Stephen PerryIRO, AccraJanuary 2015

WEB SITES THAT WILL HELP

YOU KEEP UP TO DATE WITH TECHNOLOGY

freetech4teachers.comDAILY POSTINGS ON THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY TOOLS;

AVAILABLE VIA RSS FEED OR EMAIL ALERTS; HAS AN INTERNAL SEARCH ENGINE JUST FOR MATERIALS POSTED ON

THE WEBSITE

TOPEKA, KANSAS LIBRARIAN DAVID LEE KING GIVES PRESENTATIONS ON TECHNOLOGY, MAKERSPACES, SOCIAL MEDIA AND HOW LIBRARIES CAN EFFECTIVELY INTEGRATE

THESE TOOLS.

www.davidleeking..com

THE SCOUT REPORT: PUBLISHED WEEKLY

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/

LIBRARIAN NIKKI D. ROBERTSON’S BLOG HAS PRESENTATIONS, PUBLICATIONS AND A WEEKLY LISTING OF NEW TECH TOOLS AND

PRACTICAL TECH APPLICATIONS : http://www.nikkidrobertson.com/

HOW TO USE TECHNOLOGY AND DISCOVER NEW APPLICATIONS: http:/ /www.wikihow.com/category:computers-and-electronics

MAKEUSEOF.COM: TECHNOLOGY WITH A SOCIAL MEDIA BENT

READWRITE.COM PROVIDES TECHNOLOGY NEWS.

CNET.COM: LATEST TECHNOLOGY NEWS AND REVIEWS AND APPLICATIONS OF THAT

TECHNOLOGY

TECH GUIDE HANDOUTS FROM THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY:

HOW TECHNOLOGY AFFECTS EVERYDAY LIFE: THE RESEARCH CENTER FOR THE INTERNET AND

AMERICAN LIFE: http://www.pewinternet.org/

TECHNOLOGY ON CAMPUSES -AND - HOW GOVERNMENT LEVERAGES AND ADVOCATES FOR TECHNOLOGY:

http://chronicle.com/topic/technology/109/

CLASS TECH TIPS : BECOME A TECH-SAVVY TEACHER! NOT JUST FOR TEACHERS HOWEVER, THIS WEB SITE IS ESPECIALLY

EXCELLENT IN ANNOUNCING NEW IPAD APPS : http://classtechtips.com/

TED.COM HAS AN EXCELLENT SERIES OF VIDEO TALKS ON ANY SUBJECT; A SUBSET OF THESE DEAL WITH

TECHNOLOGY: http://www.ted.com/talks?topics%5b%5d=technology&sort=newest

THE TED.COM WEBSITE ALLOWS YOU TO FILTER TALKS BY TOPIC: SEE SLIDE BELOW

A GOOGLE SPREADSHEET PROVIDES AN INDEX TO ALL TED TALKS FROM 2006 TO DATE: http://

goo.gl/4lGxm

A RELATED TED SITE NOTES LATEST IDEAS INSPIRED BY TECHNOLOGY:

http://ideas.ted.com/

http://itunes.berkeley.edu/ -- just one example among many

MANY UNIVERSITIES (BERKELEY, MIT, YALE, HARVARD) ARE ON ITUNES U – A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH ON ITUNES U WILL

REVEAL THE EXTENT OF UNIVERSITIES OFFERING LECTURES – MANY OF THESE LECTURES REVOLVE AROUND TECHNOLOGY. THESE WILL HAVE TO BE DOWNLOADED VIA AN ITUNES STORE - - MEANING YOU HAVE TO DOWNLOAD ITUNES: AN APPLE DEVICE IS OPTIMAL FOR

VIEWING ITUNES MATERIALS.

Here is an example from READWRITEWEB: RSS FEEDS are available via their web site:

RSS FEEDS : MANY WEBSITES, INCLUDING MAGAZINES , OFFER RSS FEEDS WHERE, WITH A FEED READER, SUCH AS NETVIBES , ONE

CAN AUTOMATICALLY SEE THE LATEST FEEDS FROM A WEB SITE USING RSS. NETVIBES IS MERELY ONE EXAMPLE OF AN RSS

READER .

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF RSS FEEDS FROM THE MERLOT WEB SITE – AND INCLUDED IN MY

NETVIBES FEED

Steve Perry, IRO, Accra

January 30, 2015

IRCACCRA@state.gov and PerrySX2@state.gov Please ask us for presentations: we are available for

classes and specialized groups. We hope to see you in our ACCRA IRC or out and about in Ghana!

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!