1. Using Protopage in Your Classroom
Presented by Tina Maxwell
Tech Camp For Teachers at Berrien RESA
August 26, 2009

2. What is a Protopage?
A Protopage is your own personal page, which you can access from any computer or mobile phone.
Use it to read your own selection of news and blogs, keep bookmarks, to-do lists, sticky notes, and much more .
There are thousands of different widgets that you can add to your page.
You can add sticky notes on your page. To edit the text, simply click inside the widget and start typing.
You can also add to-do lists, calendars, photos, and much more.

3. What Can You do on Protopage?
You can organize your widgets under different tabs.
You can choose your own selection of news from thousands of sources.
If you see an orange 'RSS' icon in your web browser when you visit a web site, it means you can subscribe to it with Protopage.
Access your page from most phones, including the iPhone, Blackberry, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens, Palm, LG, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and Windows Mobile.
Click the 'Colors/Settings' button to customize your page with your own choice of colors and wallpaper.
Hover over the search area in the top right of your page to quickly search hundreds of popular search engines.

4. Why Would You Use Protopage?
To organize monthly meetings
To organize a class by month, week, day, or session
To use as a prototype while you create your web page
To collaborate with colleagues
To choreograph classroom instruction with digital media
To organize online links of personal interest

5. Examples of Protopage in Use…

6. Getting Started http://protopage.com

7. Browse the Opening Page

8. Name Your Tab; Click within The Word “Untitled” and Delete & Add as Necessary

9. Start Slow; Create a New Tab
Click Here

10. Select “Add Widget”

11. Select Bookmarks; Click on Blue Bar to Put inside Page

12. Select Edit; Insert URL & Title

13. Embed Video Clips or Other “Coded” Sites; Select HTML/Rich Text

14. After Edit; Select HTML FIRST!

15. Go Find Some Code to Embed!

16. Copy/Paste the Entire HTML Code into the Widget Window

17. Now You Can Play Your Clip!

18. Once You Master Protopage, the Sky is the Limit!
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