microsoft products
Help-Site Computer Manuals
a huge range of online manuals covering hardware, operating systems,
programming
The Journey
Inside
find out what's inside your PC (Intel Education)
The Internet
All About the Web
a guide for 'newbies'
How Search
Engines Work
from the HowStuffWorks website: all about spiders and crawling
The Internet Society
"To assure the open development, evolution and use of the Internet
for the benefit of all people throughout the world". Includes a good
history of the internet.
The Living Internet
"the most comprehensive reference about the Internet"
Phil Bradley's Internet pages
include general introduction, web design tips, search engine articles
Glossary of Internet
terms
comprehensive but not too technical
Search engine watch
how they work, hints and tips on how to use them
TOURBUS
"a free, twice-weekly Internet newsletter. If you don't subscribe,
squirrels will harvest your kidneys. To subscribe, go to the Web site
and click on SUBSCRIPTIONS". Seriously, this mailing list is one
of the easiest ways to keep up to speed with what is best and worst on
the web.
dejavu.org
experience the history of the web!
The Internet Archive
a library of snapshots of publicly accessible Internet sites, from
1996 to the present. Includes (at March 2000) a billion web pages, 50,000
FTP sites and 16 million usenet postings. Its main aim is to prevent the
Internet from disappearing into the past.
Web page authoring and design
W3 Schools
A free and very comprehensive training resource from the most authoritative place: the World Wide Web Consortium
NCSA
Beginner's Guide to HTML
an excellent site
Sizzling
HTML Jalfrezi
A comprehensive guide to writing web sites, clearly set out and with
plenty of examples. It is ideal for beginners and has particularly useful
cross-browser compatibility charts for Cascading Style Sheets.
WebReference.com
"One of the oldest and most respected Web development sites "
DRAAC.COM: a complete guide to HTML
easy to use, with lots of useful tools.
Webmonkey
one of the net's best resources for someone setting up their own website.
"Whether you're just starting out with HTML, are looking to expand
your Photoshop or Flash skills, need to brush up on stylesheets, want
to build an online store, or are ready to take the best JavaScript tutorial
on the Web", they've got it covered. There's a webmonkey
for kids, too.
Library Web Manager's Reference Center (DL SunSITE)
The JavaScript Source
a comprehensive library of ready-made scripts
Javascript Central
from Netscape
Perl.com
the authoritative guide from O'Reilly
CGI101.com
"Learn how to add CGI programs to your website, in less than a day...
even if you have no programming experience"
Topmarks WebDesign
Guide
using FrontPage Express
Software
SunSITE
easy, global access to free software and tools
TuCows
updated versions of the best shareware available
Download.com
a huge library of software for Windows, Windows CE, Linux, MacOS and PalmPilot
platforms
Symantec
AntiVirus Research Center
for the latest on worms, trojan horses, and all those other beasts.. Also
Sophos Virus Info
Shareware
from CNet
ZD Downloads
over 12,000 files, all reviewed and virus tested
Version Tracker
a constantly updated list of the latest software available for your
computer
Mac OS sites
Maclaunch.com
a portal and database of information for Mac users
MacFixIt
(Home Page)
troubleshooting solutions
MRP:
The Mac Resource Page
news, opinions and rumours for the Macintosh power user
Apple History
unofficial but exhaustive!