http://collaborate.extension.org/wiki/Tools_for_Drinking_from_a_Fire_Hose?action=feed&mode=view 2009-11-22T16:37:20Z Wiki page as html MediaWiki 1.14.0 Contributors http://collaborate.extension.org/wiki/Tools_for_Drinking_from_a_Fire_Hose/14552 2009-05-07T17:00:08Z <a name="Session_Description" id="Session_Description"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Session Description </span></h3> <p>May 6 at 2:00-3:30 ET<br /> This session will be held at our <a href="http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/learn" class="external text" title="http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/learn">Web Conferencing Center</a> </p><p>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) </p><p>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. </p> <a name="Tools" id="Tools"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Tools </span></h3> <ul><li> Google Alerts <ul><li> <a href="http://www.google.com/alerts" class="external free" title="http://www.google.com/alerts">http://www.google.com/alerts</a> </li></ul> </li><li> iGoogle <ul><li> <a href="http://www.google.com/ig" class="external free" title="http://www.google.com/ig">http://www.google.com/ig</a> </li></ul> </li><li> Google Reader <ul><li> <a href="http://www.google.com/reader" class="external text" title="http://www.google.com/reader">Reader</a> </li><li> <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7661" class="external text" title="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7661">Read it Later</a> </li><li> a basic <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU" class="external text" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU">HowTo as an intro to Google Reader</a> from <a href="http://www.commoncraft.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.commoncraft.com/">Common Craft</a> video </li></ul> </li><li> NetVibes <ul><li> <a href="http://www.netvibes.com/" class="external free" title="http://www.netvibes.com/">http://www.netvibes.com/</a> </li></ul> </li><li> TweetDeck <ul><li> <a href="http://www.tweetdeck.com/" class="external free" title="http://www.tweetdeck.com/">http://www.tweetdeck.com/</a> </li></ul> </li><li> FriendFeed <ul><li> <a href="http://friendfeed.com/" class="external free" title="http://friendfeed.com/">http://friendfeed.com/</a> </li><li> <a href="http://www.bwana.tv/2009/04/07/friendfeed-beta-thoughts-and-walkthrough/" class="external text" title="http://www.bwana.tv/2009/04/07/friendfeed-beta-thoughts-and-walkthrough/">FriendFeed Beta Thoughts and Walkthrough</a> (as of Apr 7, 2009) on <a href="http://bwana.tv" class="external text" title="http://bwana.tv">bwana.tv</a> </li></ul> </li></ul> <!-- NewPP limit report Preprocessor node count: 4/1000000 Post-expand include size: 0/2097152 bytes Template argument size: 0/2097152 bytes Expensive parser function count: 0/100 --> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key itwiki:pcache:idhash:3370-0!1!0!!en!2!edit=0 and timestamp 20091122001311 -->