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! 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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. 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 [...] One of the most significant aspects of the web is as a learning tool. Once you hear of or find a tool you want to use,you can almost always find information on how to use it,usually by googling –and then you can learn how to use it by reading the instructions available [...] | 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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