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Permalink Reply by Gary Miller on May 3, 2008 at 11:58am

I'm jealous! I had a job like that in my district, until the administration decided teachers didn't need the help. Now I'm back in the classroom.

I use Atomic Learning when I have a problem. A subscription is well worth the price, and you will be able to use it every day in your new job.

Gary Miller

Permalink Reply by CC Long on May 3, 2008 at 8:28pm

Thanks for the advice. I'll check it out.

Permalink Reply by CC Long on May 4, 2008 at 9:21am

The links you suggested are great! Thanks for sharing. I haven't been to my new campus yet to check out their equipment, but from what I understand they use both. I learned on a Mac when I first started teaching in '91 but like you said, much has changed since then.

Permalink Reply by David James on May 5, 2008 at 10:49pm

I used to be a PC only kind of user, but now that I have a Macbook at school; I hate to use anything else. I have learned a thing or two from the links already mentioned by Gary and Kathy. I have also learned from Youtube as well as just sitting down and tinkering. There is a podcast or two out there as well that you can subscribe to.

Permalink Reply by CC Long on May 9, 2008 at 7:28pm

Thanks!

Permalink Reply by Andrew Robitaille on May 14, 2008 at 7:14pm

Hello. My school went to MacBooks last year. I developed the attached tutorial to help acquaint them with the new hardware and software. I hope this helps you. Andrew

Attachments:

• macbook_tutorial.pdf, 2 MB

Permalink Reply by CC Long on May 14, 2008 at 8:16pm

This is a fabulous resource. I'm sure I'll be referring to it when I actually get the MacBook in my hands. Thanks for sharing.

Permalink Reply by Megan Bilodeau on May 17, 2008 at 8:51am

You may also try One-to-One learning sessions at a local Apple store. It's $99 for 50 one-hour sessions of personal training. I've done it for the past two years to keep myself moving forward with new software updates that roll out.

Good luck!

Permalink Reply by John Hendron on May 25, 2008 at 8:16pm

Hi CC:

I have a resource, like the others here, might help. Each August, I lead our new teachers on Macintosh training with their Macbooks. This is my online book/guide.

For a lot of folks, they have computer skills, but not a lot of integration experience or Mac experience. I really think a Mac is still pretty consistent due to its object-oriented programming model, that if you learn how to do something in one application, you'll actually be learning it in many. Good luck--I think you'll love the Mac!

Permalink Reply by CC Long on May 26, 2008 at 8:20am

I get my MacBook on June 6th, and I'm sure that I will be able to utilize your guide. I'm impressed. Thanks!