1st+Day+of+Class

=Welcome to your first day of class.=

Today, you'll be setting up all of your essential accounts that you'll be using throughout the year. This year, we'll be collaborating very closely together to meet the needs of ITGS; therefore, we'll be using various websites throughout the year to add to your repertoire.

First, make sure that you have setup a Google account. I will need your Google Gmail to share specific files with you throughout the year. In addition, Google Docs will allow us to share documents back and forth seamlessly. If you do not have a Google account, please go to www.google.com and setup an account. Make sure you choose an ID appropriate for school, one that you'll remember, and a password that you won't forget. After you have created or signed into your account, the first document that I recommend creating is a spreadsheet that you can store all of your links, logins, and passwords on. Every time that you create a new login on a website, I recommend you saving that information on the document and keep it up-to-date. When you change passwords, remember to change them on the spreadsheet as well. When you've created your account, click HERE to supply your email.

Much of the communication will be done through Edmodo.com. Edmodo is a free social/educational community that allows me to post assignments, publish polls, setup calendars, link documents, and many other awesome things. Your primary "go-to" website will be Edmodo; therefore, you'll need to make sure you setup an account on their site if you do not already have one. Each day, you'll want to sign into Edmodo to get status updates. iPhone and Android smartphones have their own apps that support Edmodo. I highly recommend getting that setup if you have a smartphone. If not, no worries.

We'll be using Wikispaces to publish our work as well as collaborate together. It will be used in conjunction to Google Docs and Edmodo. I have setup an account specifically for our ITGS course here at SCHS. You'll all need to create an account and join. I must approve the account, so be sure to sign-up ASAP.



If you're not familiar with Dropbox, it's an online storage system using a //cloud//. It's 100% free up to 2GB. With this utility, you can save any file from any computer and sync it to your personal cloud. That file then becomes accessible on any other computer/smart-phone in the world. In addition to a flash driver, I recommend you using Dropbox consistently to update/backup your files. Click here to set up your account

Lastly, we'll be using StudyBlue.com to help us learn the material as efficiently and effectively as possible. Your flashcards are due every Tuesday. Your quizzes will be based on your flashcards. In addition, you'll need to provide evidence that you're studying your flashcards. You will need to provide a //print screen// image of your scores as you're studying them.