A presentation I gave to some of the faculty at my school on april 4, 2012. I discuss how I handle the flow of information in my life. Included: RSS, Google Reader, Diigo, Twitter. See companion website at: http://interlockedpieces.com/overload

1. Managing
I n f o rm at i o n
Ov e rloa d
Gathering, Organizing, and Sharing Resources
Wanda Terral, April 4, 2012

2. There are many
ways to deal with
the flow of
information.

3. I am going to
show you how
I handle the flow
my of information.

4. WARNING:
I am obsessive.

5. Find a way that
works for you.

6. There is no
right or wrong.

7. Companion Web page
for this presentation:
InterlockedPieces.com/overload

8. Overview
Websites, blogs, wikis,
Find / Gather social bookmarking (I use Diigo),
social networks (I use mainly Twitter),
Information co-workers, TV, magazines, etc.
Bookmarks:
in Web browser and/or Diigo. Organize
Mark as Favorites:
in Google Reader or on Twitter What I Find
My website, emails,
Share bookmark on Diigo, share in Diigo
groups, post on Twitter / Facebook,
What I Find talk to co-workers, PLCs, etc.

9. Find / Gather
Visiting Many Websites Takes Too Much Time!

10. Find / Gather
RSS: Really Simple Syndication
Subscribe to websites and get all
their updates in Google Reader.

11. Find / Gather
RSS: Really Simple Syndication
If there is no obvious
way to subscribe click
SUBSCRIBE in Google
Reader and paste in
the website’s URL.

12. Find / Gather Organize
Organize
subscriptions Read
by topic to just
focus your what
reading. interests
you.
Click on star
to save for
later.
Mobile
Apps

13. Companion Web page
for this presentation:
InterlockedPieces.com/overload
See all my RSS feed
subscriptions with links!
View the sites & add easily
to your Google Reader.

14. Find / Gather Organize
Social Bookmarking
Diigo (dee-go)

15. Find / Gather Organize
Social Bookmarking
Follow other Diigo users Save bookmarks on
and their bookmarks Diigo
Join Diigo groups and Organize by placing
get updates emailed bookmarks into lists
Subscribe to Diigo users, Also organize by
lists, or groups tagging
Find new people to Access from any
follow & their websites computer or Diigo app

16. Share
Social Bookmarking
Get people to follow
YOUR bookmarks

17. Find / Gather Share
Social Bookmarking
Join groups Share links with groups

18. Find / Gather
Social Bookmarking
Get group updates sent to your email.

19. Find / Gather Share
Twitter
Follow people in fields Share links of interest to
that interest you. In turn, you and the people
they may choose to who follow you and
follow you. add hashtags - #
Me: Education, edtech, If someone you follow
all subject areas, shares a cool link,
educational gaming, retweet their tweet. It
programming, Apple, gives them credit and
Web design, blogging, shares it with people
and more. who follow you.

20. Find / Gather Share
Twitter

21. Find / Gather Share
Example Tweets
Mark a Organize
Tweet a
Favorite
and it
makes it
easier to
read
later. Interaction

22. Find / Gather Share
Example Tweets
Hashtags
Retweet

23. Share Organize
I F T T T. c o m
If This Then That
Share a link on Twitter and... automatically post to Facebook
... which also shares it with your
Facebook friends.

24. Share Organize
I F T T T. c o m
If This Then That
Share a link on Twitter and... send the link to Diigo automatically
... which also shares it with
people following your Diigo.

25. Share
Email

26. Share
Web Site

27. Recap
Websites, blogs, wikis,
Find / Gather social bookmarking (I use Diigo),
social networks (I use mainly Twitter),
Information co-workers, TV, magazines, etc.
Bookmarks:
in Web browser and/or Diigo. Organize
Mark as Favorites:
in Google Reader or on Twitter What I Find
My website, emails,
Share bookmark on Diigo,
post on Twitter / Facebook,
What I Find talk to co-workers, PLCs, etc.

28. Find a way that
works for you.

29. There is no
right or wrong.

30. Companion Web page
for this presentation:
InterlockedPieces.com/overload