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=Boot Camp Topics for all grades:= Click below for individual grade level skills: Middle School Boot Camp 4th and 5th grade Boot Camp

=1. Keeping your laptop clean -= wipes will be available in library / media to wash hands before using laptops. DO NOT TOUCH THE SCREEN.

3. Video tutorials:
A. BEGIN HERE: []/ (to create a new **TAB** - "**control-click**" on the link above - **hold down the control key and then click the link** - and select '**Open link in New Tab'**. Then when you are done at that link your original page - this one - is still open)
 * Watch the following videos** at this link with your partner - (the other videos available on this page are very helpful for teachers):
 * Anatomy of a Mac (2:30)
 * Wireless Basics (2:48)
 * iChat Basics (3:56)

B. **Control-click** on this link: [] and with your partner watch the video(s) entitled **Mac OS X Leopard Basics** (the other videos available on this page are very helpful for teachers)::

4. Apple Menu - what can you find there?

 * **system preferences**
 * **dock preferences**
 * what is a //preference//?
 * Use 'SPOTLIGHT' the internal search tool on the far right to find applications, files, folders and open the dictionary. Click on the SPOTLIGHT [[image:spotlight.jpg]]and type in 'dictionary'. The top hit [[image:dictionary.jpg]]will put a dictionary / thesaurus on the dock. Click once on it to open and look up a word.
 * **Recent items**
 * **Force Quit**
 * **Sleep**
 * **Restart**
 * **Shut down**
 * **Log out**

5. Finder Menu

 * Go back to this site: []and control-click the following two videos (on the bottom left side of screen):
 * 'Finder Basics' video, and
 * 'The Finder: Doing more with the Sidebar

(in your Dictionary type in Application and find the Wiki definition for the word)
 * 6. Opening an Application - what is a 'application'?** -

7. Opening Word / or any application

 * (Students can open Word themselves at this time or work as whole group)
 * Application Menu Bar for Word
 * When an Application is open - each one has its own //**Menu Bar**// - look it up in your Dictionary.
 * [[image:menu_bar.jpg]]


 * What happens to the **Menu Bar** of an **application** if you click on the **Desktop**?