Email Groups: Communicating through email – Create groups within your email program.  This allows you to send the same email to a whole group of people so that you don’t have to resend the email seperately to each individual in a group.

Google Groups: Creating Google Groups can be an effective way to communicate with groups you are a member of.  A practical use in high school is for the whole science department,for example, to set up a google group where they can post information that is of interest to other teachers, administrators, and aides that are a part of the science department.  For example, a spreadsheet document could be placed in the google group where members could add to a list of science supplies that are needed by the department.

To create a Google group, you must first have a google account.  Once you log into your google account, you can select groups from the “more” pull-down tab.  At the bottom of the page that comes up, you can select “Create a group.”  Follow the prompts and don’t forget to save your work.

     - groups.google.com - The teacher (owner) should write in CAPITAL LETTERS and the students should contribute in lowercase letters.

 Create a Facebook "Community" 

On your Facebook page, click "Friends" on the toolbar that runs across the top of the page.

Choose "invite friends" from the drop-down menu.

Manually enter the emails of your friends in the space provided, or take a short cut and click "import email addresses" in the column to the right.

You will be prompted to enter your email address and password.

A list of your gmail contacts will come up and you select the friends you wan tin this particular group.

Click "add to invite".

This takes you back to the page where you enter emails, and your email list is waiting for you.

Complete this page by entering a message to your friends; maybe something like, Please join my study group."

Click envite and the message will be sent out to your friends.

How to create a blog?

You need to have a gmail account.  Once you have signed in to your gmail account go to “My Account”.  From here you will see Blogger as an option on the page.  Click on Blogger.  Once you are on the page click on "Create a Blog".  Name your blog and choose a URL address for your Blog.  Once you have chosen a name and URL click on "Continue arrow".  Choose a template of your choice and click the "Continue arrow", and click on "Start Blogging".  Now you can start witting on your new Blog and click on "Publish Post" to publish what you have written.

 

Easy way to screen capture HP Computers

Type in Screen Capture under HP Help and Support.  Choose link called use snipping tool.  Click the link and select option capture a snip.  Then will pop up a box with your snipping tool.  Click NEW in this box and you can start snipping.  Screen capture works just like a highlighting feature.  You drag tool around image, when you are finished dragging, screen is captured.  You can then file save it anywhere you like.