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Tools to Make Your Life Easier |
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| The aim of this part of the IB Geography Induction Programme is to try and make your life easier and more organised in preparation for the demands of the IB Geography course. |
geographyalltheway.com |
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Geographyalltheway.com will be the platform through which most of your lessons are presented. There is a dedicated IB Geography area with a IB Geography Revision section. |
Del.icio.us |
del.icio.us is a social bookmarking web service for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks. Because it is web-based you can easily share your bookmarks between the different computers that you may use. It is important that you tag your bookmarks to help you organise them. |
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GMail / email |
| GMail is a web-based email application which when integrated into the Google suite of applications becomes a very useful tool. You could just use your GMail account for school related emails or you could migrate all your other email accounts to GMail. When choosing an email address for yourself consider who you maybe contacting! (university applications etc.) |
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iGoogle / Personalized Homepages |
| iGoogle is a customizable homepage. As well as Google Search there are many ways you can customize your homepage to help you during the IB Geography course. |
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RSS and Google Reader |
| RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries and news headlines. An RSS document, which is called a "feed," "web feed," or "channel," contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with their favorite web sites in an automated manner that's easier than checking them manually. |
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| Google Reader is a web-based RSS feed aggregator. IB Geography students are recommended to regularly read the news to improve the breadth of their global knowledge. Setting up RSS feeds can help you do this efficiently. |
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Google Docs and Spreadsheets |
Google Docs (and Spreadsheets) is a web-based word processor and spreadsheet application offered by Google. You can upload files produced in Microsoft Word and Excel as well as downloading files created in Google Docs as .doc and .xls formats. One of the very useful features of Google Docs is the ability to share documents with other Google account holders and work on items collaboratively. |
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Google Calendar |
Google Calendar is a time-management web application offered by Google. Consider using Google Calendar to help you organise your time and deadlines. With Google Calendar it is possible to have both public and private calendars. The International School of Toulouse IB Geography Calendar is available by clicking on the button below so that you can see what is planned for lessons, what has been covered in lessons and assignment deadlines. A webpage version can be viewed here or here. |
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Click on the button to add International School of Toulouse IB Geography Calendar to your Google Calendar. |
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Remember the Milk |
Remember The Milk is a task and time-management web application. It allows users to manage tasks from any computer as well as offline. You could use Remember the Milk like a homework planner - setting up separate tabs/list for each of your subjects and commitments. |
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mind42.com |
| mind42.com is a browser based online mind mapping application. It allows you to manage all your ideas, whether alone, twosome or working together with the whole world. As mind42 runs inside the browser, installing mind mapping tools is no longer needed - for a hassle-free mindmapping experience. |
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