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www.HowStuffWorks.com is a great site full of information written on a beginners level.
www.G-W.com my favorite for career and technical training materials.
www.CompTIA.org is of course the home of the A+ certification
http://www.TomsHardware.com/us/ provides lots of helpful information about basic computer hardware.
www.Intel.com/education/ provides great information about such topics of interest as how transistors are make located at www.Intel.com/education/transworks/ .
www.TigerDirect.com is one of our favorite vender sites. They have good prices and excellent telephone support.
www.BootDisk.com for a wide collection of PC boot disk.
http://www.ProProfs.com is an excellent source of FREE materials when studying for a certification exam. Check it out, they do require you to register but I have never received spam from this location.
www.StudyNotes.net has a really nice presentation of basic A+ topics and information.
Would you like to share with your class an interesting look at the history of Microsoft operating systems? Take a look at the following link: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/history
Check out the link to the educators section of the Microsoft Windows 7 website. There are a lot of free materials that you can use in your course. Look at the “Step by step guide for Windows 7” This is an excellent classroom resource that presents all the basic functions needed for students new to Windows7.
http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/guides/Pages/windows-7.aspx
Intel has a series of videos covering the basics of computers. The videos are very basic but you might like to use them as a starting point for your students. The link is located at: http://www.intel.com/support/tech101.htm
Check out this network+ link that was recommended by a person participating in the Proprofs Network+ forum.
Another link provided at
Proprofs is -
http://www.semsim.com/ccna/tutorial/subnetting/subnetting.html
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www.Gimp A free graphics program that you can use to edit photos or create your own designs from scratch. Just because its free don't underestimate the power of this program.
www.OpenOffice.org A complete office software suite, with a word processor, spread sheet, graphics, database and more.