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 [...] A good idea,that didn’t work too well,and is now closing! I send out email to a variety of people,some of whom open and answer messages daily or even hourly and some of who go on the internet a few times a week –or less. Sometimes,I need to know if they got my message,and take further action (like phone them) if they haven’t. But [...] Now that you’re using gmail,do you ever find yourself writing a message,but needing information from a previous message or from your Contacts? It can be annoying to save the current message as a draft,(1) or open a separate copy,(2) just so you can search (3) for what you need. There’s [...] Labels in gMail Most email applications let you set up folders for storing messages you want to save. You have to decide what category your message fits into,if you want to keep it (but not in the Inbox),make sure you have a folder with that name,and store the message there. Then,when [...] Years ago I had a Hotmail address as well as an address based on my service provider and one for the institution I worked for. Three email addresses: one I could open on any wired computer,as long as I remembered the exact address and my password for it (didn’t always happen),another I could [...] Want a quick and easy lesson in sophisticated searching? Check out,bookmark,and/or print outhttp://www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html Cross-posted at http://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2010/08/09/google-search-cheat-sheet/ I firmly believe that re-inventing the wheel (often done on the web) is superfluous,so when I find useful material,I don’t re-create it,I give credit and link to it. Richard Byrne at http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ has great,easy-to-understand information on what’s free on the web,aimed especially at teachers but useful for others too. One of [...] Fascinating information about Google Search from TechCrunch –http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/29/google-mobile-search-market-share/ Amazing! #gallery-1{margin:auto;} #gallery-1 .gallery-item{float:left;margin-top:10px;text-align:center;width:33%;} #gallery-1 img{border:2px solid #cfcfcf;} #gallery-1 .gallery-caption{margin-left:0;} | 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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