One trick tools june 2011

This document provides guidelines for safe, responsible, and legal use of technology by students. It outlines several dos and don'ts, such as don't send obscene material, share personal information, or use technology to bully others. It also defines cyberbullying and notes that it is illegal. The document advises students on how to protect their privacy and safety online, such as not sharing private details, talking to strangers, or opening unknown files. It emphasizes that anything posted online can have consequences and that the school monitors student online activity.

Near final version of a talk given at Science in the 21st Century in Waterloo Ontario on September 12 2008.

This document summarizes a presentation about applying lessons from Web 2.0 to businesses. It discusses why Web 2.0 works through participation, filtering and vanity. It outlines lessons learned like involving IT, legal and security early and treating users as customers. It also discusses the impact of connectivity on individuals and organizations as well as the future direction of connecting people. The document provides context for a discussion on how businesses can better connect with customers and employees through Web 2.0 principles.

This presentation was prepared for principals and vice-principals in the Ottawa Catholic School Board. Technology tips with a focus on web 2.0 tools and free Google tools were the main focus.

This document provides links to images and resources for igniting creativity through movie making. It includes photos related to filmmaking tools like cameras, directors, actors, and scenes from movies. The resources cover topics like following your passions, thinking outside the box, and empowering students. The overall intent is to provide visual inspiration for igniting creativity through the art of movie making.

AccessibleTwitter.com provides an accessible and standards-compliant version of Twitter that addresses issues with the original site like lack of keyboard accessibility and JavaScript requirements. It won an award for accessibility and the presentation discusses its benefits as well as plans for future enhancements.

This document provides information and resources for EdTech training, including file sharing sites like WeTransfer, search engines like Google Advanced Search and Startpage for privacy, visual search engine Spezify, SlideShare for sharing URLs, tools for analyzing word collocations on Google, blogging platforms like Blogger and WordPress, voice recording site Vocaroo, word cloud generator Tagul, video maker Animoto for education, and adding PowerPoint files to SlideShare.

Talk by Carl Barrow at the Northern Collaboration User Experience (UX) Learning Exchange held at the University of Huddersfield on 17 March 2017

The document discusses education in the 21st century and beyond. It notes that students today are digital natives who are constantly connected, have highly customized experiences, and interaction is expected. Effective learners are lifelong learners, natural navigators, critical thinkers, effective communicators and creators, and effective global collaborators. The networked student focuses on problem solving, embraces digital tools, designs challenges for real-world problems, and has an authentic audience. Education needs to provide customized learning experiences that are relevant and focused on networked and connected learning.

Talk given at WordCamp Europe 2015 on: "What does a researcher have to say about the WordPress source code and the community behind it? Join us on this talk on unusual “WordPress analytics” and see what we can learn, and improve!, from the way WordPress (and the plugin and theme ecosystem around it) is developed nowadays." More on: http://modeling-languages.com and http://jordicabot.com

This document provides tips and information about computer basics, passwords, online identities, and social media. It discusses browsers like Firefox, copying and pasting, making text sizes larger or smaller, choosing usernames and passwords, and keeping work and personal accounts separate. Passwords should be original, include capital letters, numbers and symbols, and can be based on quotes or phrases. The document also encourages keeping an open mind about new technologies like Twitter and learning new skills at any age.

The document provides a summary of 40+ new tools and gadgets for library webmasters, including tools for web design and development, accessibility, visualization, file management, security, and more. Some highlighted tools include FancyZoom for image zooming, Uni-Form for building accessible forms, Visual Thesaurus for finding synonyms, Texter for text expansion, and FireShot for capturing screenshots. The document also provides tips for increasing coding speed and improving web usability and accessibility.