Slides from a presentation on how to manage information

1. DiscoveringYour Digital Work
Flow
Lucy Gray
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2. 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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3. Strategy One:Twitter
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4. Twitter Directions
Go 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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5. Twitter Example
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6. StrategyTwo:
Bookmarking
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7. 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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8. del.icio.us Example
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9. StrategyThree: Google
Docs & Spreadsheets
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10. 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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11. Google Docs Example
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12. Strategy Four: Google
Reader
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13. 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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14. Google Reader Example
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15. 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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16. iSummit Resources
Google in Education group http://
groups.diigo.com/groups/google-in-education
iSummit Group
http://groups.diigo.com/groups/i_summit
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