Links

Web Site Links & Other Info of Interest Below you will find links to web sites pertaining to the course study materials and other stuff.

Make the Future – A Career in Computer Science
Every Student in Every School Should Learn How to Code! Really!! Watch the video.
Hour of Code
Did You Know 4.0
Did You Know 3.0
Did You Know 2.0
Did You Know?
Teenage Entrepreneurs – This could be you!?

YouTube RSA Animated sketch lectures

Cool Stuff:

What is Arduino?
Check out Adobe’s Color Wheel

Inspiration:

Stanford U. Commencement Address 2005 – Steve Jobs
Obama Student Leadership Speech – Idealism and Grit
Ben Carson (Gifted Hands author) on Education and Rise from Poverty
Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams – Randy Last Lecture

SAT Stuff – QUESTION & WORD OF THE DAY:

SAT Word of the Day from the New York Times
College Board SAT Question of the Day
About the PSAT
Review all items on the page above before taking the practice exams on PSAT “Preparing”
About the SAT
Review all items on the page above before taking the Practice exams in the SAT “Preparation Center”

COLLEGES & COLLEGE PREP:

Georgia Colleges 411 (Georgia Colleges Information)
College Board Web Site (National College Info plus planning guides – this is a really good site)
What Every Aspiring College Freshman Needs to Know About Saving Money!
College Scholarship Search with FastWeb (Find a scholarship just for you!)
How speeding up college could save your family $10,000

FBLA:

The Roswell High School FBLA Chapter web site
Your Georgia FBLA web site

INVESTMENT & BUDGETING

How Millionaires Are Made – Have a plan and live beneath your means
How to Retire as a Millionaire – Sound advice for your future
How Much Money is Actually Enough? An article that provides some insight & perspective

JOBS & CAREERS:

What Do You Like To Do?
The Fun “Works”
Career Zone
Which Classroom Skills Translate to the Job Market ? (on Yahoo-Education)
Computing Degrees & Careers Online
Virginia Career View
Georgia’s Hot Careers on GAcollege411
7 Tips for Interview Success

Job Boards

Search jobs on http://www.atlanta.computerjobs.com/
Search jobs on http://www.monster.com/

Georgia’s Hot Careers on GAcollege411
7 Tips for Interview Success

TOP 10 JOBS:

10 Best Jobs 2011 – Career Cast (Software, Computer Systems Analyst)
Hottest Careers through 2018 for College Grads – CollegeBoard.com (Systems Analyst, Software Engineer, Network Systems & Data Communications Analyst)
Best Jobs in America 2010 – CNN Money Magazine (Software Architect, Database Admin)
The 10 Best Jobs for 2010 in Pictures – Forbes (Software Engineer, Systems Analyst)
10 Best Jobs 2010 – Career Cast (Software Eng, Computer Systems Analyst)
Best Jobs in America 2009 – CNN Money Magazine (Systems Eng , IT Proj Mngr, Network Security Analyst)

CISCO Certification & the FIT Program

FIT Program Website – Fulton Institute of Technology
Application to attend CISCO Certification Training at the old Milton High School in Alpharetta

Learning Linux at Georgia Tech

Linux Lab Day for high school students,

Georgia Game Developers Association

Southern Interactive Game Expo (SEIGE) Registration
www.siegecon.net

COMPUTING IN THE MODERN WORLD

The Computer History Museum
Cisco System’s Packetville

WEB SITE DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT

The www.webmonkey.com web site
The W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
The w3schools.com web site for tutorials, examples, and online certification
How one class made its students rich
developing Apps

AP COMPUTER SCIENCE – A with Java

BUSINESS RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET: For research, news, and articles that pertain to Business, Career Technology, and Computing, use the following web sites;

OTHER LINKS OF INTEREST:

Research the Endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
Compare Your View on the Issues to the Candidates – Electoral Compass Web Site
The Discovery Channel
The National Geographic Magazine Online
The Whitehouse Online
EyeBorg eye-cam cutting edge computer prosthetics
How to Avoid FaceBook Scams
The top 25 list of good manners
Does the Economy “Got you down?”
A Dream List for my Wallet

***** Dip Recipe;

3 bricks cream cheese (do not use low cal or light!)
2 cans Rotel diced tomatoes (I use 1 med spice and 1 original, but choose based on how hot you want it.)
1 pound spicey breakfast sausage in the tube
Brown sausage in frying pan >>> then pour off grease >>> then put all contents into crock pot on low heat.
Enjoy and ask yourself, “What’s this stuff called because I can not stop eating it!?!?”

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