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Evernote

Evernote ” family of producst help you remeber and act upon ideas, projects and experiences across all the computers, phones and tablets you use”.  From Evernote.com Tutorial Link:  Evernote Uses: Capture, organize, and find information across multiple platforms.  Users can take notes, clip webpages, snap photos using mobile phones, create to-dos, and record audio. Tutorial [...]

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Posterous Blogging In Your Class

Posterous Spaces logo

Posterous Spaces is an online place to blog and to upload and share almost any type of media; text, video, images, audio and documents.  The Spaces can be private or public allowing for anyone or only a select few to participate. It’s great for classes because users can post via the web or easily by [...]

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Subscribing to an RSS feed in Facebook

An RSS feed is just a URL or web address that you can subscribe to. Then anytime an update is made to the blog, podcast or newsfeed, etc. you will receive an update. Now you can have these feeds funnel directly to your Facebook account to help you keep abreast of all the changes and updates to your favorite sites.

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Accessing your CofC Online Drive Space (FS1/FS2)

Mac FS1 Screenshot

FS1 and FS2 are servers on campus that allow faculty and staff to save or backup files to a secure space.  All faculty will have a space on one of the two servers. The benefits of putting files on these servers are: the servers are backed up regularly so important documents won’t be lost. if [...]

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AirSketch

Turn your iPad into a wireless whiteboard! Annotate PDF documents and images live. You can not project PDF documents such as exported PowerPoints, to a computer on the same local network then annotate them in real time. No longer be tethered to the podium! Connect your laptop to a projector to present and draw from your iPad as you walk around the room. You can also easily pass your iPad around to allow others to contribute.

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Getting Started with Google Docs/Drive

Google Docs is similar to an online version of Microsoft Office. It contains a word processing application, a spreadsheet application and a presentation application. It allows you to easily share documents with others and do real-time collaboration on a document. This tutorial will get you started with the word processor.

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Dropbox.com

Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. This means that any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, phones and even the Dropbox website. Dropbox also makes it super easy to share with others, whether you’re a student or professional, parent or grandparent. Even if you accidentally spill a latte on your laptop, have no fear! You can relax knowing that Dropbox always has you covered, and none of your stuff will ever be lost.

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