I have been using Google Calendar ever since I got my laptop about six months ago. It has been very useful for reminding me of the all my friend's and family member's birthdays, appointments, obligations and bill paying. It sends me reminders via email and text messages. And because I have my calendar synchronized with my mobile device I can edit my calendar from my device. Setting up and using Google Calendar is very simple. It was a pleasant experience. I can use the calendar to remind me of all my students birthday's and special events I might want to attend. I can use it to remind me when late submissions of assignments are due.
I created a couple of alert using Google Alerts. The process for creating alerts was very easy. I was already signed into my account so I did not have to go through the confirmation process upon creating new alerts. I created alerts for news on the College World Series, research papers about HPRT Deficiency (Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome), any articles about evolution and creationism in schools, and publication in systematic botany. Some ways I could use alerts in my classroom are having my students follow a particular topic they are interested in, finding the newest research publications on a disease, or following a developing news story.
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