1. July 14 2009 Robin Smith Hollidaysburg Area School District

2. Goal of this Tech Tools Session Show you some tools you may not have known about before so you can use tech tools to make your life easier.

3. What we will be covering? What is Web 2.0 Why should I use Web 2.0 Tools The Tools – Web 2.0 Hardware To Be Aware Of Cell Phones as Tools Software You Need to Know About More Web 2.0 Tools

4. Please have your cell phones out and turned on!

5. Tech Tools – Web 2.0 What is Web 2.0? "Web 2.0" refers to what was perceived as a second generation of web development and web design. It is characterized as facilitating communication.Web 2.0 Basically it is a set of tools that are avaiable across the internet for many to use. They do NOT reside on your machine.

6. FREE Many Web 2.0 tools are totally FREE Others are very inexpensive. Some are made especially for education or have education subscriptions They often are impressive or have a “WOW” factor.

7. Why???? Most secretaries are overwhelmed with duties and obligations. No Time Isolation Resources Don’t know where to start

9. Google Tools Google Toolbar Calculations Conversions Be sure to use the word “in” Dictionary Define: Weather Type weather and city

10. Twitter Launched in 2006 by asking “What are you doing?” 140 Characters or less Tweeting seems to be the latest craze Statistics show that only 20% of users are active (Posting within the last 7 days) Of those 20% only a small portion are posting every day or more often. Some famous tweeters……Oprah, President Obama, Suze Orman, Martha Stewart.

11. Twitter Forces people to be succinct. More and more organizations are utilizing Twitter to communicate with members.

12. My Space and Facebook April Statistics Myspace - 54 Million visitors 7% decrease from April 2008 Facebook - 71 Million visitors. 217% increase since April 2008

13. Jing and Ning

15. Working with Photos

16. Working with Photos www.smugmug.com

17. Sharing a Long URL http://www.tigerwires.com/166790218133244/blank/browse.asp? A=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&C=46281 http://www.tinyURL.comhttp://www.tinyURL.com/hasdemployment

18. Personal Collection Pages www.pageflakes.com

19. www.RememberTheMilk.com

20. www.evernote.com

21. www.mozy.com

22. www.theflip.com

23. www.despair.com Div.despair.com/motivator.php

24. A Changing Landscape

25. Net books

26. Flip Video

27. Smart Phones What is a smart phone? A smartphone is a mobile phone offering advanced capabilities, often with PC-like functionality.

28. Cell Phone Tools

29. What is your favorite color?

31. Wallpaper and Logos Pix2Fone is a free service that lets you make custom cell phone wallpapers, backgrounds and logos in a snap.

32. Voice Conferencing http://freeconferencepro.com

33. Mobile Notes www.Jott.com With a simple phone call, Jott Assistant lets you use your voice to capture notes & to-dos, set reminders and appointments, send email and text messages, and post to your favorite web services, all on the go. Our voice-to- text service turns your voice notes, messages, and updates into text and sends them where you want.voice-to- text service They now charge a fee $3.95 per month

34. Podcasting www.gabcast.com FREE www.gcast.com FREE

35. Ringtones

36. Text For Free

37. Create Mobile Web Sites

38. Personalized Voice Mail http://youmail.com Private voice recording site You can leave different messages for different people It sends you an message letting you know you missed a call. If the person is in your contact list, it will tell you who it is from.

39. Some you need to be aware of!!

40. Appraise A teacher observation tool on the smart phone. Runs on palm, windows, and blackberry operating systems Has PDE and other forms included. Made by Eduphoria Amy from Eduphoria here to discuss the program for just a few minutes.

41. Cloud Computing Cloud computing is a style of computing in which dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources are provided as a service over the Internet. As we look at netbooks and mini-laptops, smartphones, etc. Cloud computing offers districts many options for saving $$$$ and making equipment last longer.

42. Cloud Computing

43. Questions???

44. Thank You For Attending Web 2.0 Tools for Secretaries