Websites for free PowerPoint templates

http://www.templateswise.com/

http://www.poweredtemplates.com/free-ppt-powerpoint-templates.html

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT101172721033.aspx

http://www.presentationhelper.co.uk/free_powerpoint_template.htm

http://www.indezine.com/powerpoint/templates/freetemplates.html

Useful online dictionaries

Answers.com
http://www.answers.com/
Not only a dictionary, but also for searching answers for your questions. You can search for a word, a phrase, a person or even search for the answer such as 'Future trends of educational technology ' .


Thesaurus
http://thesaurus.reference.com/
A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms. Very helpful when writing.


Google dictionary
http://www.google.com.tw/dictionary

Good places to look for graphics

http://images.google.com/

For finding copyrighted photos:
http://search.creativecommons.org/

This site will help you find photos, music, text, books, educational material, and more that is free to share or build upon utilizing Creative Commons enabled search services at Google, Yahoo!, and Flickr.

How to make your PowerPoint work?

Here are some links for tips of making good PowerPoint presentations

http://www.iasted.org/conferences/formatting/Presentations-Tips.ppt

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/686/01/

http://www.slideshare.net/satyajeet_02/how-to-make-effective-presentation


This page is about 10 commonly made presentation mistakes

http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/presentationmistakes/tp/080722_presentation_mistakes.htm

Rough Draft

Here are some links about what is a rough draft and how to write a rough draft:

What is a rough draft:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_rough_draft

How to write a rough draft:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2855_write-rough-draft.html

Pictures of rough draft:
picture 1

picture 2

picture 3

Storyboard

Here are some links about what is a storyboard, why make a storyboard and how to make a storyboard.

http://accad.osu.edu/womenandtech/Storyboard%20Resource/

Preparing to make a PowerPoint slide show:
http://www.cyberbee.com/powerpoint/ppkids.pdf

A PowerPoint of "Making a storyboard":
http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/

Pictures of storyboard:
Picture 1

Picture 2

A storyboard template:
template

Developing an Outline

Here are some links for helping you create your own outline:

Four main components for effective outlines:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/01/

Why and how to create a useful outline:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/02/

Types of outlines and samples:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/03/

Formal outline guidelines:
http://wordsworth2.net/writing/outlines.htm

How to make an outline:
http://depts.washington.edu/psywc/handouts/pdf/outline.pdf

Some useful links

Here are two useful links for helping you refine your topic.

MIT Open Course:
http://www.myoops.org/twocw/mit/index.htm (Chinese)
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm (English)


Library online catalogs:

Southfield Public Library catalog
http://lis.sfldlib.org/

Lawrence Tech Library
http://www.ltu.edu/library/index1.asp

APA style tools

Here are some of the APA tools I use.

http://librarydb.devry.edu/flash/DVUO_APA_Guide.swf

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/12/

http://www.apastyle.org/apa-style-help.aspx

www.vanguard.edu/emplibrary/files/psychapa.doc