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7.4
We will use this page to post the big ideas from our classes. It will be a great place to check regularly to see what we’ve been learning and what you should remember from each class.

Facebook and Social Networking Sites--Feb. 5, 2008

 * Don’t give out personal information
 * There are a lot of complicated options involved in Social networking sites
 * Social networking sites are a form of publishing
 * Having “friends” is not a competition
 * Learn how your sites work
 * Read the user agreement policy
 * Don’t make groups about people you hate

Timeliner--Nov. 6, 2007

 * Easier to Organize than pencil and paper
 * If you mess up on the time line on the computer, you could change it without re-writing the whole thing on paper. In other words, easier to make corrections.
 * Helps organize dates in an easy way to understand
 * Easier to be accurate than paper
 * Faster than paper
 * Easier to make corrections
 * Easier to share than paper
 * Can print as many copies as you want

iGoogle--Oct. 19, 2007

 * Google helps us stay organized and is a cool thing.
 * It’s like making a real website
 * It is fun
 * You can add stuff to help you out
 * Information comes to you

Sept. 26, 2007
We'll work some more with iGoogle next class and post the Big Ideas then.

Inspiration

 * It helps us organize our ideas
 * To get their ideas across designers use:
 * Space
 * Color
 * Graphic/pictures
 * text

Sept. 10, 2007 Help Us, We’re Sinking

 * Simulations are good for simulating things we can’t do in real life
 * Serif fonts are more readable for small font sizes

Keyboarding

 * Accuracy is what counts
 * Fingers on the home row
 * It’s a life skill
 * You’ll get out of it what you put into it
 * Don’t look at the keyboard when learning