LaptopInitiative09

**New Teacher Orientation**
Thursday, August 13, 2009

8:00 - Welcome! [|Pay Attention] - the world is NOT the same!

8:15 - Hand out MacBooks Care & Feeding of your MacBook (do's, don'ts, ports, and things)

8:35 - OSX The basics of navigation
 * Powerful stuff under the hood: [|Mac 101]
 * From Windows to Mac: [|Switch 101]

9:00 - iChat - Setting up your account
 * Mac 101: [|iChatAV]

9:15 - You've got Mail! Overview of ThunderBird mail client
 * [|ToolBar/HotBar Options]
 * [|Creating a signature]
 * [|Attachments and Address Books]
 * [|Spam Filters]
 * [|Message Filters]

9:30 - Firefox Tips & Tricks | Tabs
 * [|HomePage] • [|eReqs] • [|PowerSchoolTeachers] •[|Empowered Desktop] [|Discovery Education] • [|CommonCraft] • [|Altec.org]

10:00 - [|PowerSchool Teachers] / PowerGrade

Reading assignment: [|Raising theProfession...or Not]


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