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=== Session Description ===

May 6 at 2:00-3:30 ET<br>
This session will be held at our [http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/learn Web Conferencing Center]

With so much information, sometimes it seems like you are drinking from a fire hose. The most effective method of managing and filtering the flow of information is to use a combination of tools. Several people who attend the April 14 "Drinking from a Fire Hose" session will demonstrate how they filter the flood of information to a manageable stream. Google Alerts, iGoogle, Google Reader, NetVibes, FriendFeed by Kevin Gamble, eXtension; TweetDeck are the tools that will be demonstrated in this session. This Professional Development session is offered in partnership with the ACE Information Technology SIG. (all Extension)

Presenters: Google Alerts by Dave Palmer, University of Florida; iGoogle, Rhonda Conlon, North Carolina Cooperative Extension; Google Reader by Stephen Judd, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension; NetVibes by Floyd Davenport, Iowa State Extension; TweetDeck by Vince Verbeke, Penn State; and FriendFeed by Kevin Gamble, eXtension.

=== Tools ===
* Google Alerts
** http://www.google.com/alerts
* iGoogle
** http://www.google.com/ig
* Google Reader
** [http://www.google.com/reader Reader]
** [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7661 Read it Later]
** a basic [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU HowTo as an intro to Google Reader] from [http://www.commoncraft.com/ Common Craft] video
* NetVibes
** http://www.netvibes.com/
* TweetDeck
** http://www.tweetdeck.com/
* FriendFeed
** http://friendfeed.com/
** [http://www.bwana.tv/2009/04/07/friendfeed-beta-thoughts-and-walkthrough/ FriendFeed Beta Thoughts and Walkthrough] (as of Apr 7, 2009) on [http://bwana.tv bwana.tv]