Women’s Technology Network — WTN

When it comes time to revise the syllabus for the next semester, you might think that now is the time to incorporate some technology tools for you and your students. 

Check out Jane Hart’s SlideShare Presentation: 25 Tools http://tinyurl.com/6y34yv

Take a look at the technology tools and leave a comment about what you have used in the past and what looks interesting to investigate.

There are many features that Gmail does a lot that some users may have overlooked. Starting with one short web address, you can video chat, change the look of your email screen, ensure you didn’t leave yourself logged in elsewhere, and pluck a single message out of tens of thousands. Here’s a list offered by the ‘lifehacker’ site.

10) Change Gmail’s look entirely with themes.
9) Launch video and audio chats,
8) Back up your email from any system.
7) See all the places where you’re signed in, and remotely sign out.
6) Serve as a central, synchronized, smarter contact list.

5) Consolidate all your email accounts.
4) Help friends find their own Gmail messages or bookmark your own.
3) Keep your Gmail account(s) on your desktop.
2) Give you total search power.
1) Do much, much more with Gmail Labs experimental features.

Visit the lifehacker site for more detailed descriptions. Better yet, explore your GMAIL account and discover all of the tools yourself, such as Google Scholar, website creator (Sites.Google.Com), browser (Google Chrome (BETA) for Windows), just for starters.

http://lifehacker.com/5103016/top-10-things-you-forgot-gmail-can-do