gMail is my favorite mail application,as I have blogged about here previously: http://jnthweb.ca/2010/08/gmail-other-email-addresses/ http://jnthweb.ca/2010/08/why-gmail-labels-not-folders/ There are other reasons in other posts,but here is an excellent succinct list of why and how gmail is useful:http://www.thethinkingstick.com/5-gmail-tips-for-teachers [...] My Samsung Galaxy Tab Home Screen Does it make me disloyal to my love for Apple? I love my MacBook Air,but I bought myself a Samsung Galaxy Tab. My friends say I’m betraying Mac,but here’s what I said to them: Well I do feel a little disloyal,but [...] [slideshare id=1540037&doc=magnetresearchgoogle-090605152119-phpapp02] Charles Bell:Anatomy of the Brain,c. 1802 I believe,in this world of rapidly changing technology and increasing knowledge of how our brains ‘work’,that students of communication need to know more. (For the record,I believe it’s a human need to constantly learn more about [...] I like to play on the web,and my biggest problem is my “I-can’t-catch-up”anxiety. There is always more to explore. And for free,either for the basic version or for a month. I can never try everything out. I can’t catch up. Ever. I make things even more intense by following people who suggest [...] All learning is contextual,in my opinion. You have to already know some aspect in order to learn more. I remember my Psych 101 prof,many,many years ago,saying that any book with more than 10% new content would be unreadable. So this video,found through krea_frobro747 on Twitter,appeals to me because it [...] I’m attending the PBWorks Camp for teachers,and this is my homework for my second week,a screencast made using Jing on how Styles in MS Word can help in writing long pieces such as academic papers or business reports:2009-07-02_1211 I re-did this a number of times,dealing with - fitting what I wanted [...] I’m ambivalent about my title because I use Twitter mainly for learning,communication,and entertainment. I recognize,however,that business is becoming increasingly a part of Twitter. I recently posted a picture on TwitPic … Like a Liberty Print and commented that it reminded me of a Liberty print. (I have fond memories of [...] All the brouhaha about financial game playing and our perilous financial system has brought a question to my mind: why do we talk about wages with percentages? % If someone,A,making $20,000. gets a 5% raise,that’s $1000.00 dollars and they now make $21,000. If someone,B,making $200,000. gets the [...] I GO-trained into Toronto today to attend some sessions at the MagNet ’09 Conference. I was really impressed with the excellent level of organization and with the high quality of the two sessions I attended,a session with a panel of literary agents answering questions and a session with Harry van Bommel on self-publishing. Both [...] | I help with- Learning web basics,(email,search,browsing,etc.)
- Editing,Proofreading,and/or Composing Documents
- Speaking (Planning,Practising,PowerPoint etc.)
- Presenting with Impact
- Finding free web tools (audio,video,storage,etc.)
- Creating eNewsletters (with a web tool that isn't free)
- Researching using the web
- Social Bookmarking
- Setting up and using wikis
- Setting up simple websites
- Using Twitter Effectively
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