Google Calendar

The TBES calendar is a public Google Calendar and can be added to your own Google account and your iGoogle homepage. Google Calendar is a great tool for busy families. With your own Google Calendar account, you can create your own calendars and keep your events private while seeing the public TBES events on the same page.

• If you don't have a Google account, you can sign up for free at calendar.google.com by clicking Create an Account.
  
  
• If you already have a Google (Gmail, iGoogle, or any other Google service that requires login) account, you can easily sign up for Google Calendar. Go to calendar.google.com and log in with your Google username and password.
  
  
• To add our Tierra Bonita calendars so they show up in your own Google account, log in to your Google Calendar account, click the Add button below the Other Calendars box in the left hand pane, choose Add By URL, and paste the following URLs in the box and click Add. We have 3 separate calendars: one for school events (days off, testing schedules, etc), one for PTA events (school events and programs, sign-up form deadlines, meetings), and one for ESS. Almost all events and sign-ups are on the PTA calendar (since it's the PTA that sponsors these programs), so don't forget to add the PTA calendar! When we add or edit events, the changes will show up automatically in your calendar.
  
  TBES Calendar:
  http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/tbes.webmaster%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics
  
  PTA Calendar:
  http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/dsiubookdvgpds9092plvvmemo%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
  
  ESS Calendar:
  http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/vf4iks2m2ub5q8hpdbo9230m7s%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
  
  

Twitter

What is Twitter? Essentially, it is a messaging tool that you can use either on the Web or on your portable device to receive and send just-in-time information that is 140 characters or less.

You can check out Tierra Bonita's "tweets" just by visiting twitter.com/tbes. You can also create your own Twitter account and follow TBES. With a Twitter account, you can also add a Twitter gadget to your iGoogle page.

Check out Twitter's Getting Started Guide for more information.

iGoogle Homepage

If you'd like to use Google as your homepage, you can customize it with a feature called iGoogle, and see calendar events and Twitter updates on your homepage. Look below for instructions.

• Go to google.com and sign in (or Create an account now if you didn't already create an account as described above.)
  
  
• If you haven't set up an iGoogle hompage, you'll probably be at the "Classic Home" and see the Google logo and search bar. Look at the upper right for a link that says "iGoogle" and click it.
  
  
• This is your customizable iGoogle homepage! Click Add stuff on the right.
  
  
• In the Search for gadgets box, enter "Google calendar" or "Twitter".
  
  
• Google Calendar, The Official Google Calendar Gadget should be at the top of the list for Calendars. For Twitter, we've found TwitterGadget to work the best.
  
  
• Click the Add it now button for the gadget you want, and then click Back to iGoogle home in the upper left. Your calendar is on your page, and if you've already added the TBES public calendars, you should see all of our upcoming events.
  
  
• To make this the page that loads every time you open your browser, in Internet Explorer, go to Tools->Internet Options and click Use Current under Home Page. In Firefox, it's Tools->Options, choose Show my home page from the drop down menu and click Use Current Page.
  
  
• Questions? Need help? Email tbes.webmaster@gmail.com.