{"id":14886,"date":"2014-12-13T04:20:18","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T21:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/?p=14886"},"modified":"2014-12-13T04:20:18","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T21:20:18","slug":"lenovo-yoga-2-pro-new-companion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/lenovo-yoga-2-pro-new-companion\/","title":{"rendered":"Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro: My New Companion"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Lenovo<\/a><\/p>\n

I have been using the Yoga 2 Pro<\/a> now for a couple of months and I have to say, I absolutely love it. \u00a0It’s the best laptop I’ve ever used. \u00a0I love its color, orange, it perks me up every time I see it. \u00a0I’m so tired of the black laptops I’ve used all my life. \u00a0The Yoga 2 Pro is definitely the lightest laptop I’ve ever owned, weighing in at just 3 lbs. \u00a0I literally take it with me everywhere as it isn’t too heavy, is compact, and is easy to transport.<\/p>\n

\"Lenovo<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the unique things about the Yoga 2 Pro is it’s 360 degree flip and fold design. \u00a0It can be used as a\u00a0laptop, a tablet, atent (great for presentations), or a stand (great for videos). \u00a0No matter how you turn the screen, the screen rotates to its new orientation.<\/p>\n

I take the Yoga 2 Pro everywhere! \u00a0Now you may be wondering, hmmm, how am I using my laptop everywhere and where am I taking it to? \u00a0I thought I’d give you a glimpse into my life to show you how I’m using the Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro. \u00a0Take a look…<\/p>\n

\u00a0How I Use My Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro<\/span><\/h2>\n

Volleyball Practice<\/strong><\/p>\n

My 11-year-old daughter has volleyball practice for 1 hr. and 45 minutes twice a week. \u00a0Most of the moms drop off their girls and come back. \u00a0But I live about 20 minutes away, so I have found it very convenient to take the Yoga 2 Pro with me and answer emails. \u00a0Fortunately, my daughter’s coach is a tech lover too and understands the importance of offering free WiFi to the parents!<\/p>\n

Christmas Show Rehearsals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both of my children…and my husband…are in our church’s Christmas Show this year. \u00a0Our church does a fun Saturday Night Live fun Christmas Show each year and my little performers LOVE to be a part of it each year. \u00a0They are in 2-3 acts this year, so I find myself taking them to practices three times a week. \u00a0Our church is about 24 minutes away, so I often sit and watch them…while shopping for Christmas deals online and checking email on my Yoga 2 Pro.<\/p>\n

Odyssey of the Mind Practice<\/strong><\/p>\n

I coach one of our school’s Odyssey of the Mind <\/a>teams, where a group of 7 kids write their own play, create their own staging, and perform their play during the regional competitions…all according to a particular theme. \u00a0It’s a fantastic competition for the kids to be a part of, every single idea, props, costumes, lines, music, staging are kid-created. \u00a0I can only coach them but not give them even the slightest idea of how to do something.<\/p>\n

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I use the Yoga 2 Pro often to show them Odyssey of the Mind videos from years past so they can get a good idea of what to do and what’s possible. \u00a0As our theme this year is creating a video game around Pandora’s Box, I fanatically searched YouTube for different renditions of Pandora’s Box to open their mind and think outside the box about how their rendition of Pandora’s Box could be portrayed through a video game skit. \u00a0The Yoga 2 Pro is perfect for 7 kids to crowd around and watch the videos.<\/p>\n

I also used the Yoga 2 Pro to teach the kids about brainstorming and give them some tips to be more effective. \u00a0I used Powerpoint slides to teach them about brainstorming. \u00a0The Yoga 2 Pro works great for giving a presentation and showing videos because of it’s unique ability to twist into a tent-like fashion. \u00a0The screen can rotate up to 360 degrees around.<\/p>\n

Another part of the competition is called Spontaneous, where the kids are given either a verbal or physical problem to solve and they need to come up with out-of-the-box answers to score more points. \u00a0We practice all sorts of Spontaneous activities to get their creative juices flowing so they can act on-the-spot during the competition in March. \u00a0I found a fun Windows app called Kids Story Builder<\/a> that allows kids to take pictures of things and add text and their own voices to each picture. \u00a0The pictures are then stitched together by Kids Story Builder to create a fun story.<\/p>\n

I divided our team into two groups \u00a0One group used the Yoga 2 Pro to take the pictures with it’s webcam and type their captions. \u00a0The other\u00a0group\u00a0used my Lumia<\/span> 635\u00a0Windows Phone and Kids Story Builder to create their story. \u00a0We then watched both stories and picked a winner, based on the criteria I had given them. \u00a0It was a lot of fun and a good use of technology.<\/p>\n

As I meet with the kids at school, I was able to use a Mobile HotSpot from my phone over to my Yoga 2 Pro. \u00a0It’s worked out perfectly.<\/p>\n

Build-A-Church Meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our church is in an exciting phase of its life, we are in the building stages of building a new church! \u00a0We are so excited. \u00a0I am on the planning committee to figure out what our needs are and work with the architect to convey our needs. \u00a0Using Microsoft OneNote, I copied and pasted different parts of church designs I saw online to help create our ideal church floor plan. \u00a0I meant to bring paper copies of the design to a particular meeting, but was in such a hurry, I wasn’t able to print them out in time.<\/p>\n

No worries, I grabbed my Yoga 2 Pro, connected to the guest WiFi network at church, and downloaded the work I had done from my computer at home. \u00a0Using the tent fold stance, I was able to confidently show the design on the Yoga 2 Pro and explain why we needed particular\u00a0features in certain areas of the floor plan. \u00a0I presented to a group of 6 people around a round table and everyone was able to see just fine. \u00a0Quite frankly, I think they were more impressed with the fact that it was on my computer rather than on paper!<\/p>\n

Bible Study<\/strong><\/p>\n

I go to Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) every week after completing a 2 page homework assignment. \u00a0We have a small study group we meet with first to discuss our answers, then move onto the lecture hall where our leader goes into more details about what we just read and studied for the week. \u00a0She covers a lot of material and having the Yoga 2 Pro handy to type my notes is so great. \u00a0They way the keyboard sits, it doesn’t make a lot of tapping noise like some keyboards\u00a0do. \u00a0I am able to capture my notes as well as use the webcam to take pictures of the slides that have pictures.<\/p>\n

I use Windows OneNote to capture all of my notes.<\/p>\n

Bedroom<\/strong><\/p>\n

I mainly work on my desktop, it’s what I feel most comfortable typing\u00a0on. \u00a0But there are times when I am so exhausted and would rather lay in bed while I work. \u00a0The Yoga 2 Pro works great for casually reading emails while relaxing a bit. \u00a0It also is great for watching Netflix by twisting the screen around to a tent stance.<\/p>\n

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