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Discovering Your Digital Work Flow
The document discusses strategies for developing a digital workflow, including using Twitter to build a network of colleagues, social bookmarking services like Delicious to organize web links, and Google Docs to create and share documents online. It provides instructions for setting up accounts and basic usage of Twitter, Delicious, and Google Docs, illustrated with examples. Additionally, Google Reader is introduced as a tool for managing news feeds and other similar services are mentioned for possible exploration.
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- 1. DiscoveringYour Digital Work Flow LucyGray 1Friday, July 11, 2008
- 2. Strategies Develop a networkof 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. 2Friday, July 11, 2008
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- 4. Twitter Directions Go tohttps://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/ 4Friday, July 11, 2008
- 5. Twitter Example 5Friday, July11, 2008
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- 7. del.icio.us Directions Go tohttp://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! 7Friday, July 11, 2008
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- 9. StrategyThree: Google Docs &Spreadsheets 9Friday, July 11, 2008
- 10. Google Docs Directions Makea 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. 10Friday, July 11, 2008
- 11. Google Docs Example 11Friday,July 11, 2008
- 12. Strategy Four: Google Reader 12Friday,July 11, 2008
- 13. Google Reader Directions Makesure 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. 13Friday, July 11, 2008
- 14. Google Reader Example 14Friday,July 11, 2008
- 15. More Even More Ifyou 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/ 15Friday, July 11, 2008
- 16. iSummit Resources Google inEducation group http:// groups.diigo.com/groups/google-in-education iSummit Group http://groups.diigo.com/groups/i_summit 16Friday, July 11, 2008