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Today is “Steve Jobs” Day. Around the world, people are dressing like Steve Jobs and submitting their photos in honor of this creative icon, or writing about him on FB or Twitter.

Check it out here:

And then honor Steve Jobs yourself by posting on any social network–Twitter, Facebook, etc. You can use the tag #stevejobsday.

As we are rolling out iPads to our campus this year, it is sad to find out the visionary behind them is now gone.

On his blog, Seth Godin asks a great question–Please read it.  http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/10/a-eulogy-of-action.html

What will YOU do with the powerful devices he has created?  What will YOU make?

Here is an AWESOME list of copyright free or Creative commons photos that you can use for projects.  One of my favs is compfight.com.

These are photos that photographers have freely contributed and given you permission to share (unlike images that you might find on Google images).

Creative Commons?  What is that anyway?  It’s a cool idea–you take a photograph, write a song lyric, draw something, and you give “permission” for others to reuse it, revamp it, and share it.  You can go to the Creative Commons website to get a little symbol to put with your work to show the permission you want to give.   Then become part of a cool community of sharing–what the “internets” are all about!

For banned books week this year, you are invited to a nationwide “Read-Out”!
Record yourself reading aloud from your favorite banned book and post it online on a special “banned books week” channel.

Details about how to read your book here! http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/virtualreadout

We’re redesigning the “cafe area” and we want to give it a real “name!” Take our poll below and pick your top THREE favorites!

WHS  is now using Gmail as our email service!
So — how do you access  your school mail?  Here’s the scoop–

Your address for your email will be the same, but you’ll use Gmail to read your email.  This year’s new  passwords are available from library staff.

So, to check your email, go to gmail.com.  Login with your regular email account  (for example ab5555@eanesisd.net)  and your new password.  All your email will be accessible here and it will tie in with your iPad or you can set it up on your phone also!

Another cool thing is that we are utilizing other Google Apps this year, so the Google calendar will tie into your email (and if you get an iPad or have an iPhone, it’ll connect with that calendar as well).

Let us know if you have any questions!