ICT Role in 21st Century Education & its Challenges.pptx
2008 10 21 Top Ten Tech Tools Agents E Xtension
1. Top 30 Tech Tools for Extension Agents (and their Web Managers) Dave Palmer Instructional Media Extension Agent UF / IFAS / Extension
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4. Tools Overview Productivity Tools Research Tools Content Tools Client InteractionTools Online Meeting & Collaboration Tools Web Analytics Tools Website & Delivery Platform Registration tools Forms Surveys Auto Responders Blogs – Ours & Theirs Online Invitation Svs Elluminate Wikis SharePoint Google Docs Groups Google Analytics Hardware Software Online tools Various types of search engines PowerPoint Articulate Engage Quizmaker , etc.
5. Send Large Files for Free http://www.yousendit.com/ http://www.sendthisfile.com/ no file size limit?? http://www.driveway.com/ 500 Mb size limit http://www.sendspace.com/ http://www.transferbigfiles.com/ up to 1 Gb YouSendIt Free Account offers: Files up to 100Mb File stays posted for 7 days Can be downloaded up to 100 times.
6. How it Works Step 2 e-mail notification Step 3 download Step 1 upload & add an e-mail address
7. Shorten that URL! http://tinyurl.com/ http://301url.com/ http://ataja.es/ http://elfurl.com/ http://notlong.com/ http://urlx.org/ Useful when: - Trying to type a long URL – too many typos - Long URLs “wrap” and break in an e-mail - Trying to read a long URL over the phone - Free! and permanent http://district4.extension.ifas.ufl.edu/Tech/technology.html Becomes http://tinyurl.com/2udulr
8. Shorten that URL! Another option - purchase a separate redirect URL http://prohort.ifas.ufl.edu/ became www.prohort.net Prices start at $5-$6 per year
9. Flash drives Flash drives - 1.0 - Huge amounts of data storage on small devices. Flash drives - 2.0 - “Smart(er)” flash drives run active programs such as web browser w/ bookmarks, e-mail program w/ e-mail addresses, your IM program A short story…
12. Track open rates & link clicks Wording on the Subject line is directly related to the open rate.
13. Website – a delivery platform A well designed Web site: Is a delivery platform for publications, podcasts, and online classes, etc
14. Website – a productivity tool A well designed Web site: - Is a productivity tool use it to post information that others call you for. - Reduce your phone calls. - Can also boost your credibility and visibility .
15. Web Statistics Free! Deep data Fairly accurate Look at the trends, not the numbers DON’T track “hits” instead track visits among other measures.
24. “Site overlay” stats This overlay offers a view of a Web page and the % of visitors that click on each link on the page.
25. Search Engines To find what you need online quickly and successfully, you need to be a proficient searcher. 65% 20% 10% 5% All others
26. Meta-Search Engines These search engines pull results from other search engines . Dogpile.com - Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask MetaCrawler.com - Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask
27. 1) A metasearch engine will probably provide better ( more inclusive ) results than a single dedicated search engine. 2) Using more than one metasearch engine will provide even better ( more inclusive ) results than a single metasearch engine. What it means:
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32. Personal online presentations authorSTREAM.com * Demofuse.com Empressr.com Preezo.com PreZentit.com SlideAware.com SlideBurner.com SlideShare * Teamslide Thumbstacks.com Zoho Show
33. Wikis (Web 2.0) A collection of web pages that can be edited by a group. Permission-based. Can help people collaborate on projects and documents from a distance. www.pbwiki.com A short story…
34. PowerPoint THE standard presentation tool Hundreds of plug-ins to extend the capabilities Concerns regarding mis-use
35. Articulate Presenter Begins with any PowerPoint presentation – narrated or not Allows narration to be added. Converts the result to Flash format – smaller files for easier download Can be used from any server, but without tracking capability. Offers secure hosting service that includes tracking. Example…
36. Quizmaker – Articulate plug-in Creates Flash quizzes to add to Articulate Presenter classes. Many options and features.
37. Engage – Articulate plug-in Adds Flash-based interactive content by using several pre-designed templates.
41. Adobe Acrobat “ Freezes” the formatting of documents. Useful, flexible. Anything that can be printed can be converted to pdf format. Multiple levels of security 1st choice for posting documents online Don’t post documents online that can be changed, add security .
42. E-mail encryption Several studies show that 85% - 95% of e-mail spam originates from unprotected e-mail addresses on Web sites.
43. Spam In 2004, FTC investigators "seeded" 175 different locations on the Internet with 250 new, undercover email addresses. Within 6 weeks the accounts received 3,349 spam emails. 86 % of the addresses posted to web pages received spam. If the address had the "@" sign in it, it drew spam. More info - http://www.ftc.gov/spam/
47. [email_address] becomes: <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> <!— ML="5-amp;quot;!@.f/= dko>E0pit<u:lar2hem"; MI="CG9JHK682LGAFB<E:;@I?04D6F5K:D2=>1LGAF9LK3C7G="; OT=""; for(j=0;j<MI.length;j++){ OT+=ML.charAt(MI.charCodeAt(j)-48); }document.write(OT); // --></script> <noscript>You need JavaScript to see my email address</noscript>
48. Result of E-mail Encryption : It looks like a e-mail link, acts like an e-mail, but your e-mail address is no longer vulnerable.
49. E-mail Encryption Sources Several methods – Javascript, ASCII, others? http://www.upromote.com/emailscrambler.html http://innerpeace.org/escrambler.shtml http://hivelogic.com/enkoder/form http://www.web-designz.com/tools/email_encoder.shtml … or use any search engine type in “e-mail encryption ”
51. www.elluminate.com Capabilities: Audio – up to 6 speakers Video – not always necessary Text chat Shared, interactive whiteboard Shared applications Record / playback Web tour Moderator / participant capabilities Breakout rooms
52. Elluminate challenges Firewalls - if your County IT is not cooperative. Lack of administrative rights – latest Java must be installed.
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