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 * Session 2 -**

Day 1 -
 * journal entry - Digital Age Learning -
 * What are the features of the Mac that will help you in your high school career?
 * Mac Applications
 * Having daily access to internet, word processing, digital tools
 * example of podcast (Cindy e-mails directions) - instructor's example, online example (Math Dude, Grammar Girls)
 * brainstorm topics for "Meet the Mac' podcast- with a partner - i.e. keeping it clean, using the trackpad, saving your work, what makes a good password (strong (characters, #, symbols, etc), password security, Internet accessible, built in web cam, quality screen and sound, secure account required, affordable, durable product for 4 years
 * Substantiative content -
 * use JBHS-diigo ( [] )
 * Tag is Macintosh),
 * Use search engines other than Google. We'll eventually work with Lee Ann Kendall on this. Try sites like: Clusty (http://search.yippy.com/) and Nettrekker (tsdschool1 is username, research is password) to research topics
 * reinforce AUP - topic that matches this assignment (authorized user, personal property, password protection)
 * Choose partner, topic, create bulleted list of ideas, write resources.

Day 2 -
 * mini-lesson on saving (from the moodle - download Applications log (discuss download folder, create a new folder in document folder (the Applications log can then be updated each Friday)
 * start storyboard, all components: audio script, picture, source
 * teacher must approve
 * students gather content

Day 3 & 4
 * work on podcast in class - no longer than 30 seconds - 1 topic/student,audio and photos
 * teacher approved script from storyboard on moodle

Day 5 - >>
 * present to class - think of way to hold responsible for content when listening to presentation
 * students view/evaluate other presentations using teacher-made rubric
 * Contribute to glossary (moodle)
 * Directions to e-mail enhanced podcast to teacher:
 * 1. Open GarageBand
 * 2. Open the podcast that you want to share
 * 3. From the menu: share -> send podcast to iTunes
 * 4. Quit GarageBand
 * 
 * 5. Open Safari - > start moodle -> sign in
 * 6. Go to google block -> g-mail -> compose mail
 * 7. Type in To:, Subject
 * 8. Click on "Attach a file"
 * 9. On the left side of your Finder window -> scroll to MEDIA block -> click music
 * 10. You should see the name of your enhanced pod cast in the list
 * 11. Click on it -> select
 * 12. Back in Gmail -> click send

Notes on Session 2 -
 * 1) Instructor starts Diigo social bookmark group - add online dictionaries to it with tag: Dictionaries. Introduce Diigo in session 3 (with research paper on Cyber Safety)