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  | Welcome to Module 2. This week we will be covering basic and specialized application software.
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  | What's happening this week-
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  | Read chapters 3 & 4 in your textbook.
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  | Discussion Board- look for the question to appear Wednesday.
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  | View this week's lecture- it will be viewable on Tuesday.
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  | Download and listen to "The 411 on Wikipedia" podcast from the Polytechnic Writing Center page at ASU at iTunes U-
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  | Take quiz 2. As usual, it opens this Friday at noon for 48 hours.
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  | Google Office is free software that offers an alternative to the traditional and essential Microsoft Office programs such as Word and Excel. Personally I don't know where I'd be without Google spreadsheets or Google Calendar.... look over all the Google Apps here-
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  | Photoshop is an incredible program, but it is also pricey. The Gimp is a free, comparable alternative. Download it and try it out here-
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  | But if you do use Photoshop, here's a page filled with great basic tutorials-
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  | Graphic File Format overview- (I will be talking more about this topic in lecture this week.)
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  | This page experiments with using complicated math to build unique Flash movies.
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