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Joan works and plays on the web and is happy to speak to groups or individuals about the web's communication possibilities
Tag Archives: web tools
gMail – Useful Features
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
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Posted in blogging, communication, email, gmail, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged email, Gmail, teaching, web tools
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Email Oracle – Gone!
A good idea, that didn’t work too well, and is now closing!
View PostWhy gMail? Other eMail Addresses
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 View Post
View PostThe Many Uses of Google Apps
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 View Post
View PostAdding Notes to Cloud-Stored Bookmarks
I like to save the URLs of sites or pages I might need in the future. Because I have had to change computers from work to home and because I’ve had computers crash and die, I like to keep my bookmarks in the cloud, that is, I like to use web applications to save my View Post
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Tagged bookmarking, delicious, Diigo, researching, savingURLs, Screenr, web tools
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Google Docs Rock!
Before I talk about Google Docs, I want to be clear that I get nothing in return from Google; I am simply sharing the possibilities that Google provides, to try and be a web mentor. I find Google Docs incredibly useful. The video below explains how Google docs can be a useful web tool. There View Post
View PostHow We Research and Draft Now
The web has radically changed how we research and plan and draft our writing. It’s happened over 20 years so we haven’t always noticed just how immense the change has been. From a time when libraries and pads of rough yellow newsprint paper were what was needed to start writing till now, where Google, a View Post
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