Getting Organised With Computer Technology
Over the past three weeks I have delivered three presentations at assemblies for Secondary students showcasing:
- the Zero Inbox approach to email management
- ways that this can be applied using Microsoft Outlook
- and a range of potentially useful organisational software.
These tips might potentially help our students to become better organised now that we have a complete 1 laptop per student programme running in our Secondary school.
What started as ‘work in progress’ has evolved into this. The slideshow includes links to the software which might appeal to students (or anyone) seeking to be better organised through computer and mobile technology.
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