Get through finals week with these handy web tools!

Finals stress getting you down?  You don't have to go it alone - you can find tons of free software on the web to help you organize, research and spice up your final projects.  Here's a sampling of some of what's out there.

Workflowy: Organize Your Brain
Website: https://workflowy.com/

What is it?: Workflowy is a fantastic tool for the scatterbrained and for list-lovers.  It has a simple interface that lets you organize your to-do list and keep your life on track.




Write or Die
Website: writeordie.com

What is it?: If you need that extra push to keep you writing, Write or Die gives the ultimate threat - if you don't keep writing, it'll start deleting everything you've typed, one word at a time.  A great website for last-minute papers.

Prezi
Website: http://prezi.com/

What is it?: A cleaner, cooler, jazzier way to do powerpoints.  Prezi has an easy to use interface that lets you make beautiful presentations and save them online.  For an example, check out this video the SCTC Libraries made using Prezi:



NoodleTools
Website: SCTC Portal to NoodleTools

What is it?: Citations! Need help pulling together a bibliography?  Type your information into NoodleTools, select what style you want your citation to be in, and NoodleTools will generate a bibliography for you.  Using NoodleTools requires a log-in - get in touch with your library staff for the password!

Crash Course: Biology and History made easy

Cramming for a bio test?  Need a quick refresher on World War I?  The VlogBrothers John and Hank Green are here to help!

Crash Course: Biology and History take the basics of each subject and divide them into quick, digestible 10-minute chunks.  From the skeletal system, to ancient Egypt, to the basic working of plant cells, these videos make bio and history fun and easy to process.

Check it out for yourself!  Below you'll find one of my favorite episodes, 12 straight minutes of Alexander the Great!


    

Spooky Storytelling Competition

Think you have what it takes to spin the most blood-chilling tale on the Southern Crescent campus?  Join us at the Griffin Library for a Spooky Storytelling Competition!  From 4.00 PM to 5.00 PM on Halloween Day, you'll have the chance to read your most terrifying original story to a captive audience.

Prizes will be given to the most spine-tingling story tellers, with a $30 gift card going to the first place winner, a $20 gift card to second, and $10 gift card to third place.  Come celebrate Halloween in spooky style!

October Book Club: Phantom of the Opera

Get in the mood for Halloween this October, and join the Flint River Book Club in reading The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux!  This harrowing book tells the story of a talented French opera diva whose singing voice inspires the obsession of a mysterious masked man.

The Phantom of the Opera is available for free online, in multiple formats.
Kindle: PDF download
E-Book: Web view
Google Book: Web view
Audiobook: MP3 files

Hope to see you in the Flint Library at 4.00 PM on Thursday, October 25 to discuss Phantom!

Technology Tuesday: Time Magazine's Top 50 Websites of 2012

Time Magazine has come out with their annual list of the top 50 websites that still might not have pinged your radar.  Ranging from music reviewer Pitchfork to educational sites like Learnist, this list of sites can help you uncover some of the internet's best kept secrets.

Check out the list here on the Time Magazine website!

Send us your (tasteful) crazy websites!

Dr. Sebright is collecting lists of crazy (in good taste) websites, to expand his list beyond his favorite one, www.pregnantmale.com.  These lists will be used in instruction sessions to provide examples showing the need to constantly evaluate Internet information, due to its lack  of policing or editing.  Email your contribution to tsebright@sctech.edu.

Remember that these websites, while they may be false and misleading, they must be tasteful, so that any website submitted should rate a G or PG.  No R's or X's, please. 

Tuition Up? Check out the current scholarships!

September 10, 2012

The Southern Crescent Technical College Foundation, Inc. offers scholarship opportunities to students. Scholarship funds are NOT paid directly to the student. Please read all application materials carefully—some restrictions apply. Application deadlines are posted on the applications.

Available Scholarships:

GED/Advancement-to-College Textbook Scholarship is a $250 textbook scholarship awarded to a recent Southern Crescent Technical College GED graduate (completed within the last 12 months) who scored over 500 on the GED test and who has enrolled part-time or full-time in Southern Crescent Technical College to begin work on a certificate, diploma, or degree program of study.

Georgia Power Company Scholarship is a $250 scholarship awarded for the purchase of program-required tools, uniforms, equipment, and/or supplies to a currently enrolled part-time or full-time Southern Crescent Technical College student in good academic standing.

High School-to-College Textbook Scholarship is a $300 textbook scholarship awarded to a recent high school graduate (graduated within the last 24 months) who is planning to attend Southern Crescent Technical College as a full-time or part-time student enrolled in a certificate, diploma, or degree program of study.

John Bradley Memorial Toolbox Scholarship is a $250 scholarship awarded for the purchase of program-required tools, uniforms, equipment, and/or supplies to a currently enrolled part-time or full-time Southern Crescent Technical College student in good academic standing. The student must demonstrate a need for financial assistance in purchasing the required tools.

Justin Peeples Memorial CIS Scholarship is a $250 textbook and toolbox scholarship awarded to a currently enrolled part-time or full-time Southern Crescent Technical College student in good academic standing in a computer information systems program of study.

MAACA / Tim Derrick Memorial Scholarship is a $250 textbook and toolbox scholarship awarded to a currently enrolled part-time or full-time Southern Crescent Technical College student in good academic standing in an air conditioning technology program of study.

Textbook Scholarship is a $300 textbook scholarship awarded to a currently enrolled part-time or full-time Southern Crescent Technical College student in good academic standing in a certificate, diploma, or degree program of study.

Tuition/Completer Scholarship is a $900 tuition/fees/books scholarship awarded to a currently enrolled part-time or full-time Southern Crescent Technical College student in good academic standing who is NOT eligible for the HOPE Grant/Scholarship or PELL Grant financial aid. Applicants for this scholarship may also include those who have capped-out on HOPE financial aid.

For additional information on scholarships contact:

PH: (770) 229-3466 FAX: (770) 229-3236 Email: scholarships@sctech.edu