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Taking Care of your Digital Devices
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This presentation was created for Secondary Homeroom Teachers to use with their students to help foster good maintenance and care of their digital devices, especially their laptops.
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Taking Care of your Digital Devices
and Get the Most Out of Your Digital Devices
How Can You Best Protect Your Laptop?
KEEP IT PROTECTED
Soft case/Neoprene CoverThere are many options on Amazon.jp or in stores in Kansai!
KEEP IT UPDATED
Go to Software Update
Then...Restart Computer
(sometimes it does this automatically, sometimes not)
DO THIS NOW
WORD NEEDS TO BE UPDATED WITHIN THE SOFTWARE!!!
Open any Microsoft Office Application
(Word, Powerpoint, Excel)
DO THIS NOW!
KEEP IT RESTED &
ENERGIZED
RESTART (AT LEAST) WEEKLY
CHARGE EVERY NIGHT
KEEP IT CLEAN
1. Make sure computer is shut down.
2. Use a damp (not dripping) lint-free cloth.
3. Clean keyboard and between keys (use
cotton swab if necessary)
4. Wipe down screen.
5. If using hard case, take off and wipe down
outside of machine.
BACK IT UP!
I don't have time
to back up!
I don't know
how to back
up my
laptop/phone.
My computer
won't crash...
Sonny is
always there
to help me.
Which of these
describes you????
Backup Suggestions1. Google Drive - what is this a good backup solution for? What are the pros
and cons of backing up through google drive?
2. Dropbox - why would you choose to use this? What are the pros and cons of using Dropbox for your back-up?
3. Apple Time Machine (or other PC backup Software) and external hard drive - what/who is this a good solution for? What are the pros and cons for using time machine and a hard drive?
You should be using Google Drive or Dropbox
to save ALL of your school work.
A crashed computer is no excuse to not have your work and the chance of losing your work is not worth it!
ORGANIZED
KEEP
IT
There should be little/no files on your desktop.
Keep your work saved on a Cloud-based File System
(Like Google Drive or Dropbox)
Make sure every file has a clear, concise name & is in a folder
Get rid of unnecessary files from hard drive & Google Drive.Please make sure you do NOT mass delete and the files are not connected to your blog/Mission Portfolio.
Clean out your email.
Organize your bookmarks.
Keep your phones clean too!
Take photos off of your phone regularly.
Go to Settings > General > Usage > Manage Storage
Be KNOWLEDGEABLE of your digital devices.
Keep them clean, organized and functioning well.
Presentation Created by @JulieLemley and @LizDk for Canadian Academy
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