1. Stephen Perry IRO, Accra January 2015 WEB SITES THAT WILL HELP YOU KEEP UP TO DATE WITH TECHNOLOGY

2. freetech4teachers.com freetech4teachers.com DAILY POSTINGS ON THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY TOOLS; AVAILABLE VIA RSS FEED OR EMAIL ALERTS; HAS AN INTERNAL SEARCH ENGINE JUST FOR MATERIALS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE

3. TOPEKA, KANSAS LIBRARIAN DAVID LEE KING GIVES PRESENTATIONS ON TECHNOLOGY, MAKERSPACES, SOCIAL MEDIA AND HOW LIBRARIES CAN EFFECTIVELY INTEGRATE THESE TOOLS. www.davidleeking..com

4. THE SCOUT REPORT: PUBLISHED WEEKLY https://scout.wisc.edu/report/ https://scout.wisc.edu/report/

5. LIBRARIAN NIKKI D. ROBERTSON’S BLOG HAS PRESENTATIONS, PUBLICATIONS AND A WEEKLY LISTING OF NEW TECH TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TECH APPLICATIONS : http://www.nikkidrobertson.com/http://www.nikkidrobertson.com/

6. HOW TO USE TECHNOLOGY AND DISCOVER NEW APPLICATIONS: http://www.wikihow.com/category:computers-and-electronics http://www.wikihow.com/category:computers-and-electronics

7. MAKEUSEOF.COMMAKEUSEOF.COM: TECHNOLOGY WITH A SOCIAL MEDIA BENT

8. READWRITE.COMREADWRITE.COM PROVIDES TECHNOLOGY NEWS.

9. CNET.COMCNET.COM: LATEST TECHNOLOGY NEWS AND REVIEWS AND APPLICATIONS OF THAT TECHNOLOGY

10. TECH GUIDE HANDOUTS FROM THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY :

11. HOW TECHNOLOGY AFFECTS EVERYDAY LIFE: THE RESEARCH CENTER FOR THE INTERNET AND AMERICAN LIFE: http://www.pewinternet.org/http://www.pewinternet.org/

12. TECHNOLOGY ON CAMPUSES -AND - HOW GOVERNMENT LEVERAGES AND ADVOCATES FOR TECHNOLOGY: http://chronicle.com/topic/technology/109/ http://chronicle.com/topic/technology/109/

13. CLASS TECH TIPS : BECOME A TECH-SAVVY TEACHER! NOT JUST FOR TEACHERS HOWEVER, THIS WEB SITE IS ESPECIALLY EXCELLENT IN ANNOUNCING NEW IPAD APPS : http://classtechtips.com/ http://classtechtips.com/

14. TED.COM HAS AN EXCELLENT SERIES OF VIDEO TALKS ON ANY SUBJECT; A SUBSET OF THESE DEAL WITH TECHNOLOGY: http://www.ted.com/talks?topics%5b%5d=technology&sort=ne west http://www.ted.com/talks?topics%5b%5d=technology&sort=ne west

15. THE TED.COM WEBSITE ALLOWS YOU TO FILTER TALKS BY TOPIC: SEE SLIDE BELOW

16. A GOOGLE SPREADSHEET PROVIDES AN INDEX TO ALL TED TALKS FROM 2006 TO DATE: http://goo.gl/4lGxm http://goo.gl/4lGxm

17. A RELATED TED SITE NOTES LATEST IDEAS INSPIRED BY TECHNOLOGY: http://ideas.ted.com/ http://ideas.ted.com/

18.  http://itunes.berkeley.edu/ -- just one example among many http://itunes.berkeley.edu/ MANY UNIVERSITIES (BERKELEY, MIT, YALE, HARVARD) ARE ON ITUNES U – A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH ON ITUNES U WILL REVEAL THE EXTENT OF UNIVERSITIES OFFERING LECTURES – MANY OF THESE LECTURES REVOLVE AROUND TECHNOLOGY. THESE WILL HAVE TO BE DOWNLOADED VIA AN ITUNES STORE -- MEANING YOU HAVE TO DOWNLOAD ITUNES: AN APPLE DEVICE IS OPTIMAL FOR VIEWING ITUNES MATERIALS.

19.  Here is an example from READWRITEWEB: RSS FEEDS are available via their web site: RSS FEEDS: MANY WEBSITES, INCLUDING MAGAZINES, OFFER RSS FEEDS WHERE, WITH A FEED READER, SUCH AS NETVIBES, ONE CAN AUTOMATICALLY SEE THE LATEST FEEDS FROM A WEB SITE USING RSS. NETVIBES IS MERELY ONE EXAMPLE OF AN RSS READER.

20. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF RSS FEEDS FROM THE MERLOT WEB SITE – AND INCLUDED IN MY NETVIBES FEED

21.  Steve Perry, IRO, Accra  January 30, 2015  IRCACCRA@state.gov and PerrySX2@state.gov IRCACCRA@state.govPerrySX2@state.gov   Please ask us for presentations: we are available for classes and specialized groups. We hope to see you in our ACCRA IRC or out and about in Ghana! THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!