30 tools in 60 minutes - OCSOA
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The document provides a list of 30 tools and resources to enhance personal and professional learning, covering topics such as search tools, file management, photo editing, and task management. It includes suggestions for online platforms like Google Drive, Dropbox, and Evernote, as well as tools for video creation and screen sharing. Additionally, there are links to videos for further learning and a prompt for recommendations from others.
30 tools in 60 minutes - OCSOA
- 1. 30 Tools in 60 minutes! May 31, 2012
- 2. Get Ready Here we go…
- 3. Discover at least one new Learning Goal site/tool that can help me personally or professionally
- 4. Click here for video Does Email make us more or less efficient?
- 5. Quick desktop search based Copernic on keywords – Find what you need – Fast!
- 6. Search for “legal” photos, Creative commons graphics, music, and more.
- 7. Improve your search skills Google Search
- 8. Easily edit and add special PicMonkey effects to your photos online
- 9. Create calendars, framed BigHugeLabs photos, posters, and more!
- 10. Track your schools, and Google Alerts special topics – let the information come to you
- 11. Convert files of all types - Online Converter online
- 13. Store and Share files Dropbox
- 14. Social Bookmarking Tools Diigo - Collect and Organize
- 15. Click here for YouTube video Click here for YouTube video Click here for YouTube video Click here for YouTube video Google Drive / Google Google Apps for Forms / Calendar / Gmail… Education
- 16. Quickly compile information Google Forms without re-entering data
- 17. Do you send emails back and forth to try and find a time to meet? Click here for YouTube video
- 18. Download and Convert Any Video Converter Videos
- 19. Easy to use Screen Capture Jing
- 20. Determine participant availability Doodle for a call or meeting
- 22. Add features to your Chrome Browser Store
- 23. Is your desk covered with Google Tasks sticky notes? Consider electronic task management
- 24. Is your desk covered with Toodledo sticky notes? Consider Tasks electronic task management
- 25. Photo Editing tool – free Gimp download
- 27. Follow people of interest Twitter
- 28. Topics of Interest come to ScoopIT you!
- 29. My Topic - iGeneration ScoopIT
- 30. Capture, store, share from Evernote anywhere
- 31. Store and Share Slideshare presentations
- 32. Tube Quickly select portions of Chop YouTube videos to share
- 33. Screenr Record and share your screen
- 34. Symbaloo Create a launch pad of your favourite sites and webmixes
- 35. Animoto Create dynamic photo / video slideshows and share online
- 36. Automated mail and marketing Mail Chimp distribution lists using professional templates
- 37. Quick Video explanations of Want more? many common tasks that can be completed online
- 38. MakeUseOf Guides and Cheat Ok still more? sheets for many topics: Facebook, Google, Microsoft…
- 39. What is your recommended site/tool?
- 40. Thank You Questions? http://www.scoop.it/t/igeneration-21st-century-education Thomas.DAmico@ocsb.ca @TDOttawa
Editor's Notes
- #2: 30 tools in 60 minutes was created for a presentation at the OCSOA executive assistants conference held in Niagara Falls Ontario, on May 31 – June 1, 2012.
- #6: Copernic can be downloaded for a free home account. Use Copernic to quickly search and find files on your computer.
- #7: This is a link to a creative commons search page where you can find different types of media with permission to use the media for your non-commercial purposes.
- #8: Most of us use Google everyday. It would be worthwhile to spend 30 minutes to learn more of the advanced features of Google. Click on this page to see some of the automated features of Google.
- #9: PicMonkey is a fun online site where you can upload your feature and apply several special effects to the photos.
- #10: BigHugeLabs is a fun site where you can modify your photos and apply effects like picture frames, create posters, create puzzles from your photos and much more.
- #11: Use Google Alerts to monitor the web for blogs, news, videos and more, on any topic or area of interest. You choose to have the information sent to you as they happen, daily, or weekly.
- #12: Online convert will convert various formats of media into other formats for your use.
- #13: Online site to convert files from one format to another also has tools to manage files
- #14: Dropbox is one of the original cloud storage sites where you can store files and share them with others – good for sharing large files without emailing the attachment. Offers the option of sharing the link or requiring a password to open the file
- #15: Diigo – visit the site to sign up for a free educator account. Great tool for marking up and capturing web pages. Also a great site to store bookmarks in the cloud and share with other members who have similar interests in specific topics. The curated bookmarks can be sent to you once a week so that you don’t have to go searching for resources on specific topics.
- #16: Sign up for a free google apps for education acccount – offers great features like: Gmail, calendars, task lists, forms, and more
- #17: Click this site for a sample of using Google Forms
- #18: Sample scheduling a meeting
- #19: Download Any Video Converter and then use this free program to download videos from YouTube. Also includes a converter to convert your files to various formats.
- #20: Download Jing to your computer. You now have a powerful screen capture utility to capture images and videos.
- #21: Login to Doodle to create an online form/poll to determine the availability of various people to meet at selected times
- #22: If you are only using Internet Explorer as your Browser, you should download Chrome as an alternative browser
- #23: Lots of add-ins for Chrome are available at the Chrome Store
- #24: Google Tasks to help keep you organized
- #25: Toodledo is an online task application
- #26: Download Gimp onto your computer and you have a program that works like photoshop to manipulate images
- #27: Use Bitly to shorten your long URL addresses prior to sharing them with others
- #28: Sign up for Twitter and start following people
- #29: Take a look at ScoopIt – search for topics of interest
- #30: Visit my ScoopIt account to follow for web2.0 advice and recommendations
- #31: Evernote is a great free online cloud tool for synching notes and much more
- #32: Store and share your presentations on SlideShare Also use SlideShare to search for presentations that others are willing to share
- #33: Tube Chop allows you to shorten YouTube videos and share only the component of the video that you want to share
- #34: Share your screen with someone else
- #35: Use Symbaloo to create your own web site launch pad for your favourite sites
- #36: Sign up for a free education account and start making impressive animations and videos
- #37: Use mail chimp to access professional templates to send for free to up to 2000 people
- #38: A neat site to share video tutorials on a variety of tech tasks
- #39: 50 complete guides with step by step instructions for using a variety of products and a set of cheat sheets for common products
- #40: Share your favourite web tools with others
- #41: Contact me with your questions