1. Florida Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Presenters: 1 2 3

2. 2 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Technology I Agenda Become a better leader:  Why we use technology  E-mail  Websites  Search Engines

3. 3 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Technology I Goals  Create and learn to use your own e-mail account  Learn what the Internet is  Hang 10 on the WWW  Find information on Special Olympics Program website  Conduct research as a leader

4. 4 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Technology I Tools of the ‘trade’  E-mail  Websites  Search engines

5. 5 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Technology I Tell us your NAME You’re an Athlete Leader. Identify why you would you use the examples below.  E-mail  Websites  Search engines

6. 6 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1  Communicate with other athletes  Communicate with others in Special Olympics  Communicate with our audiences  Make good use of our time  Get information  Social networking  Raise funds  Promote Global Messengers  Get new volunteers  Market your local Special Olympics Program Technology I

7. 7 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 E-mail You can exchange e-mail with people around the world!  Special Olympics state, provincial, and national offices  Athletes in your Local Program  Local Program Coordinators  Athletes in local, state, province or country  Organizations, service groups, sponsors, other Special Olympics committees, donors

8. 8 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Advantages  Speed  Cost  Convenience  Record and history of communication  Coolness factor E-mail

9. 9 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 E-mail programs  Microsoft Outlook (and Express)  Yahoo Mail  AOL  SO Program Mail  MSN – Hotmail  Windows Live Mail  Google mail or Gmail E-mail

10. 10 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 E-mail Getting friendly with your computer  Important keys  Using the mouse

11. 11 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Setting up Google Mail – Gmail See #1 and #2 in Participant Guide  www.gmail.com www.gmail.com  Click on “Create an account”  Fill in the secure information  Create my account  Click on “I accept. Create my account”  Click on “Show me my account” (CAPTCHA) E-mail

12. 12 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Reading Google Mail See #3  www.gmail.com on Web browser www.gmail.com  Sign in with USERNAME and PASSWORD  Read e-mail … E-mail

13. 13 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Addressing an e-mail Parts of an e-mail address namealpssofl@gmail.com leadtrainername@gmail.com Your lead trainer email here  Check the web address! Exercises to check understanding E-mail

14. 14 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Creating your contacts See #5 then #15 for more future contacts  namealpssofl@gmail.com – Athlete Leader namealpssofl@gmail.com  leadtrainername@gmail.com –Lead Trainer leadtrainername@gmail.com  alpscoordinator@gmail.com – ALPS Coordinator alpscoordinator@gmail.com Exercises E-mail

15. 15 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Sending a good message: See #7  Writing style and tone  Font, color  Subject lines Exercises E-mail

16. 16 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Receiving a message  Opening a message See #8  Opening an attachment (Be careful of viruses) See #17 Examples E-mail

17. 17 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Replying to a message  Replying to a message  Forward a message  Attach a file to a message Exercises E-mail

18. 18 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 E-mail storage  Deleting/archiving messages  Organizing messages  Using folders/labels See #4 Examples E-mail

19. 19 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Other E-mail tips  Keyboard shortcuts: See #6  SPAM See #9  Important addresses See #15 Examples E-mail

20. 20 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Break

21. 21 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Internet Internet (international network) includes  E-mail  News groups: See #11  World Wide Web

22. 22 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 World Wide Web Web Browsers  Provided by your Internet Service Provider (ISP)  Internet Explorer  Mozilla/Firefox  Google Chrome  MSN Explorer

23. 23 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 World Wide Web A tour of an Internet browser  Title bar – resources.specialolympics.orgresources.specialolympics.org  Button bar  Menu bar  Scroll bar  Address bar  Document area  Status bar

24. 24 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 World Wide Web

25. 25 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Addresses (URLs) http://www.soprogram.org Exercises See #10 So Websites Other Websites Sports Resources Online Courses Sport Organizations World Wide Web

26. 26 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Speedier surfing  Home page See #12  Favorite’s list See #13  Links (look for the HAND)  Button bar Exercises World Wide Web

27. 27 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Some good Websites  SO Program – let’s take a tour  Special Olympics sites See #10  Sites for athlete leaders See #11 Exercises World Wide Web

28. 28 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Search Engines Drivers, start your engines! www.pcmag.com/article2/0.2817.2365692.00.asp  Google.com  Searching for people  Searching for businesses See #11

29. 29 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Successful searching See #14 Be specific  Refine your search  Put phrases in quotations  Include several keywords  Play the field  Get help Search Engines

30. 30 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Let me show you a sample! What other movies and TV shows has the person who starred in “The Loretta Claiborne” movie been in? Search Engines

31. 31 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Let’s practice!  How many athletes attended the 2005 Special Olympics Global Athlete Congress in Panama?  Who is one of the new Special Olympics International Global Messengers?  Who is president and CEO of Special Olympics and what is his/her e-mail address?  When is the basketball season in Special Olympics Australia? Search Engines

32. 32 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Search Engines Practice makes perfect!  From www.specialolympics.org find your Special Olympics Program.www.specialolympics.org  How would you purchase a medium white/navy polo shirt from your Special Olympics Program?  What event was held at the end of July 2015 in Los Angeles?  How do you get to your Program’s office? (Directions)  Someone wants to volunteer. Where can you direct them?

33. 33 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Even More Practice Makes You More Perfect!  Where can you learn about Global Messengers?  Where can you go to find what courses are available to train athlete leaders  Who are your Program’s sponsors?  When does your Program hold training and competitions for bocce? Search Engines

34. 34 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Technology I How would you use technology to do the following?  Your Input Council wants to publicize a meeting  You are a Global Messenger, and you want to give a speech to local civic groups and ask them to volunteer  Your Program is having a fundraiser Remember: E-mail, Webpages and Google are your friends!

35. 35 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Athlete Leadership University  Handbook for Athlete Leadership  Practicum requirements  Back-home action plan  Course evaluation

36. 36 | Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Technology 1 Show me the ATHLETE!