PLN for Week 4 -- computer 1.0

Some of my PLN time last week was spent on computer 1.0. I had to buy a new Mac in May to replace one stolen from my house. This one has iWork on it, and I spent a great deal of time learning how it handles graphs, how it combines desktop publishing features in to the word processing and spreadsheet programs. No need for MS Publisher. I also learned more about how to use iPhoto (compression feature already built in so I can send small MB pictures as e-mail or to my blog) and a bit about iMovie. I attended some Apple training and the face to face with computer between us was easy and probably more efficient than asking text about it. REminds me on someone's earlier post from week one about having students call her because it was so much more effective than doing it as e-mail or text. Turns out that this investment in learning my new machine will have benefits for me with blog and web pages because many of the commands are the same.

Sorry to learn that the ability to save files from Mac to PDF is a Mac feature. I guess PC users have to buy an Abode product to do this although I think Randy said he found something on line that allowed transfer.