Alright then, so now you have your brand new thumb drive. Or USB key. Or memory stick. If it’s a stick, I hope it looks like this… kinda funky.
So now, what to do with it.
When you stick (your stick) into the USB of any computer, it shows up as a drive. On a Mac, it will actually look like a hard drive icon. If you click on it, a window will open up showing you the contents – what’s on it!
On a Windows machine, it will either open up as a window automatically, or else you’ll need to find it. Click on “My Computer” and you should see it a “Removable Disk”. Double click on it and you should have a window, just likeon a Mac machine.
These drives are usually transferable between Mc and WIndows without a problem.
So what to do with that window?
First thing you should do is name your drive. From the desktop, click once to highlight the drive. then click again on the words (underneath the icon) to edit the drive name. May I suggest that you name it with your last name and your homeroom? Good, that would be great!
Next, create a new folder. Go: FILE –> NEW FOLDER. Name it “Robotics.” Or “Photography.” Heck, create a folder for every class you think you’ll be using this memory stick for.
Then (and this is the important part) save every document for that subject in that folder. Always, unequivocally. Like the Nike ad, “Just Do It!”
Life will be better that way.
