1. e productive researcher’s
technology toolbox
Amber Nutt
Aaron Sumner
Center for Research on Learning at the University of Kansas
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

2. • Storing documents online with Dropbox
• Facilitating online collaborative spaces
• Using social media effectively
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

3. Storing documents
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

4. Dropbox
www.dropbox.com
Software that syncs your les from multiple
locations and saves them online.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

5. Dropbox
• Access your les no matter where you are
• Collaborate without cluttering your email inbox
• Cross-platform
• Serves as a secure backup in case of emergency
• 2 GB of storage space for free
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

6. How big are 2 Gigabytes of data?
(approximately)
Source: http://blog.premiumusb.com/2010/09/how-big-is-gigabyte-usb- ash-memory-facts/
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

7. Account options
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

8. How to get additional free storage
www.dropbox.com/free
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

9. Why not Hawkdrive?
• cumbersome, less user-friendly
• web interface only
• only 1 GB of storage
• document sharing must be initiated by KU
personnel
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

10. Download Dropbox
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

11. Online interface
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

12. Access from menu bar
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

13. Sharing
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

14. Public folder
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

15. Mobile
Available for iPhone, iPad, Android, and Blackberry
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

16. Social media
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

17. “If you build it,
they will come”
A successful online facilitator...
• Identi es goals
• Is able to go with the ow
• Follows the audience
• Focuses on quality, not quantity
• Leads through example and in uence
• Isn’t afraid to delegate and reward
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

18. stratepedia.org
facebook.com/stratepedia
twitter.com/stratepedia
blog.stratepedia.org
vimeo.com/stratepedia
help@stratepedia.org
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

19. http://www.identity.ku.edu/facebook/index.shtml
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

20. Why Facebook?
• Well known and easily accessible
• Collaborate with people you already know
• Syncs with existing accounts
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

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22. Why Twitter?
• Good for expanding networks
• Information spreads quickly
• Get rst-hand information from unlikely sources
• Use hashtags (#sidlit2011) to group information
• Customize your information stream
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

23. Tuesday, February 22, 2011

24. Social Media Workshop
Monday, February 28th, 12:00-1:30pm
Jayhawk Room, Kansas Union
All staff members are welcome to attend.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

25. ank you!
kuamber@ku.edu
Tuesday, February 22, 2011