BDE Kids Lab

BDE Consults has opened up a training laboratory to build capacity in ICT use. Software for children as old as 4 years upwards has been installed. It is never too early to use ICTs.

Been Hacked?

Detect if your username has been hacked.

Every day it seems like another webpage or online service has been hacked. If you use the same password on more than one web page, make sure your account details have not been compromised by entering your e-mail address into the ShouldIChangeMyPassword.com website. This website has a database of several hundred thousand publicly posted hacked accounts and will report if your e-mail address is contained in its database.

Keyboard Tips

Page Up / Space bar and Page Down

Pressing either the page up or page down key will move that page one page at a time in that direction. When browsing the Internet pressing the space bar will also move the page down one page at a time. If you press Shift and the Space bar the page will go up a page at a time.

More tips can be found at

Keyboard Tips

Internet Abbreviations

Shorthand :term for the acronyms and other commonly used words used in chat rooms, e-mail, message boards,Internet, and other text-based messaging devices. For example, lol, which is short for "laugh out loud" is an example of shorthand. Another is FYI which is short for For Your Information, or FYIs may be documents that contain various information about numerous topics.
If you're looking for chat slang (common English misspellings and words) such as "wot" for "what" or "y" for "why" Follow the link to see more chat slang definition.

Chat Slang

Powerpoint Sound

How to insert a sound or music on a PowerPoint Slide

Perform the following steps to insert a music file on a slide:

First display the slide you want to add music or sound to.

On the Insert menu, point to Movies and Sound, the sub-menu will appear.

To insert a sound from the Clip Gallery, click Sound from Gallery, and then locate and insert the sound you want.

To insert a sound from another location, click Sound from File, locate the folder that contains the sound, and then double-click the sound file that you want to add.