Vanguard Training Day 1

In case you didn't hear....Tod, our Apple Vanguard trainer is having knee surgery today.  He was disappointed that we have to reschedule our training but he could not delay the surgery....a twist of an ankle and overcompensating on the other leg for a week sent him to the emergency room. So......today was an unofficial day of training that was still productive.  Here's a synopsis of topics we discussed and explored:

Google Docs
We looked at google docs and explored how to collaborate on a presentation and/or document.  If you haven't already, create a google account with your "lakewoodps" email and I will invite you to join our group.  We were successful at creating a slide show of our lunch menu :)  An awesome feature of Google Docs is to see who is editing and/or creating the document.  As the owner of the document you can monitor what student is working on the assignment and the changes they have made.  It's easy to start a presentation with a title slide, assign the students to complete the slides with the specific requirements and rubrics, share the presentation via email or a link and like magic..... if you have Internet access you can work on the presentation anywhere!

iCal

We also looked at iCal on our Mac Book Pro's.  This calendar is a great feature that will color-code and organize your life.  You can add an event with time, location and category with a click of a button.  Another feature of iCal is to set an alarm 15, 20, 30 minutes or 2 days before the event begins. (open iCal > preferences > general information) I would highly recommend that if you print your calendar, use "medium" so that you can read all the info on the calendar.  When you do print, you can select all categories or just one category. One question that was asked of me by another teacher is "can I share my iCal events with someone else?" And the answer is.......yes!  Check out the Apple website for more information about how to do this.