tuank asked: How would you know if we added three subscriptions?
Since we didn’t get to use Jing this semester, I’ll just check this in class.
Task 5
From Gmail, click on “Documents”.
Click on “Create New”, then “Document”.
1. Click here to change the name of the document to “Task 5”.
2. Type what is shown here, using your real name.
Click “Share”, then “Email as attachment”.
1. Change the attachment type to “Microsoft Word”.
2. Enter my email address.
3. Type “Task 5” in the subject field.
4. Click “Send”.
Thant’s it!
chinked asked: Why are you so cool
That’s actually the final question on the final.
Just kidding.
It’s the only question on the final.
Task Four
Google Reader will let you subscribe to blogs and other types of web content so you can view posts in one place rather than visiting each site to look for new updates.
From Gmail, click on “Reader” at the top left to access Google Reader
Next, click on “Add a subscription”.
Type in either the name of a blog you would like to follow or a topic that interests you.
The main window will display search results based on what you typed, along with the number of subscribers each feed has (which can help you pick popular and hopefully well-made sites). After choosing one of these sites, click the “Subscribe” button.
Do this for three different feeds.
That’s it.
Email me if you need help.
Task Three
- Customize your tumblr by adding an avatar.
- Tell me your real name using tumblr’s “ask” feature, so I know who is who.
- Follow all of your classmates.
Email me with any questions.
Darrin.R.Cis117@gmail.com
Missing Links!
Week Two
Security
Anti-Virus
Spyware
Firewall
All-In-One
Identity Protection
Password Management
File Encryption (So files cannot be opened/seen without the correct password)
Clearing Space On Your Hard Drive
- SpaceSniffer
- TreeSize
- DiskInventoryX (Mac)
- WhatSize (Mac)
Finding Duplicate Files
- Duplicate File Finder
- TidyUp! (Mac)
Backups
- Drobo Hard Drive Enclosure (expensive, but very secure)
- SyncBack
- GenieSoft
- Mozy
Web Browsers
- Chrome (my reccommendation)
Week Three
Online Identity
- Twitter (microblogging)
- Tumblr (blogging)
- Flickr (photography)
- Facebook (you know what facebook is)
- Etsy (art)
- FourSquare (post and track your location and your friends’ locations)
- Gowalla (foursquare competitor)
- Yelp (local food network)
- Flavors.me (landing page that links to all of the sites where people can find you)
- Random Adjective Noun Combination (to create a unique username)
- NameChk (to check the availability of your username on multiple sites)
Week Three
Collaboration
- Doodle (to schedule meetings)
- Skype (to use voice calls and video chat over the internet)
- Google Voice (gives you a new phone number that does many useful things)
- Zapproved (help a group come to a decision)
- Drop.io (share files up to 100mb)
- Dropbox (share larger files and keep some of your files in the cloud)
- 123Writeboard (to create simple wikis where you and others can view and edit one screen of information)
- Scriblink (to create and share a virtual whiteboard for ideas and tasks that require drawing)
- Yugma (to remotely share and use someone else’s screen/computer live)
Week Four
No class.
Week Five
Organizing
- It’s All Too Much (great book about reducing clutter)
- Unclutterer (great blog about reducing clutter)
- Google Reader (lets you subscribe to sites/blogs and view their updates in one place without visiting each one)
- Evernote (very powerful information manager)
- Getting Things Done (great book about getting things done)
- ToodleDo (my favorite online to do list)
- GCal (for managing time/date-specific information)
- Mind42 (for creating mind maps)
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NO CLASS TONIGHT
Hi everyone.
I got extraordinarily sick this weekend. So no class tonight. I’ll post more this week upon recovering.
See you all next week.
Tasks
So here is how the tasks will break down for the semester:
There will be 8 tasks total.
Each is worth 10 points.
I’ll announce them as they come. That will give me the flexibility to choose tasks that are appropriate for where we are as a class.
All points will be added up in Week 7 to give you a chance to fill any gaps.
I will make a grade sheet in BlackBoard to help you keep track of your grade.
