Notebooks+and+Networks

= Notebooks and Networks with Jac Calder =

Personalize your Teacher Notebook. Encrypt your USB drive, load OSAPAC software, set your home page and add a printer.
=== Start to build your personal learning network. Set up an RSS Reader to follow blogs and news. Investigate twitter as a way to follow other educators and learn. Use Delicious to bookmark websites for your students to see. ===

= NOTEBOOKS =

=Free programs you may choose to download:=


 * ===Skype - can be used to video chat with experts and other classes===
 * ===Evernote - one option to help you organize your files and notes===
 * ===JING - a free program that helps you take take screen shots (images) and videos of your computer screen (good for how-to videos)===
 * ===Google Earth===
 * ===Skitch - quick, easy, simple photo editing===
 * ===OSAPAC - Ontario Ministry licensed software===
 * ===Dropbox - Dropbox creates a folder on your computer that automatically syncs to "the cloud" (internet). You can then access these files on other computers. Just one possible solution===
 * ===Symbaloo - Symbaloo is a neat page to set as your homepage. It basically creates a page of bookmarks as your homepage===

=Help Files:=
 * ===Setting up Outlook for use with your mail or mail1 account [[file:Setting up Outlook to use with your eMail_0.pdf]]===
 * ===Adding a Printer [[file:Adding a printer.pdf]]===
 * ===Setting your home page in Internet Explorer [[file:Setting Your Home Page in Internet Explorer.pdf]]===
 * Using JING video tutorial
 * Using SKYPE video tutorial
 * Using EVERNOTE video tutorials
 * Using Google Earth video tutorials

= NETWORKS =

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Ontario Educator Meetup e-lationships Twitter Video tutorials about twitter Post about Ontario Professional Learning Network (PLN) Google Reader (RSS Reader) Tutorials about RSS Feeds Learn Ontario Video Tutorials on all sorts of software