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===Tasks for today (catch up and extend) === We will learn about computers and their history today by watching two videos. the first tells a bit about how computers work and what parts they contain, the second is a brief history of computers. [|brainpop computers] [|brainpop computer history] What does RSS stand for anyway? Check your feeds and be prepared to share something you read with the class.
 * 1) What is a computer and where are they from?
 * 2) iGoogle RSS
 * 3) Blogger comic
 * 4) Blogger
 * 5) Slideshare
 * 6) photo search
 * Comic Strip Generator**
 * 1) Be sure that you have a comic from [|Comic Strip Generator] in your blog.
 * 2) Add another one today to remind yourself how it's done and embed it in your blog.


 * 1) Visit at least three of your classmates blogs and leave a comment on one of their posts.
 * 2) Send me an email telling me which blogs you posted on.
 * 3) Read your email and clean out your inbox while you are in FirstClass.



Prezi is a Web 2.0 site where you can create presentations and then share them with other users (if you would prefer to create a Google Presentation instead, you may). Here is what we will do: > eMac, FirstClass, iGoogle, Blogger, and the Grade6Computer wiki (this one) - what else?
 * 1) Create a Prezi (or Google) slide show in which you explain all your computer accounts:
 * 1) Write a blog entry about Prezi (or Google presentation) explaining what it is to someone who has never seen it.
 * 2) Embed your slide show in that blog post.

If you finished this,
 * 1) Create a new presentation. Use the retreats, class trips or another school event from the yearbook photos as a topic.
 * 2) Look through the photos on the server as explained below.
 * 3) Create main stops (objects) with text. Between 6 and 10 would be a good number, but you may include more.
 * 4) Embed it in your blog.

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 * Photos** on yearbook server