managing information
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Emerging technologies for managing information overload.TRANSCRIPT
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
Where do you teach?
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Overload...
Overload...
Overload
Overload...
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