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 * Tech 20 Sessions**

iWeb
April 9, 2009, Location: Lab 1

"iWeb is probably the most powerful yet under utilized teaching tool on your computer." - Andy Dorn

Do you have photos and videos to share? Need a place for podcasts and blogposts? Looking for a website where you can share your work with students, parents and peers? Yes? Then join us this Thursday for another Tech 20 session when Andy Dorn shows us how easy it is to create a functional website for teaching purposes.

A collection of video and text tutorials about iWeb '08 >> http://www.apple.com/findouthow/web/iweb08.html
 * Tutorials**

IWeb '09 >> http://www.apple.com/findouthow/web/

OPAC/Journals
March 26, 2009, Location: Lab 1

What does OPAC stand for? How do we use the OPAC to access professional/academic journals? Learn the answers to these questions and more at our next Tech 20 session. Tomorrow morning, Beth Gourley will show us the online path to the following professional resources.

This month’s ASCD //Educational Leadership// deals with web 2.0. Some good reads here. We have the hard copy, but as always you also can go to the online version @ http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/current_issue.aspx (username/password- istianjin / welcome ) (ASCD is posted on the home OPAC page under //Subscriptions to Periodicals//, you can also access book chapters and other articles from the site)

This week //Choice Literacy// highlights --see http://www.choiceliteracy.com/public/857.cfm Remember if you are interested in viewing a Members Only feature, contact us and we can send it to you. The back issues are found here http://www.choiceliteracy.com/public/department62.cfm.

This week’s //Our Little Earth// can be found at http://oleregular.cmail3.com/T/ViewEmail/y/BABBD18F9D50C1AF/A9DEC2C8D5763EDBC9C291422E3DE149

We will also review how you can locate more journals/magazines..........

Newsletter Design
March 19, 2009: Location Lab 1

Do you want to design professional newsletters and brochures? Do you want to get more familiar with Word 2008? Yes? Then grab your MacBook and join Michael Conway for tomorrow's Tech 20 session when he shares with us his approach to designing newsletters.

Can't make the session or want to get a head start? Then check out this video tutorial from mactopia. http://bit.ly/4t606 Video duration: 3:43

The new publishing layout view offers a simple interface and professionally designed templates to help you create professional newsletters, brochures, and calendars. You can even reuse one document's design as a template for other brochures. After watching this video, you'll be able to:

- Use any of the professionally designed publication templates. - Work with and format linked text boxes and pictures. - Use publishing layout tools to zoom in and select text. - Edit and save a brochure as a custom template. - Create another brochure from a custom template.

iPhoto
March 12, 2009, Location: Lab 1

Do you take photos? Do you use photos to document the learning process or help make learning visual? Do you want to keep your photos organized? Then this Tech 20 session is for you. Tod demonstrates how to organize photos with iPhoto and discusses how he uses iPhoto in his workflow.

Importing Photos Organizing Photos Using Events Creating an Album Adding Titles, Descriptions, Rating and Keywords Finding Photos

>> http://www.apple.com/findouthow/photos/iphoto08.html

Bonjour
March 5, 2009 In this Session: Beth will show us how Bonjour works with iChat

Learn how to become an iChat buddy available for Instant Messaging, video conferencing, and file sharing

Features include multiple logins, visibility, animated icons, video recording, backdrops, Photo Booth effects, screen sharing, tabbed chats and "iChat Theater". iChat Theater allows the user to show slides to contacts.

Bonjour allows for automatic discovery of clients (computers) on a local network without the need for any sort of special servers.

Entourage or Outlook
February 26, 2009, Location: Labs 1 and 2

> Managing your schedule using Entourage or Outlook
 * IST Key Skill**

In this session: Tod and Kleber will discuss the features of Entourage and Outlook and how we can use them to manage our schedules. Be sure to check out these informative tutorials.

> http://bit.ly/QtFVH
 * Entourage video**:

Learn how to: > Switch between different calendar views. > Create, reschedule, and invite others to attend a calendar event. > Color-code events by using categories. > Jump to specific days by using the mini-calendar. > Display the To Do List next to the calendar. > View calendar events and tasks right on the desktop.

> http://bit.ly/APGIZ
 * Outlook Slideshow**:

Learn how to: > Use the right type of calendar entry for each occasion. > Use reminders to let your calendar make sure you remember activities. > Use recurrence to quickly schedule activities that occur more than once. > Use colors and free/busy time indicators to show calendar entries according to your needs.

Backing Up
February 19, 2009 Location: Lab 1

Session: Backing Up with Time Machine Presenter: Tod Baker

In this session Tod will cover the basics of using Time Machine to back up your MacBook. He'll also discuss how he uses SuperDuper to create a bootable backup and SugarSync for online backups.