1. WEB TOOLS TO
MAKE YOU LOOK
COOL
Cynthia Dudenhoffer
Central Methodist
University

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. MY POWERPOINT IS
BORING!
HaikuDeck
Animoto
PowToon
SpeakerDeck
Swipe.to
Emaze
Glogster.edu
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9. I’M A BUSY LIBRARIAN!
HELP!
Pocket or Instapaper
Yammer
Presenter
Vizify
Boolify
Yast
Trello
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10. I HAVE TO
TEACH/DEMONSTRATE/A
NSWER!
Snag.it
Mindmeister
Padlet
MapTal.es
UTellStory
Brainscape
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11. YOU KNOW, FOR KIDS!
HANDIPOINTS
STORYBIRD
LITTLEBIRDTALES
Smories
KIDOPO
STARFALL
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12. LET’S MANIPULATE
OTHER PEOPLE’S
STUFF!
HapYak!
Phrase.it
Storify
DragonTape
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13. YEAH, CINDY IS WEIRD!
Pimplepopper
GymShamer
GhostRadar
Cry Translator
Melonmeter
iHobo
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14. DEAD STUFF!
Xtranormal
Sharesomesugar
Awesomehighlighter
EHub
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15. JUST PLAIN WEBSITES
Glean.org
Appedia
Makeuseof
Ars Technica
Mashable
Inc.
TechCrunch
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16. AND ????
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17. THANKS!
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Cynthia Dudenhoffer
Director of Information Resources
Central Methodist University
cmdudenh@centralmethodist.edu
cyn@librariancyn.com
Twitter & FB: librarian_cyn