Discovering Your Digital Work Flow

Lucy Gray

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Strategies

Develop a network of colleagues around the world using a microblogging service called Twitter.

Manage resources by using a social bookmarking service to organize links.

Create and share documents, spreadsheets and presentations online.

Use a newsreader (news aggregator) to manage flow of information.

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Strategy One: Twitter

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Twitter DirectionsGo to https://twitter.com/signup to create an account.

Find a few people to follow by using the search box or using these links:

http://twitter.com/teach42

http://twitter.com/Riptide_Furse

http://twitter.com/willrich45

http://twitter.com/edtechtalk

http://twitter.com/langwitches

Click on Follow buttons on people’s Twitter pages. This will take you back to your Twitter stream.

State what you are doing in the field at the top of your page and press Update.

Click on Add Device if you’d like tweets sent to your cell phone or IM client.

Add Twit This to your browser toolbar. http://twitthis.com/

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Twitter Example

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Strategy Two: Bookmarking

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del.icio.us Directions

Go to http://del.icio.us/ and make an account.

Install del.icio.us bookmarklets in your toolbar. Firefox: http://del.icio.us/help/firefox/extensionnew

Safari: http://del.icio.us/help/buttons

Optional: Import existing bookmarks. Firefox may offer to do this automatically. The manual method is:

Safari: File>Export Bookmarks>Save to your desktop. Next, in del.icio.us, go to Settings>Bookmarks>Import/Upload and select #2.

Surf to a web site and try out your bookmarklets!

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del.icio.us Example

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Strategy Three: Google Docs & Spreadsheets

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Google Docs Directions

Make a Google Account at: https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount

Go to http://docs.google.com/.

Select New and either Document, Spreadsheet, or Presentation.

For an example, visit http://tinyurl.com/googledoc.

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Google Docs Example

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Strategy Four: Google Reader

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Google Reader Directions

Make sure you are logged into your Google Account.

Visit www.google.com/reader.

In a separate window or tab, visit a site with an RSS feed. Try http://www.lighthouseschools.com/isummit or http://globalgreen.ning.com/.

To subscribe to a newsfeed, try one of the following methods:

In Safari, click on the blue RSS chicklet in your address window OR

In Firefox, click on the Live Bookmarks icon in your address window OR

Find a RSS feed, copy and paste it into the green Add Subscription box in Google Reader. Example: http://globalgreen.ning.com/activity/log/list?fmt=rss

Continue adding feeds in this manner. Click on the Settings link if you want to manage and customize Google Reader.

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Google Reader Example

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More Even More

If you want to try another service like Twitter, try Pownce: http://pownce.com/

If you want to try another bookmarking service, try Diigo: http://www.diigo.com/

If you want to try other collaborative documents, try Zoho: http://www.zoho.com/

If you want to try another newsreader, try Bloglines or NetNewsWire: http://www.bloglines.com/ or http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/NetNewsWire/d

efault.aspx

Another aggregation service worth a try is Netvibes: http://www.netvibes.com/

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iSummit Resources

Google in Education group http://groups.diigo.com/groups/google-in-education

iSummit Grouphttp://groups.diigo.com/groups/i_summit

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