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Sharing
From the Neighborhood View, you see other XOs with whom you can share documents and activities. Activities and documents being shared by others show up as icons and network access points are represented by circles.)
Step 1: Launch an activity
Before you share, you should launch an activity—in this case Browse—by clicking on the appropiate icon on the Home View.
Step 2: Select the Activity Tab
The sharing menu is on the Activity Tab.
Step 3: Share with Neighborhood
Select “share with neighborhood” on the pull-down menu.
Step 4: Sharing
Once “share with neighborhood” is selected, you are sharing.
Step 5: The Neighborhood View
Your Browse session will appear to everyone on the Neighborhood View.
Others can join your Browse session clicking on the browse icon in the Neighborhood View.
Step 6: Sharing bookmarks
Browse shares by sharing bookmarks. Whenever anyone bookmarks a page in the shared session, everyone sees the bookmark in their browser tray. You can create a bookmark by clicking on the star in the Browse menu—see Step 2 above.
Step 7: Following a shared bookmarks
The shared bookmarks are clickable, so everyone can surf the web together.
Sharing pictures
The Record Activity lets you share pictures as you take them.
Sharing books
The Read activity lets you share books on the network.
Sharing equations
The Calculate Activity lets you share variables and equations.
Sharing fun
Most games have multiplayer modes that are played together over the network.
Sharing music
TamTam Jam lets you play music with other laptops, sharing a common drum beat.
You share from the Neighborhood View.