tools for managing and sharing information
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Tools for managing and sharing information
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Managing information• Using Feeds & Aggregators
• Using cloud services to access information
RSS Feeds & Aggregators(really simple syndication)• Feeds allow you to see when websites
have added new content. • By subscribing to a feed, new
information is brought to your computer or mobile device when it is published.
• You can get the latest news, blog post or special offers without having to visit the site itself.
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How can I use RSS feeds
• Desktop based: Microsoft Outlook
• Cloud based: Feedly
Feeds in Outlook
Feeds in Outlook
Add a new RSS Feed
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Choose the online service you want updates from Select Microsoft Outlook as your RSS Reader
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RSS Feeds and article for further viewing and reading
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If you want to change the properties of your RSS Feeds
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Further stuff to do with an RSS article
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Microsoft Outlook RSS Feed
• Work based news digest• Forwarding articles easily with
colleagues and peers• Embedded within Outlook• Integrated RSS reader treats
news items like emails.
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Feedly
Click on the Add Content button
http://feedly.com
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Feedly
Browse to topics of interest
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Search using keywords of interest
Add to your feedly reader
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Change the title of the Feed
Organise into collections
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Viewing articles in Feedly
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Feedly
• Allows integration with document management services such as Evernote
• Personalisation for creating collections of interest
• Categorise by tagging articles to create your own unique collection
• Share with your peers and social network contacts
• Available as an app for Apple and android users
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Other readers and aggregators worth checking out• Netvibes (for the minimalist, no fuss or
frills)• http://www.netvibes.com
• Pulse (for the visual)• https://www.pulse.me/
• NewsBlur (desktop reader fans)• http://www.newsblur.com/
Using the Cloud to Access your Information
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Dropbox
https://www.dropbox.com/home
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Dropbox
https://www.dropbox.com/home
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Evernote
www.evernote.com
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Amazon Cloud Drive https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/learnmoreApple iCloud https://www.icloud.com/Google Drive https://drive.google.com/ Microsoft Sky Drive http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/skydrive/home
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Managing information
1. If you don’t read it unsubscribe2. Time management3. Effective file management4. Personalise to aid no 2 & 3!5. Spring clean6. Ignore format, topic/content is king7. One central point for all your many devices
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Sharing information• Social Media• Curating tools• Blogging• Wikis
Hash Tags, Lists & Archives
Twitter is an online Social Networking / Microblogging service that enables users to send and read text based messages of up to 140 characters knows as “Tweets”
Image by Fanie! from flickr licensed through CC
https://twitter.com/
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Tweet to:• Use Twitter to disseminate news, links &
images :• “Retweet” things you find interesting – your
followers may be interested too.• Add web links to tweets to provide context or
further reading.• Add images on the move.• Listen in to conversations at conferences you
can’t attend
Hash tag to searching for topics• Hash tags are used to filter tweets by
topic:• Advertised – organised for a conference
or event e.g. • Trending – often spontaneous, reflecting
world-wide / local activity or personalised for you depending on settings
• Have a guess or start your own
#
Lists & ArchivesCreate lists by topic / role / relationship and add people to them to filter them out of your main twitter stream.
Creates an archive of an event / add narrative and mediaEmbed in other social media toolshttps://storify.com/
Bookmarking Alternatives: Digital Curation
Organise topic based collections using online toolsAdd “bookmarklets” to you browser toolbar
http://www.scoop.it
Share content and ‘scoops’ with other online services
Set up sources for scoop.it to trawl based on your interestsPick and choose what you want to include
Sharing Resources
www.slideshare.net
Sharing Resources
Sharing Resources• Decide if you want to restrict
use• Check terms and conditions• Consider adding creative
commons license• Check with your institution
Online Magazines
http://paper.li/
Online Magazines
Online Magazines
Blog – Short hand for Web Log
• Online Postings of Information, Opinion or Diary Entries
• Chronologically ordered• Allow comments from readers & and provide
a mechanism for the exchange of views• Searchable by keywords• Designed to integrate with other web based,
social media
• Easy recording of relevant events• Informally written• Reflective and authentic• Scope to include new media• Searchable• Interactive & dynamic• Accessed through RSS feeds
Blogging
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BlogwareWordPresshttp://wordpress.com/Tumblrhttps://www.tumblr.com/Square Spacehttp://www.squarespace.com/stories
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Using WikisGreat for project documentation and sharingOne single space for sharing and collaborating on documentsAll documents have version controlReduces the need for emailing documents Easy to keep up to date with what’s going on through the ‘recent changes’ updated information
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Wiki softwareWiki Spaceshttp://www.wikispaces.com/Wiki Spaces Classroomhttps://www.wikispaces.com/content/teacher
Media Wiki http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
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Questions?
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