The key to success is to keep the links specific to your curriculum. If your school doesn't have a web site you can create content specific hyperlinks in Appleworks or Microsoft Word documents. Students can move back and forth between the word processing documented and the web browser. It's easy to make a great multimedia slide show with Appleworks or any version of Clarisworks. Soft skills are the building blocks of technology usage.
Soft skills range from search strategies and note taking skills to manipulating graphics.
Take time to think through the small components of a bigger project. For example, a student inserting a self image in a cover for a word processed document most likely needs to know how to manipulate the graphic and move back and forth between graphic software and the word processing software. Simple and routine, yes, but not obvious to the novice. Tips and Handouts . Once they know it's easy they can take off on their own.