managing information

Web 2.0: Managing Information Overload

New Teacher Webinars series Sponsored by:

Brenda DyckTechnology

Consultant/Coordinator CRC

Elizabeth CressmanSocial Studies

Consultant/Coordinator CRC

Pat BohnetTechnology Consultant

CARC

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I Hate my Purse...

Nora Ephron

Delicious

"You probably have a personal library of professional books. You

keep these books together and organized in one place because they have information that helps you do

your job... Keeping a personal digital library is just as important and for the exactly the same reason." ~

David Warlick

Social Bookmarking Tool Delicious

• Delicious is a new concept/tool for me

• I have used a Delicious before

• I have used Delicious and created my own Delicious account

• I have taught some one else to make a Delicious account

• I have some experience with Delicious and would be willing to share my experience with using it

Place a check mark beside one of the following:

Delicious

1) First register for a Yahoo account

2) Register for a Delicious account at http://delicious.com/

Google Tools

• Google Tools are new to me

• I have used a Google Doc (doc, spreadsheet, form)

• I have used one and made my own Google Doc

• I have taught some one else to make a Google Doc

• I have some experience with Google Docs and would be willing to share an example now

Place a check mark beside one of the following:

Google Tools

Teachers and Principals Talk About

Google Docs

Google Docs

Getting Your Feet Wet

http://tinyurl.com/yjf9glx

Instructions:Place your curser partway down the page- Enter your name, your email address, school and a sentence that sums up the best part of today. Change the color of the text and/or the highlighting to something not used previously.  

Google Reader

Get automatic feeds and updates from your daily online reads sent to your inbox with Google Reader.

Will save you time spent weeding through unrelated posts or newsOrganizing Google Reader

Setting Up Your Google Reader Account

+ Beginning Suggestions for Your Reader (Blogs) 

David WarlickWesley Fryer

Will RichardsonCool Cat Teacher Blog

Neil Stephenson

FOLLOW-UP WIKI

Google forms

Google spreadsheets

Google Presentation tools

Example: Flickr Storm Mosaic Maker

Other Ways of Using Google Docs