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Score! Winning Strategies to Conquer Information Overload

Score! Winning Strategies to Conquer Information Overload. Dave Jenkins Chad Enderle. Game Plan Introductions The old way versus the new way Warm-up Simple ideas to start First half Hardware to keep you connected Half-time show Online apps to help you keep ahead Second half

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Score! Winning Strategies to Conquer Information Overload

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  1. Score!Winning Strategies to Conquer Information Overload Dave Jenkins Chad Enderle

  2. Game Plan • Introductions • The old way versus the new way • Warm-up • Simple ideas to start • First half • Hardware to keep you connected • Half-time show • Online apps to help you keep ahead • Second half • Practical tips for getting it all done

  3. Personal Process

  4. Plan your work andwork your plan Vince Lombardi

  5. Warm-up: Simple ideas to start

  6. Email • Messages from family members • Verifications from e-stores • Tracking notices • Forwarded jokes/cartoons • Automated status emails • Requests for assistance • Miscellaneous

  7. Set up email filters • Monitor your email for two weeks • Create applicable folders or labels • Look for the “filter” instructions • Create your filters or rules • Monitor the folders for two weeks • Re-evaluate and/or add filtering rules

  8. Screen shot of Gmail home page with call outs

  9. Step 1 Screen shot of filter setup screen Step 2

  10. Professional • Work Stay Connected IMAP

  11. First Half: Hardware to help you

  12. Netbooks • Linux, Windows XP Home, or Windows 7 Basic • Solid state drives (SSD) or hard drives • 1-4 GB RAM • Processor that is battery friendly • 3-cell or 6-cell battery • Small screens and keyboards • SD slots for upload or memory expansion • VGA-out, wireless, and USB connections

  13. Recommendations • 10”screen • WIN 7 starter • 2+GB RAM • Regular HD • No Bluetooth • 802.11 b/g • SD slots/USB • Web Cam & mic • Lenovo S10-3 • 6 cell battery • Facial recognition • 160gb HD • $339 • Acer Aspire One • 6 cell battery • 160gb HD • $329 • HP mini 5102 • 6 cell battery • 160gb HD • $400

  14. “Very smart” phones • Blackberry Storm2 • HTC Incredible • Droid/Droid2/Droid X • iPhone 4G

  15. Top IPod Touch Apps

  16. eReaders

  17. Video/Audio Tools

  18. Half-time: Software to help you

  19. RSS, Feeds, and Newsreaders

  20. CNN Feeds

  21. Popular News Readers

  22. Social Networks • Facebook • MySpace • Linkedin • Ning • Make your own social network • Join a target social network

  23. Microblogging/Social Networks

  24. Social Bookmarking

  25. Online Task-Keeping • For Groups • Voo2Do.com • Basecamphq.com • For You • TaDaList.com • Gubb.net • For you + • Remember the Milk (RTM)

  26. Collaborative Documents • Can use any moment of free time • All revisions kept • No more accidental deletions • Document always up-to-date • Can revert back to an earlier time • Teacher can monitor student group work • Document shared with teacher • All entries are logged and not anonymous

  27. Collaborative Documents

  28. Second Half: Practical Tips

  29. Extract the signal from the noise • Information is not knowledge • Knowledge is used to determine meaning • Knowledge is applied when interpreting information

  30. Measure the quality of the info • Make a list of sources • Percent of last 10 posts you found useful • Eliminate the bottom 50% • Also consider • Posting length (look for short and sweet) • Posting rate (not too frequent) • Stay away from the re-posters

  31. Information Triage: Keep or Delete • Data can be like clutter in your closet • Computer based info may only have a short shelf-life • Ask yourself if it will mean anything in a year • If the answer is no, then just delete it • If yes, then save it in a simple archive folder • You can find it later using a desktop search tool

  32. Final Whistleina • Chad Enderle • cenderl@ehove-jvs.k12.oh.us • Dave Jenkins • djenkins@ehove-jvs.k12.oh.us • moodle.ehove.net

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