Ten tools for productivity

Ten Tools for Productivity:

Put Your Device to Work for You

Presented by Jayme Linton

NCTIES 2013

Image: Flickr user Daniel Morris

Google Chrome

Set specific

pages to open

each time you

start Chrome

Chrome

allows you

to have

multiple

accounts

open in

different

browser

windows

Get themes to

change the look

of Chrome

Wunderlist

wunderlist.com

Evernote

www.evernote.com

Get it

Use it

Download to computer

Chrome app

Chrome extension

(Web clipper)

App store

Take notes

Brainstorm

Annotate articles

Clip text and images

Record audio notes

Embed docs into

notes

Lesson planning

Search for keyword

Send items to Evernote

Use Web Clipper Chrome extension to clip

anything from the web

Tweet @myen

Using the Web Clipper extension

Google Drive

Why Google Drive?

Collaborate in real-time Me

Access file from anywhere

You

Access files offline Me

Save and share anything

You

Google Drive chrome

extension allows you to

add any website to your

Drive with one click

Organize items in

folders and sub-

folders

Color-code folders

Share folders

Sort by title, owner, or

last modified (my

preference)

diigo

www.diigo.com

How to use diigo

Create lists and groups

Annotate websites

Follow others and join groups

Chrome app to access bookmarks

Chrome extension to add to diigo with one click

Collaborative research

Symbaloo

www.symbaloo.com

Virtual field

trips

My

most-

visited

sites Favorite

tech tools

Getting started with

Symbaloo

Set Symbaloo as your homepage

Chrome app

Chrome extension - add site to Symbaloo

webmix with one click

Symbaloo importer - import bookmarks from

browser, diigo, or delicious

http://importer.symbaloo.com

1. Click a blank tile to

add a new tile to a

webmix

2. Search for existing

tiles or create your

own

3. Customize your tile

Buffer

bufferapp.com

Get It

Integrate It

Chrome app

Chrome

extension

App store

Twitter

LinkedIn

Facebook

Pocket

getpocket.com

Add to your Pocket

add@getpocket.com

Chrome extension

App integration (Twitter, Zite, Flipboard, news

apps)

help.getpocket.com

Send from Pocket

Zite Download

from the App Store

Image: Flickr user Thomas Leuthard

Customize Zite

Sync with Twitter

Select topics of interest

"Like" or "dislike" articles

"Like" keywords or authors

If This Then That (IFTTT)

ifttt.com

Activate

channel

s

Create

recipes

Choose

Trigger

Choose

Action

Customize

action, then

click Create

Go be productive!

Questions?

Connect with me:

Twitter: @jaymelinton

jaymelinton@gmail.com

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