Presentation for NEKLS Tech Day 2013

2. BUT FIRST!
Just Google the term to find the site!
They are all free, web based and require no downloads.
Many also have a smartphone version.
Many of them are cooler if you use an RSS reader, blog,
tweet, have a smartphone, etc.
Many are cooler if you choose to buy the “pro” version
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3. Tools are grouped by similar function
(sort of)
I talk at the speed of light!
Recommendations!
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4. WEB 2.0 IN GENERAL
Multi-platform
Free
Actually useful
App vs. Cloud
Phone vs. Phone
Download vs. Cloud
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5. HERE WE GO!
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6. FACEBOOK
Facebook is an online social networking service, whose name stems from the colloquial name for the book given to
students at the start of the academic year by some university administrations in the United States to help students
get to know each other.[7] It was founded in February 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and
fellow Harvard University students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.[8] The
website's membership was initially limited by the founders to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges
in the Boston area, the Ivy League, and Stanford University. It gradually added support for students at various other
universities before opening to high school students, and eventually to anyone aged 13 and over. Facebook now
allows any users who declare themselves to be at least 13 years old to become registered users of the site.[9]
Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and
exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile. Additionally, users may join
common-interest user groups, organized by workplace, school or college, or other characteristics, and categorize
their friends into lists such as "People From Work" or "Close Friends". As of September 2012, Facebook has over
one billion active users.[10] According to a May 2011 Consumer Reports survey, there are 7.5 million children under
13 with accounts and 5 million under 10, violating the site's terms of service.[11]
In May 2005, Accel partners invested $12.7 million in Facebook, and Jim Breyer[12] added $1 million of his own money to
the pot. A January 2009 Compete.com study ranked Facebook as the most used social networking service by
worldwide monthly active users.[13] Entertainment Weekly included the site on its end-of-the-decade "best-of" list,
saying, "How on earth did we stalk our exes, remember our co-workers' birthdays, bug our friends, and play a
rousing game of Scrabulous before Facebook?"[14] Critics, such as Facebook Detox,[15] state that Facebook has
turned into a national obsession in the United States, resulting in vast amounts of time lost and encouraging
narcissism. Quantcast estimates Facebook has 138.9 million monthly unique U.S. visitors in May 2011.[16] According
to Social Media Today, in April 2010 an estimated 41.6% (129.5 million) of the U.S. population had a Facebook
account.[17] Nevertheless, Facebook's market growth started to stall in some regions, with the site losing 7 million
active users in the United States and Canada in May 2011.[18] Facebook eventually filed for an initial public offering
on February 1, 2012, and was headquartered in Menlo Park, California.[2] Facebook Inc. began selling stock to the
public and trading on the NASDAQ on May 18, 2012.[19]
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7. JUST KIDDING!
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8. CLASSIC PRESENTATION
Slide Rocket
Prezi (which I currently hate!)
Empressr
Creaza
LovelyCharts
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9. NEW MEDIA/PRESENTATION
VoiceThread
Voki
Glogster
Pinterest
CoSketch
Qik
Visual.ly
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10. WORK STUFF
MarkUp or AwesomeHighlighter
Toodledo
Workflowy
Pocket
RemembertheMilk
Zamzar
Scribd
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11. CUSTOMER SERVICE
FEEDBACKIFY
TEXTTHEMOB OR POLLEVERYWHERE
ITRULYCARE
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12. YOU KNOW, FOR KIDS!
HANDIPOINTS
STORYBIRD
LITTLEBIRDTALES
Smories
REDKID
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13. AUDIO & MUSIC
Vocaroo or AudioPal
Voki
Voicethread
Chirbit
Hark
DragonTape
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14. LIBRARYISH
Booklamp.org
Booktrack
Movellas or Ficly
GENI
STORIFY
SMALL DEMONS
SHARESOMESUGAR
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15. SEARCHING/INSTRUCTION
Quizlet
VisualThesaurus
Eyeplorer
Boolify
Wolfram Alpha
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16. OLDIES BUT GOODIES
LucidChart
Whatdoyousuggest
YTTM.tv
Cramberry
GovTrack or OpenCongress
DownforEveryone
Dropbox
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17. TWITTER/SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS
Privately
POSTPOST
VIZIFY
KLOUT
TRENDSMAP
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18. JUST FOR FUN AND/OR TOTALLY WEIRD!
ivoodoo
BagCheck
Run and pee
Places I’ve Pooped
Knowyourmeme
Mindbloom
Memegenerator
BACOLICIOUS
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19. JUST PLAIN WEBSITES
Glean.org
Appedia
Makeuseof
Ars Technica
Mashable
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20. GROANS, GRUNTS, APPLAUSE, AND ????
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21. THANKS!
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Cynthia Dudenhoffer
Director of Information Resources
Central Methodist University
cmdudenh@centralmethodist.edu
cyn@librariancyn.com
Twitter & FB: librarian_cyn