Web 2.0: Tools & Tips for Improved Communication, Organization, and Workflow
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Tech Tools &Tips Laura Wiegand Information Systems Librarian University of North Carolina Wilmington
What is Web 2.0? • Any online technologies that: • facilitate communication • allow for information sharing • create communities • are user centered • are interoperable
What can Web 2.0 do for me? • Can improve upon • Communication • Organization • Workflow • Professional Development • Technologies presented here are: • Free • Online • Established • User-friendly
Slideshare • Upload your powerpoint presentations into Slideshare • Send links to people • Embed them into your website • Add an audio track to create a “screencast”
Google Calendar • Can make private or public • Collaborative – multiple people can be given access to add events • Can invite guests • Can get notifications • Can embed the calendar on your website
Meebo • Chat or IM made easy • Can log on to various chat technologies all at once. • Web-based chat (don’t need to install a client on your computer)
RSS feeds • Keep up with blog posts, news items, calendar updates • Find a feed • Choose a reader • Bloglines (if you use different computers) • Brief (if you use Firefox) • Google Reader(if you use other Google tools)
Blogs • Easy way to create a collaborative website • Share knowledge • Can organize posts into categories • Can use hosted blog technology such as Blogger • Or can install software like WordPress
ZohoSheet • Share excel spreadsheets online • Collaborative editing • Other technologies = ZohoDocs and GoogleDocs
FireFox Add-ons • http://addons.mozilla.org/ • Customize your browser & add helpful gadgets • Recommendations: • Zotero (citation manager) • PDF Download (control over how pdfs open) • Brief (RSS reader) • AdBlock Plus (Block advertisements) • Delicious Bookmarks • IE Tab (open sites that only work in IE without leaving FF)
Google Desktop • Google Desktop = • Gadgets • Feeds • Personal search engine • Indexes • your entire C drive • email (if you use a client like Outlook) • desktop and • connected drives
Wikis • Webpages that can be easily edited & created • No knowledge of html • No uploading of files • Good for collaborative projects • Wikispaces
Want to learn more? • Check out Learning 2.0’s “23 Things” • http://plcmclearning.blogspot.com/