While my hopes is that summer is relaxing, refreshing and rejuvenating, I understand the fundamental nature of teaching (and LMS) as a profession...summer is a time to catch up on all the things you didn't have time for during the year, training, training and more training, and career enrichment activities.
Here are a couple of "easy" tech-suggestions that you can do while actually "lazing" around the pool this summer that will make your life easier.
1. Set up a Box account. Box is an online file storage site that allows you to upload files, store them safely online and share them with others. Box also has iOS and Android apps for all types of devices as well as a Google Chrome app. The beauty of Box is that files are easily viewable on all of your devices. You will start with 5GB of storage space (similar to Google Drive), but over the course of the year, they offer 50GB of storage frequently. 50GB is a ton of space.
- Family Photos
- Home Videos
- Important Documents
2. Read a techie blog or website regularly. Those of you who know me well know I read Mashable everyday, but there are lots of others:
- Mashable
- FreeTech4Teachers
- CNN Technology
- MacAppStorm
- So many others...
3. Start blogging yourself! Trust me it's fun (I am hoping for you), therapeutic (at least for me) and informational. You have so much knowledge to share...share it.
4. Spend 10 minutes a day looking through apps for your iPad/iPhone or Android device. Even if you don't find any, you will at least know what you don't like. Call it "internal" review.
AND...enjoy the summer, hot weather and all.
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