Learning Resources
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Learning Express Library - Tutorials for Adobe Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, & Photoshop; Corel Wordperfect; Microsoft Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, Publisher, Sharepoint, Visio, & Word; as well as Windows and Mac Operating System courses. Interactive test preparation guides for the ASVAB, GRE, SAT, ACT, civil service, military, law enforcement, real estate, U.S. Citizenship Test, and other exams.
Mango Languages - Are you traveling abroad? Struggling with a language course at school? Trying to improve your English? Try Mango Languages! McHenry Public Library cardholders now have access to an online language-learning system that teaches conversational skills for 12 different languages, including Spanish, French, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, and Japanese. There are also ESL courses for those learning English and a translation tool for written text. Create a Mango account to keep track of your progress in the lessons today.
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Skill building and learning resource websites
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Web 2.0 Tools
280 Slides - Create presentations, access them from anywhere, and share them with the world. With 280 Slides, there's no software to download and nothing to pay for – and when you're done building your presentation you can share it any way you like.
Devolver Movie Maker - You do not need to be a member to use the MovieMaker.
Forvo - a pronunciation guide.
iLighter - I-lighter is a Freeware add-on that provides a simple way to save and annotate snippets of text and graphics from Web sites and store it for future use.
Penzu - a personal journal and online diary.
VoiceThread - group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world. No software to install.
Voxopop - develop your speaking skills. Similar to message boards, but with voice rather than text and with a specialized user interface.
Wall Wisher - is an online notice board maker.
Wordle - generate “word clouds” from text that you provide. Print them out or save them to the Wordle gallery to share.
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