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**Tweeting today?** Use hashtag #ncsabootcamp
 * Welcome to the 2013 NCSA Admin Technology Bootcamp **


 * Thanks for your commitment to model and use technology. YOU make a huge impact in how effectively technology is used by your own staff and students! **

Food for Thought


 * Let's Get Started! Set-up tasks**
 * 1) We suggest using **Google Chrome** as your computer web browser today. ~ Link to Chrome Download site
 * 2) Set up your **Google+ profile:** include your school name and a photo (Your TAG folks will help you through the process, and this video and info will help others back at school).
 * 3) Set up your **YouTube Channel**--YouTube Site
 * 4) **Start a hangout** without inviting anyone - this will prompt you to install the Google Talk/Voice plug-in
 * 5) **Test your headphones/mic** for audio and recording
 * 6) When you start a hangout on air for the first time, you will be **required to verify your Google account**. You will be prompted to receive a voice call or text message with a verification code that you enter in the verification box.


 * Tips for later today:** You will choose to learn about Evernote or Twitter in breakout sessions today.
 * 1) Please download the Evernote app/client to your computer/mobile device and create an account if you don't have one.
 * 2) If you plan to learn more about Twitter, be sure you have an account created and also download a Twitter client such as Tweetdeck or Hootsuite. See below for download links to all apps.

Please click here to tell us your Google+ and Twitter account names/addresses or go to: @http://goo.gl/W4Fvk

**Google+ Hangouts and Hangouts on Air**
 * **YouTube Video** Created by TAG Member on "A Few Things to Keep in Mind During Google Hangouts"
 * How Educators Can Make the Most of Google Hangouts - Edutopia article
 * Google Hangouts Tip Sheet
 * Google Hangout PSA
 * How to Set up your Google+ profile page
 * Youtube Privacy settings


 * Challenge Links **
 * Download a Free ebook: Google+ for the Rest of Us
 * 20 Tips to Set-up and Run a Hangout On Air
 * Complete Collection of "How-to" Videos for Google+ Hangouts from Denis Lebelle
 * How Universities are using Google Hangouts that your school could do too.
 * 10 Ways for you and your teachers to get started with Google Hangouts
 * More Google Hangout Apps (add ons for your Google Hangout)


 * There's an App for That! **
 * Google+ for Android
 * Google+ for iPad
 * Google+ for iPod

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 * Virtual Photo Walks:** One way Google+ hangouts are impacting the world

Breakout Agenda

 * Time || Breakout A || Breakout B ||
 * 11:15-12 || twitter basics: anatomy of a tweet, basic hashtags || managing email ||
 * 12-12:45 || LUNCH || LUNCH ||
 * 12:45-1:30 || twitter advanced || evernote basic: account setup, notes and notebooks,audio and images, tags ||
 * 1:45-2:30 || calendar efficiency (creating, subscribing, sharing) || evernote advanced: trunk apps, shared notebooks, email to/from evernote ||
 * 2:30-3 || ipad tips/tricks || smart phone tips/tricks ||

Twitter
**New to Twitter?**
 * What you missed in one day if you weren't on Twitter
 * Twitter in 60 seconds (video)
 * [|Twitter in Plain English] (video)
 * [|Why Educators Should Use Twitter] (video)
 * 6 Tips to Jumpstart your PD with Twitter
 * TweetDeck Columns

=** Grow Your PLN (Professional Learning Network) Through Twitter! ** =
 * 1) Set up your twitter account if you don't already have one. //Be sure your account has a bio and photo tied to it.//
 * 2) Download and set up a twitter client - Tweetdeck is the one Lynne uses most. Hootsuite is a popular client for phones and ipads
 * 3) Explore educational hashtags
 * 4) Practice participation in a live chat with #nebedchat
 * 5) Join the #nebedchat on Wednesday nights at 8 pm
 * 6) Checkout the upcoming #nebedchat topics and access past archives via the wiki.
 * 7) General Nebraska education hashtag: #nebedu
 * 8) Encourage your staff to tweet with a common hashtag. Perhaps provide them an incentive to do so!

= **There's an App for That!** =
 * Free
 * Tweetdeck for Droid
 * Tweetdeck for iOS
 * Hootsuite for Droid
 * Hootsuite for ipad
 * Hootsuite for iphone
 * Minimal cost
 * Tweetbot for iOS ($2.99)
 * Twitterificfor iOS ($2.99)
 * Other Droid Twitter clients

=** Making Your Calendar Work for You **= Boomerang 50 Tips and Hacks to Make the Most of Google Calendar 10 Tips to Get More out of iCall

Google Calendar

 * What Google Calendar can do for you.
 * Using Google Calendar Offline
 * Google Calendar How To/Help
 * Google Calendar Shortcut Key
 * Even More Shortcut keys
 * Google Calendar Sharing]
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Boomerang Calendar Feature:

**There's an App for That!**
Sunrise (iOS) 5 Best Droid Calendar apps (android)

**Managing Email** **Implement the 4D Rule** Keep Score - Tips from Time Management Ninja Boomerang for Gmail Gmail Shortcut Keys
 * Tony Vincent's Tips for Managing Email
 * The Email Game!
 * How to Clear Clutter from your gmail
 * 20 Tips for Managing Your Email
 * Use "canned responses" when appropriate
 * Set up and use filters
 * Make subject lines informative
 * Set an efficient culture (eg: Thanks in advance for your response)
 * [|Delete it]
 * [|Do it]
 * [|Delegate it]
 * [|Defer it]

** There's an App for That! **

 * Mailbox for iphone
 * Droid Apps to Manage Email

= ** Evernote: ** = = ** Evernote Web Clipper for Multiple Browsers Available at: ** = =** Getting Started with Evernote **=
 * ======https://evernote.com======
 * @https://evernote.com/webclipper/
 * Quick Start Guide

Challenge Links

 * Evernote Livebinder (virtual 3-ring binder of Everything Evernote!)
 * Everything AND MORE about Evernote in Education!
 * 14 Ways Evernote Can Help Principals Manage Schools[|10 Evernote Tips for Schools]
 * Top 100 Ways to Use Evernote
 * Evernote for Schools
 * Link to download Evernote for Mac 10.5.8

**There's an App for That!**

 * iPad App:@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/evernote/id281796108?mt=8
 * iPhone App: @http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/evernote/id281796108?mt=8
 * Mac Desktop App: []
 * Android App: @http://evernote.en.softonic.com/android
 * Windows Desktop App: @http://evernote.com/download/
 * Blackberry App: http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/1700
 * Evernote Web Clipper for Chrome: @https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/evernote-web-clipper/pioclpoplcdbaefihamjohnefbikjilc?hl=en

= **General productivity** =
 * Carrot: The iOS To-Do list app with a personality
 * Article about Carrot
 * Clear great app for lists and checking things off. Simple. Clean. For Mac, iPhone and Android phone.
 * Adobe Reader
 * Lino (stickies website) Link to our Lino @http://linoit.com/users/jediger1/canvases/Admin%20Bootcamps
 * Capture - camera app that uploads directly to youtube. Very slick!
 * Google Drive app to view/edit your google docs
 * IFTTT (If This Then That) - automate repetitive tasks
 * Find My Iphone info (works for ipads too)

NETA- Nebraska Educational Technology Conference: April 25-26, 2013 Great Plains Google Summit: July 18-19th, 2013 May 29-30, 2013 at Lifelong Learning Center NNNC Summer Tech Institute $30

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