KCS Staff Technology > Programs on Your Computer
Firefox - browse the Internet (district mandated - use Safari as a backup if necessary)
Click here for Atomic Learning tutorials. Click here for help and support from Mozilla. Click here to download.
Contribute -update your class webpage
Click here for Atomic Learning tutorials.
iLife - create music (GarageBand), websites (iWeb), movies (iMovie), dvds (iDVD), and organize, share, and edit photos (iPhoto)
Click here for Apple tutorials. Click for Atomic Learning tutorials on GarageBand, iWeb, iMovie, iDVD, and iPhoto.
iCal - organize events on a calendar
Click here for the Atomic Learning tutorials. Click here for Apple support.
iTunes - listen to, purchase, and share music
Click here for the Atomic Learning tutorials. Click here for Apple support. Click here to dowload.
Microsoft Office -create documents (Word), presentations (PowerPoint), spreadsheets (Excel), and work with email (Entourage).
Click for Atomic Learning tutorials on Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Entourage. Click here for Microsoft support. Click here for Atomic Learning Office workshops. Click here for instructions to check your email from home.
OpenOffice/NeoOffice - create documents, presentation, spreadsheets, databases, and drawings for free.
Click here for Atomic Learning tutorials. Click here to downlaod the user's guide. Click here to download.
Comic Life - create Comics, some computers have the full version, free trial version can be loaded on any computer
Click here for Plasq FAQ. Click here to download trial.
Gimp - free art program, can be loaded on any computer
Click here for Gimp support.
Apimac Timer - Click here to download.
Skype - send instant messages, make audio calls to computers with Skype or regular phones, and video conference
Click here for Skype support. Click here to download.
*Some systems may have Stickies (keep virtual sticky notes on your computer), Dictionary (quickly look up word meanings, synonyms, and pronounciations), and Grapher (create 2 and 3-D graphs).
Note: AppleWorks is no longer allowed to be used on district computers. If it has not been deleted yet it will be as soon as it is detected.
