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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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
My Presentations on SlideShare
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