top 20 tech tools for extension agents
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Gwen-Alyn Hoheisel
Tree Fruit, Grapes, Berries
www.pando.com
www.yousendit.com
www.sendthisfile.com
Create your own “hidden site”
Permanent solutions
www.Tinyurl.com
www.elfurl.com
Purchase a separate URL
$5-$15/year
then redirect
www.Openoffice.org
Looks, uses and feels like MS office
Google suite
Gmail, docs, calendar, RSS reader, website
creator
www.zoho.com
Very similar features to Google, but possibly
more.
Tips
• Don‟t track hits, track visits
• Look at trends, not numbers
• Numbers can be off, not a perfect system
Google Analytics measures
• Free!
• Direct traffic
• Links
• Search Engines
• Keyword Stats
• Site Overlay stats
• Webmaster needs to help set-up
Minus (-) = Takes out words not to include in search
Plus (+) = has to include words
Quotes (“ ”) = must be exact phrase
Tilda (~) = like items
(ex. Auto loans, returns truck loans, car
loans, etc.)
.edu & .pdf = only education and pdf‟s
Download Google cheat sheets for more…..
Flickr
Slide Share
Great resource for
material
Can get stats on
information you are
sharing
www.evite.com
www.socialize.com
Create, customize, and track invitations,
responses, and needs
www.doodle.com
www.meetomatic.com
In a chart, look at availability for all participants
and easily schedule a meeting
• 1st choice for online posting
• NEVER post a pdf w/o securitySave file>click on file name>properties>security tab
MS office 2007 add-in
PDFcreator.com
Use it like a printer, just choose pdf
Audacity and Lame MP3 encoder
• Free, easy to use and edit.
• Buy high quality noise reduction headset w/
microphone
Endnote, Biblioscape, Citeit!,
Mediawiki & Bibwiki (open source)
• Easiest filing system for any type of media.
• Numeric, can be themed based or not
• Good Keywords are crucial
PollDaddy.com
Zoomerang.com
SurveyMonkey.com
Surveyor (NACAA only)
Ask a few „pre‟
questions before
registration
Delicious.comSocial Bookmark; mix between Google, Wikipedia,
and Facebook. Find good resources that others
have already bookmarked
Google groups, Sharepoint sitesPost documents and create wikis
• Editable websites with collective knowledge
• Use as a collaboration tool
Google groups, www.pbwiki.com,
www.Zoho.com, openoffice.org
Adobe Contribute – very user friendly
CoffeeCup – Menu based or html
Google Docs “Sites” – public or private, very easy,
free
Microsoft Office Picture ManagerHighlight multiple pictures, edit, compress
Use for web, email, or pp.
Picasapicasa.google.com, Free editing software with tags
Adobe Photoshop ELEMENTSMore user friendly than normal photoshop
Windows Movie MakerFree, easy to use, add
transitions, captions.
Adobe Premier
ELEMENTSMore robust, but still
learnable.
YouTube
www.regonline.com
$4 or $5 per person
Secure payment
Tracks participants for emails, name badges,
etc.
(WSU online conference registration system)
Power Point – MS 2007
Adobe Presenter
• Record voice over power point
• Only need flash to see
• Post to web, burn to dvd‟s, create visual
publications
Turning Point Technologies
• Use for evaluation of program
• Use to start a dialog in a panel
discussion
• Use to discuss controversial
topics in an industry (i.e.
regulation, prices, etc.)
• Use to assess priorities and
needs
• Use your imagination ………
www.elluminate.com
Lowest use = $17/month
Adobe meeting room, Windows Meeting
Space, (WSU=Cisco meeting place)
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