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Organise yourself!An introduction to web tools
Introduction
• Why use web tools?• Time/personal management tools• Research tools• Tools for producing and storing
information online• Tools for collaboration• Miscellaneous tools
Why use web tools?
• They require no specialist software• You can access them from any
computer with internet access• They are usually very simple to use• They are also usually free!
Time management
Calendars• Schedule lectures, tutorials etc.• Have multiple calendars with different
colours for different purposes• Add public calendars of interest (such as the
InfoBites calendar!)• Print and share calendars
To-do lists
• Edit your to-do list online• Set deadlines and set up reminders• Print your to-do list or access it from
your phone/PDA/• Add widgets to your homepage
(more later!) or Google Calendar• Add tasks on the go
Personalised homepages
• Bring together all your resources on one page and make it your default homepage
Producing/storing documents online
Online document storage
• Store documents online as an extra backup or to share with others
• Link from your personalised homepage
Online document creation
• Create text documents, spreadsheets or presentations online
• Produce documents for numerous people to edit
• Produce online surveys for research
Keeping up to date
RSS feed readers
• Keep up to date with useful blogs, websites and journals articles relating to your research area.
Also available in some e-mail clients (e.g. Outlook 2007, Thunderbird)
Social Bookmarking
• Save useful websites to refer to/read at a later date
• Use tagging to describe the resources• Share with other students• Find similar resources from others
Check out InfoBites at del.icio.us for useful resources from this presentation
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ResourcesCalendar
Google CalendarTo-do lists
Remember the MilkToodleDo
Personalised homepagesPageflakesNetvibesiGoogle
Online document storageBoxSlideShareWindows Live SkyDrive
Online document creationGoogle DocsZohoSurveyMonkey
RSS feed readersBloglinesGoogle Reader
Social bookmarkingdel.icio.usdel.icio.us/tag/infobites
Learning Centre NewsUoW Facebook Page