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A Creative Guide to Keeping in Touchthis Holiday Season. A free gift from Atomic Learning.
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A Creative Guide to Keeping in Touchthis Holiday Season A Free Gift from Atomic Learning
Holiday ConneCtions
www.AtomicLearning.com/highed
Holiday ConneCtions
HOLIDAY CONNECTIONS ii www.AtomicLearning.com/highedHOLIDAY CONNECTIONS ii Contents
Contents
Season’s Greetings .........................................iii
Across the Miles ...........................................1-2
From the Heart .............................................3-4
Making Memories .........................................5-6
Helping Others Connect ................................. 7
© Copyright Atomic Learning. All rights reserved.
Online and on-demand, Atomic Learning creates flexible training opportunities - making it easy for learners of all ages to embrace technology. From instant access to answers on common “how to” questions, to step-by-step training workshops and projects, Atomic Learning helps simplify campus technology. Thousands of schools, colleges and universities have made Atomic Learning an integral part of faculty and staff training, course technology integration and support initiatives.
Learn more at www.AtomicLearning.com/highed
Skype™ is a trademark of Skype Limited.
Microsoft® Office and Windows® Movie Maker are registered trademarks of Microsoft Coporation.
Comic Life is a product of plasq.
GarageBand®, iMovie® and iDVD® are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
Audacity® is a registered trademark of Dominic Mazzoni.
Adobe® Photoshop® is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc.
GIMP was developed by the GIMP Development Team.
flickr™ is a trademark of Yahoo! Inc.
I Can Animate is a product of Kudian Soft.
HOLIDAY CONNECTIONS ii HOLIDAY CONNECTIONS ii iii HOLIDAY CONNECTIONS Season’s Greetingswww.AtomicLearning.com/highed
season’s GreetinGs
For many, the past year has been filled with both challenges and achievements. Many educational institutions struggled with funding issues that forced hard decions to be made, while others found success in new faculty and staff training approaches and course integration practices.
No matter what your year entailed, Atomic Learning is honored to be a part of your institution’s success and is dedicated to the continued growth of our partnership in the new year.
To ensure a bright spot as the year draws to a close,
Atomic Learning is excited to share this year’s eCard: Holiday Connections. Packed with tips and ideas on how to spread the joy of the season with family and friends, the card is our gift to you. Please consider it a special thank you from all of us here at Atomic Learning for all that you do to ensure that today’s students are provided a quality educational experience.
We hope you enjoy Holiday Connections, and wish you and yours all the happiness and joy this holiday season offers.
The Atomic Learning Family
HOLIDAY CONNECTIONS 1 1 HOLIDAY CONNECTIONS Across the Mileswww.AtomicLearning.com/highed
aCross the Miles
Whether your family is dispersed across the country
or around the world, sharing the joy of the season
has never been easier.
In this section, we’re sharing a few of our favorite
tools and ideas for spreading holiday cheer far and
wide, even when physical distance keeps you from
your loved ones.
Making a Special Delivery via mail-merge
Using the ever-popular Microsoft® Office Suite,
sending holiday cards and letters is simple.
Whether you want to personalize
letters or create mailing labels,
there are a variety of tools
to streamline seasonal
mailings, including
the mail-merge
functionality in
Microsoft® Word.
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HOLIDAY CONNECTIONS 2 Across the Miles (continued)www.AtomicLearning.com/highedHOLIDAY CONNECTIONS 2
aCross the Miles (Continued)
Gathering Together with Skype™
A popular online tool, Skype™ is a free software pro-
gram that, when installed on your computer, works
with your Internet connection to
turn your computer into an
Internet phone. The program
allows you to make
free calls to other
Skype™
users, or low-cost calls to traditional or mobile phones
anywhere in the world.
Though a large part of the popularity of Skype™ stems
from the ability to make international calls for little
to no cost, it is not the only factor. Besides saving
money, Skype™ also includes video features, allowing
you to add up to nine people on a single video call.
Why be apart this season? There are tools available
to bring everyone together.
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HOLIDAY CONNECTIONS 2 HOLIDAY CONNECTIONS 2 3 HOLIDAY CONNECTIONS From the Heartwww.AtomicLearning.com/highed
FroM the heart
Looking for creative gift ideas? Anyone using
technology today can probably describe some
unique project ideas they’ve had. There are a wide
array of software applications available today that,
with a little imagination, allow you to create one-of-a-
kind gifts that can be treasured for years to come.
Making the Holidays Fun with Comic Life
Comic Life is a software program that enables
you to transform your photos into comics, picture
albums and more. Using simple drag-and-drop
design functionality, and complete with templates,
photo filters and special fonts, Comic Life provides
everything needed to make your photos come to
life.
Whether you are looking to create a unique family
portrait, re-tell a classic holiday story in a unique
way or just play with family photographs, you simply
upload or add pictures to your computer, personalize
with word bubbles and other effects, and print. It’s
that easy.
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HOLIDAY CONNECTIONS 4 From the Heart (continued)www.AtomicLearning.com/highedHOLIDAY CONNECTIONS 4
FroM the heart (Continued)
Capturing the Sounds of the SeasonRecording a personal greeting to send to family and friends or capturing a child’s rendition of festive songs and carols is a great way to spread holiday cheer. No matter what level of vocal talent you have, your family is sure to appreciate a gift that comes straight from the heart.
There are a variety of tools available that enable you to record and editvoice (or song), including Audacity®, GarageBand®, and numerous others. Simply pick a song, warm up your vocal chords, and you’re ready to go!
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HOLIDAY CONNECTIONS 4 HOLIDAY CONNECTIONS 4 5 HOLIDAY CONNECTIONS Making Memorieswww.AtomicLearning.com/highed
MakinG MeMories
No matter how you spend your holiday season,
memories will be made. Capture the magic of family
gatherings and seasonal events using technology
to preserve and share those memories for years to
come.
Going Beyond the Photograph
Family gatherings and holiday events typically result
in a great number of photographs. With specialized
photo editing applications, like Adobe® Photoshop®,
or GIMP, you can quickly remove red-eye or make
other edits to preserve your memories.
Once you’ve made edits, rather than just storing your
photographs in a folder on your personal computer,
consider uploading them to flickr™ for quick and
simple sharing with family and friends. It takes no
more than a few simple clicks, and they are sure to
appreciate the gesture.
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HOLIDAY CONNECTIONS 6 Making Memories (continued)www.AtomicLearning.com/highedHOLIDAY CONNECTIONS 6
MakinG MeMories (Continued)
Bringing Memories to Life with VideoWith all the new devices available today, home video has become commonplace. However, just because the technology is available, doesn’t mean everyone is able to shoot high-quality video.
If your cinematography skills cast a shadow over holiday events, plan on spicing up your videos with a video-editing program like iMovie® or iDVD® from Apple®, Windows® Movie Maker, I Can Animate and others. They all enable you to add a variety of effects and edits to enhance the record of seasonal events.
It’s also a great idea to keep these in mind if you are planning to give (or hoping to receive) a new video recorder or camcorder as a gift this year.
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HOLIDAY CONNECTIONS 6 HOLIDAY CONNECTIONS 6 7 HOLIDAY CONNECTIONS Helping Others Connect www.AtomicLearning.com/highed
helpinG others ConneCt
With technology, the creative possibilities for holiday
gatherings and projects are nearly endless. We’ve
shared just a few of our favorites, but know that
we’ve missed some great projects and ideas.
If you have an idea on how to connect this holiday
season, visit the Atomic Learning Conversations
Network and join our special project discussion.
We’re looking forward to hearing your great ideas.
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