Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Final Tech Talk of the Semester.... Growing with Diigo and Twitter

Ending the semester with a flourish, the Tech Talk on April 23 focused on an introduction to Diigo and Twitter.

Here's a link to the session through Zoom cloud: Tech Talk on Diigo and Twitter

As promised.... some helpful info and links =)

“If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.”

• WDUK about Diigo, Twitter
·        WDUW2K about Diigo, Twitter ••
·        What's in it for us?
• Getting Started
• Resources

Agenda
Diigo
https://www.diigo.com/user/bhuddles
Aka: Social bookmarking tool
• Bookmarks available anywhere (almost)
• Share bookmarks
• Research tools
What in it for us?
 https://www.diigo.com/index
• Create an account
• Install Chrome extension
• Save bookmarks
• Search bookmarks
Getting Started
 https://groups.diigo.com/group/tlt--‐repository
Diigo Groups
https://www.diigo.com/outliner
Diigo Outliner
http://goo.gl/X4SURY
 iOS (free)
Diigo Annotator for Safari
• More Tools

https://www.diigo.com/outliner
 Diigo Outliner
http://goo.gl/X4SURY
iOS (free)
Diigo Annotator for Safari

Twitter
@bhudd
@easnipes_sci

Build network w/ others--‐ shared interests
• PLN
·        Interact with smart people
• Personal, professional fulfillment
• Current events
• Notifications
• Professional activity/resources
What is it good for?
https://twitter.com/?lang=en
*** consider professional, personal accounts
Choose a name
• Create an account
·        Getting Started
Twitteriffic
Tweetdeck
Hootsuite
 (ex. Earth day, #tltgFRLV)
No Twitter account needed
Search Twitter
Twitter App
Flipboard
 View world through another's eyes
Periscope
• Twitter tools
Consider sharing what would share on 6pm News
• Best Practices
 Organizations, people, places and who they follow
Who should I follow
• Driving Questions
Consider sharing what would share on 6pm News
• Best Practices
Organizations, people, places and who they follow
Who should I follow
• Driving Questions
What have we learned today?

Resources:
Getting Started with Diigo
http://help.diigo.com/home
Diigo Tools:
https://www.diigo.com/tools
For Mac ($), iOS (free)
• Twitteriffic: http://twitterrific.com/ios
Browser based
https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/
• Tweetdeck
https://hootsuite.com/plans/free
Free plan
Hootlet extension--‐Chrome
• Hootsuite
http://search.twitter.com
• Search Twitter
iOS, Android (free)
• Twitter app
https://flipboard.com/
iOS, Android (free)
Browser based
• Flipboard
https://www.periscope.tv/
iOS (free)
• Periscope
Twitter Tools:
Twitter Support for Parents and Educators
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/twitter--‐support--‐for--‐educators--‐parents--‐joe--‐mazza
Twitter Directory for Higher Ed
https://www.periscope.tv/
iOS (free)
Twitter Support for Parents and Educators
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/twitter--‐support--‐for--‐educators--‐parents--‐joe--‐mazza
Twitter Directory for Higher Ed
http://www.insidehighered.com/twitter_directory

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Some Tips and Tricks for the iPad ~ Tech Talk April 9

Here's a link to today's Tech Talk:  Tips and Tricks for the iPad directly through Zoom's cloud.  :-)

Realizing we didn't get to ALL of these things, here are some related miscellaneous notes and resources for this session:

Using iPad 101: 
  • jestures
  • arrange icons
  • deleting apps
  • folders
  • adding apps
  • editing text
  • copy/paste
  • sharing
  • open in
  • iPad User Guide
Other browsers:
  • Puffin
  • Chrome
Bookmarks
  • Add to Home Screen
  • Diigo, Diigolet
Leveraging Built-in Apps:
  • iBooks- for pdf       
What apps are available via SCC VPP?

5 Ways to Use iPads that You Probably Are Not

How to Move Files to/ from iPad
*** How to keep local copy in case no internet connection
  • Dropbox
Sharing files

How to Send Large Files

How to Access Files Offline
  • Dropbox

Google Drive Tips

Camera
Podcasts
  • How to find one of interest
  • How to play


Saturday, March 14, 2015

Online Personal Security Tech Time

Consider preparing passwords in advance of actually needing them, using the following resources.

Use the following 2 resources to check the strength of your password:

Password Strength: Wolfram Alpha 
Password Strength: Wolfram Alpha also provides an estimate of how long it will take to crack your password.
Notice “time to enumerate” near the bottom of the stats for this estimate. 

Password Strength: Wolfram Alpha: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=password+strength

The Password Meter

Of course, there’s an app for that.
Wolfram Password Generator Reference App (for iOS- $0.99): http://goo.gl/9LJ3gb

If you want to have to remember only one password (and store your others) there are options likeLastPass: https://lastpass.com/features_free.php
You create a master password to LastPass.


Then LastPass saves passwords of the sites you browse to. Remember one password.


Consider protecting your computer with the following:
MBAM (MalwareBytes Anti Malware) download – choose Home Free, Home Paid, or Business Paid -

Stay aware of what's going on with regard to cybersecurity:
Cyberheist News
http://www.knowbe4.com/cyberheist-news/

Session recorded video:-)





Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Tech Talk- Microsoft Office 365- Feb 12, 2015

This is a link to the recording of the Tech Talk: http://goo.gl/xqaFy2

Tech Time on Microsoft Office 365

Here are notes from Bruce ;-)

Office 365:
  • What do you know
  • What do you want to know

Office 365:
  • what it is
  • where to get/install it
    • computer
    • iPad/Android
  • how to use it

What it is: Office 365
online and desktop/mobile version of Microsoft’s Office Suite

How to get it- online, desktop, mobile device

Where to find link for Office 365 download on Hawknet:

Office 365 Agreement includes:
  • online access to Office apps
  • installed versions on up to 5 devices
  • (depends on Mac or Windows*)
  • Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • OneNote
  • OneDrive- 1TB
  • Sites
  • Newsfeed
  • Access *
  • Publisher*

Where to go after creating account:

Conditions:
  • as long as student or staff/faculty at SCC
  • can install on up to 5 computing devices: Mac, Windows, Android, iOS

After SCC:
  • what happens when leave SCC
  • can you transfer to a different MS agreement
  • can you download files

- email from Chuck Chrisman

  • Features you would like to share
  • Questions you have re: Microsoft Office 365

What have we learned:

What's next:
  • future Tech Talk topics
  • Questions
  • Recording posted
  • Next Tech Talk: Thurs, Feb 26

Resources:
File Management
  • Download as PDF

Microsoft- Student Resources:

Microsoft- Higher Ed Resources:



Other Related links:


Thursday, January 29, 2015

Tech Time ~ Back at it! Recording and Sharing Videos from the iPad

Although it seems like we talked about  more than just this... the topic of the day was recording and sharing videos from the iPad =)



Here are links to a few articles that were brought up....

What do Great Teachers do with iPads

ALL of the recorded presentations

Video in the Classroom

February 12 we'll be discussing the use of Microsoft Office across ALL platforms!