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** adding personal file space
 
** adding personal file space
 
** forwarding your email
 
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** personal web space
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** creating an [http://blogs.evergreen.edu academic blog at evergreen]
 
* [http://academic.evergreen.edu/ academic.evergreen.edu] - to find your program webpage
 
* [http://academic.evergreen.edu/ academic.evergreen.edu] - to find your program webpage
 
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==What are some additional technology tools that you should know about as a student?==
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==Must have computing skills:==
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*Manipulating digital images
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*Basic Word processing
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*Comfort w/ both Mac and Windows OS, Linux is up and coming
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*File management skills
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**Creating folders for organization
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**Moving files, renaming files
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**[[About File Space|Accessing networked computers]]
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*Ability to create a spreadsheet
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==What are some additional technology tools that you should know about?==
 
* Questions about iGoogle demo?
 
* Questions about iGoogle demo?
* [http://delicicious.com Delicious] - everybody sign up for an account
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**Calendar
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**Notebook
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**Google Docs
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* [http://delicious.com Delicious] - everybody sign up for an account
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**Firefox tools for making adding bookmarks to delicious even easier
 
* RSS - what is this, how can I read RSS feeds?
 
* RSS - what is this, how can I read RSS feeds?
  
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**protocol > domain > directory > filename
 
**protocol > domain > directory > filename
 
** deep links, how do I navigate a website when there's no navigation?
 
** deep links, how do I navigate a website when there's no navigation?
*How do search engines work?
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===How do search engines work?===
**html tags of interest: <nowiki><title>, <meta>, <h1>, <h2>
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*html tags of interest: <nowiki><title>, <meta>, <h1>, <h2></nowiki>
 
**what ever happened to the meta tag?
 
**what ever happened to the meta tag?
 
** Check a page using [http://www.seomoz.org/term-target SEOmoz]
 
** Check a page using [http://www.seomoz.org/term-target SEOmoz]
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*Why do you care? Google yourself and marvel at the results.
  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:20, 12 October 2010

What you need to know about Evergreen's technology resources

Must have computing skills:

  • Manipulating digital images
  • Basic Word processing
  • Comfort w/ both Mac and Windows OS, Linux is up and coming
  • File management skills
  • Ability to create a spreadsheet

What are some additional technology tools that you should know about?

  • Questions about iGoogle demo?
    • Calendar
    • Notebook
    • Google Docs
  • Delicious - everybody sign up for an account
    • Firefox tools for making adding bookmarks to delicious even easier
  • RSS - what is this, how can I read RSS feeds?

Technology fundamentals

How does the internet work

All these tools are on the web. Do you really know how the internet works?

  • What does a web browser actually do.
  • Anatomy of a URL
    • protocol > domain > directory > filename
    • deep links, how do I navigate a website when there's no navigation?

How do search engines work?

  • html tags of interest: <title>, <meta>, <h1>, <h2>
    • what ever happened to the meta tag?
    • Check a page using SEOmoz
  • Why do you care? Google yourself and marvel at the results.