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Carol Brooshttp://musictechie.pbwiki.comJanuary 2009Be A Techie in an Hour beatechie@gmail.com
 Personal Contact - nothing can replace personal contact with people
Carol Broos’s websites
• My main school websitewww.carolbroos.com• My teacher websitewww.carolbroos.net• My main school blogwww.beatechie.com• My college recitalhttp://web.mac.com/carolbroos/recital/Welcome.html• Wiki for Presentationshttp://musictechie.pbwiki.com• Japan sitehttp://web.mac.com/carolbroos/Japan/Home.html• Bookmarks- del.icio.ushttp://del.icio.us/beatechie• Bookmarks- diigohttp://www.diigo.com/dashboard/beatechie• Ning for music techieshttp://musictechieteachers.ning.com• Linkedinhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/carolbroos
How to get started
1. Figure out a nickname - or a name you will use.2. Have an avatar or picture ready with a short resume, fill out profile first3. gmail account first, for all your social networking, Keep school address for school matters. Use anickname.4. Google - set up an iGoogle page for you for rss feeds5. Firefox add-ons (Cool iris, foxmarks, colorful tabs) Plugins (Picaca, Sibelius, Flip-4-mac)6. Google stuff - calendar, maps and google docs - google earth7. Bookmarks - either del.icio.us or diigo.8. Twitter account - the fastest way to see what others are doing. Plurk account - you can pose questionsand get responses.9. Plurk account, each 140 character post in a thread.10. Simple webpage to post.11. Second Life, virtual world and professional growth.12. Blog - set up a blog
Have a picture ready, a short resume (less than twenty words) that you will use for your  profile.Please fill out your profile immediately, with who you are, a picture and other importantinformation.I WILL NOT FOLLOW ANYONE IF THERE IS NO PROFILE OR PICTURE 
Top Four Important Threads to a Great Communicator 
Know your PurposeReliable, KEEP IT UP TO DATEAnswer emails within 24 hoursKnow what communication works for each personemailers website surfers phone handwritten notesMake communication private when it should be private – don’t send out a group email, if you should only contact three teachers.CBroos1
 
Carol Brooshttp://musictechie.pbwiki.comJanuary 2009Be A Techie in an Hour beatechie@gmail.com
Purpose - What's Yours?
-Informational - Calendars, Cast List, Grades-Expect a response, HOW QUICKLY?-Instructional - “Sage on the Stage”-Presentation versus Handout-One-to-one instruction versus WHOLE CLASSSocial Networking, multi-media sharing, wikis, are the ragePersonal ComputingVarious forms of Communication - each has a separate use.
Always think 5:00 news. Don’t put anything in writing you don’t want on the news.Snail Mail
Use this it if is informational and not time-sensitive
Website
Big part of presentation, see below
Voice Mail
Three days versus one day turn around on emailI have caller ID, if important, answer directly
Email
re: TELL THE ANSWER incorrect: HiCorrect: Re: Here are all the bookmarks
Set up various accounts for different things
-school-personal-web magazines-communication online for collaboration
BIGGEST MISTAKE
.pdf versus communicate within email (Don't send a .pdf invitation) Copy and pasteword document into the email.
IM - Instant Messaging
Skypehttp://www.skype.com/Google Talk Part of GoogleYahoo Messenger http://www.yahoo.comiChat (Apple)AIMPersonal Phone CallGet Social – Immediately!Twitter http://twitter.com/ Plurk http://www.plurk.com CBroos2
 
Carol Brooshttp://musictechie.pbwiki.comJanuary 2009Be A Techie in an Hour beatechie@gmail.comPost only once on your social network Pinghttp://ping.fm
eCards and more
Custom Gift Cardshttp://www.dltk-cards.com/tags/tag2.aspHallmark http://www.hallmark.com/123 Greetingshttp://www.123greetings.com/Geo Greetinghttp://www.geogreeting.com/Make Flowershttp://www.flowers2mail.com/Jacquie Lawsonhttp://www.jacquielawson.com/$8 a year – well worth it
Website - Get your "Stuff" out online
Teacherweb, $25 a year http://teacherweb.com iWeb $99 a year http://www.apple.com/ilife/iweb Wikispaces, freehttp://www.wikispaces.com pbwiki , freehttp://pbwiki.com/Free wiki, freehttp://www.wetpaint.com
Blogs
Blogger http://www.blogger.com/homeEdubloghttp://edublogs.org/Learnerblogshttp://learnerblogs.org/WordPresshttp://wordpress.org/Blogs for classroomhttp://classblogmeister.com/21classeshttp://21classes.com/ 
Family Website
thefamilyposthttp://www.thefamilypost.com/myfamilyhttp://www.myfamily.com/ Organize your BlogsRSShttp://www.bloglines.com/Friendfeedhttp://friendfeed.comThe Artist - cool art sitesWordlehttp://wordle.net/Picreflecthttp://picreflect.com/Blabberizehttp://blabberize.com/Make a cloudhttp://www.makecloud.com/Tag Galaxyhttp://www.taggalaxy.de/Imagechef http://www.imagechef.com/Make Flowershttp://www.flowers2mail.com/CBroos3
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