.Mac Accounts for Educators


Many classroom teachers are in schools that do not have the facilities to host or store student or teacher work online. For those teachers, what are the easy to use and cheap alternatives?  There are a number of online sites and services that offer free or cheap online resources for educators for web hosting, disk storage, photo galleries, online calendars, email and collaboration. Many of these are free or at mimimal cost, but some only offer one of these features. Dotmac [.Mac] accounts offer all of these services, but at a cost. While not specifically designed for education, how useful are .Mac accounts for educators? The linked presentation [in both Keynote & PDF] outlines what dotmac offers, other alternatives and what I would like to see it offer for educators. The  links below will give you many other resources and opinions about .Mac accounts.


Click here to download .Mac Accounts in the Classroom: An Evaluation [.pdf]


Apple Resources


What does .Mac offer? http://www.apple.com/dotmac/

Apple Support http://www.apple.com/support/dotmac/

Dotmac Tips http://www.mac.com/web/en/Tips/Tips.html

Dotmac Discussions http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=116

Dotmac FAQs http://www.mac.com/1/mac_faq.html


. Mac Features


Web gallery http://www.apple.com/dotmac/webgallery.html

Website Hosting http://www.apple.com/dotmac/iweb.html

IMAP Mail http://www.apple.com/dotmac/mail.html

Back to My Mac http://www.apple.com/dotmac/backtomymac.html

Sync http://www.apple.com/dotmac/sync.html

iDisk http://www.apple.com/dotmac/idisk.html

Groups http://www.apple.com/dotmac/groups.html

Backup http://www.apple.com/dotmac/backup.html

10GB Storage http://www.apple.com/dotmac/storage.html

.Mac Quick Guides

Getting Started with .Mac http://www.mac.com/1/learningcenter/start/index.html

Getting Your Website Started http://www.mac.com/1/learningcenter/start/share.html

Start Sharing Your Photos http://www.mac.com/1/learningcenter/start/photocast.html

A Web Gallery Example http://gallery.mac.com/emily_parker#gallery

Learning How to Backup http://www.mac.com/1/learningcenter/start/backup.html

Learn How to Sync Now http://www.mac.com/1/learningcenter/start/sync.html

Share a file with iDisk http://www.mac.com/1/learningcenter/start/idisk.html

Create a Group http://www.mac.com/1/learningcenter/start/groups.html


Mastering .Mac


Web Publishing http://www.mac.com/1/learningcenter/Modules/dmPicturesMovies_index.html

.Mac Mail http://www.mac.com/1/learningcenter/Modules/dmMail_index.html

Syncing http://www.mac.com/1/learningcenter/Modules/dmSynchronizing_index.html

Backup http://www.mac.com/1/learningcenter/Modules/dmBackup3_index.html

Groups http://www.mac.com/1/learningcenter/Modules/qg_dmGroup_t1.html

iDisk http://www.mac.com/1/learningcenter/Modules/dmStoringFiles_index.html

iCal http://www.mac.com/1/learningcenter/Modules/dmCalendar_index.html


Other Resources


Taking Control of .Mac http://emperor.tidbits.com/webx/TakeControl/dot-mac.html [Free 24 page sample] or buy electronically for $15 USD http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/dot-mac.html

Top 5 Shareware resources  for getting more out of .mac http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=686518

Dotmac podcast audio downloads http://www.tuaw.com/2006/12/14/dotmac-offers-podcast-pack-audio-downloads/


How to  activate .Mac Mail Junk folder


http://apple-project.com/files/15c8a8b25ecf8fdf65192886fc6126fc-71.html


Make your own Dotmac An open source replacement for .Mac [No idea how well these work]


http://code.google.com/p/dotmac/

http://www.oreilly.com/pub/a/mac/2002/08/09/homemade_dotmac.html

http://www.oreilly.com/pub/a/mac/2003/02/04/homemade_dot_mac.html

http://freshmeat.net/projects/dotmac/

http://5thirtyone.com/archives/741

http://www.tnpi.net/wiki/Do_It_Yourself_.Mac

http://www.allocinit.net/apps/dotmacenabler

http://www.travelwidgets.com/

Having your own  domain name on Dotmac


http://tech.propeller.com/story/2008/01/12/iweb-with-your-won-domain-name-and-dot-mac

http://homepage.mac.com/cherrypop/iblog/C1900478167/E1963581976/index.html

http://apple-project.com/files/f1c9cff16d01a44d55f132bcc13cc2b5-37.html


User Views


http://mashable.com/2008/02/02/dotmac-why-is-apple-still-neglecting-the-web/

http://www.apple.com/dotmac/profiles/