Productivity

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=Bookmark=

- Search the citations other scholars are bookmarking (from SpringerLink)

- Save your bookmarks (a.k.a. "favorites") online & then access them from any computer - Same as Delicious, but on steroids (allows highlighting and archiving of webpages, social interaction, etc.)

=Citations=



=Collaborate=

- Collaborate with colleagues to write conference proposals and prepare PowerPoint presentations

- Hold videoconferences with colleagues from around the world for free

Wikispaces - Use a wiki to remove writer's block--allows you to make continual changes to your text, to move things around, and to keep a constant outline of the various sections of your writing in view via the navigation bar. If you cut a section, but think you might want to use it later? No problem--just make a "parts pile" page, paste the deleted section in, and find it later. Also removes the "Word crashed and I lost everything" phenomenon. Everything you type is captured in the history (as long as you save frequently), and you can always revert to a previous version of the paper if you change your mind midstream. GREAT for collaborative authoring as well.

- Maintain an annotated, sharable research library with searchable, printable notes and reports

=File Transfer=

- Free online hosting and file sharing

- Requires download

- Al lows you to link a file and send it without registration or software download.

- Similar to Divshare, but with an expiration time (from 30 minutes to 1 week). Super simple interface. Easy for technophobes.

- Extremely simple interface. Simply browse for your file, type in the e-mail address of the recipient, and click Send!

=Fundraising= = = - Propose a classroom project. Donors can donate to your cause.

- Online fundraising. . . quickly create a webpage regarding the cause of your choice, send the link to associates, clients, family, and friends, and track your progress

- Online fundraising: Solicit pledges, people pay via credit card or Paypal, but accounts are not charged until at least $1,000 is raised. Project does not have to be service-oriented

=Make Info. Come to You=

- Subscribe to alerts about upcoming conferences based on parameters you specify - Directory of RSS feeds to which you can subscribe

- Make information come to you. Set up the alert and it searches the web and delivers updates to you

- Gathers news from blogs, newspapers, and other media sources on topics of interest to professionals in specific industries. Available as an e-mail digest, RSS feed, etc. ACTFL collaborates with SmartBrief to produce one specific to professionals in world language education. There is also a generic education one.

=PDFs=

- Upload a document, it turns it into an editable PDF

- Create PDFs for free (download the program, the select print, change the printer to CutePDF, and voila!)

- Allows you to make any PDF editable and send it electronically

- "Write" on the PDFs you save. Great for reading and annotating research articles.

- Free PDF editor that works in your browser

[|PDF Toolbox: 40 Tools to Rip, Mix, & Burn PDFs (from Mashable)]

=Polling & Survey Tools=

- Create a poll, schedule a date, and confirm it with participants - Create polls, quizzes, or surveys and collect responses via e-mail, Facebook, iPad, Twitter, or your website

- Create polls and collect responses via texting, Twitter, or the web

- Create quizzes and surveys (up to 10 questions and fewer than 100 respondents for free)

- Propose dates and allow people to paint in the times that work best for them

=Productivity Tools=

- Design invitations and send them via e-mail. See who has RSVP'd


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- Lets you poll large groups of people so you can schedule meetings and events

- Free screencasting (requires free download)

- - Free file conversion from one format to another

- Set up meetings, see a grid of people's availability

- Online notetaking application

- Online Stopwatch - Use this to monitor group wor

- An AWESOME extension (available for both Chrome & Firefox) that allows you to grab part or all of a webpage, edit it, and then save it in a variety of image formats

- Leave yourself a 60-second message. It transcribes it and sends the text and audio file to your e-mail and to your online account

- Edit existing rubrics or create your own

- Great PowerPoint tools for soliciting feedback from your audience (including several that integrate with Twitter)

- Upload documents to share with others

- Send Tab URLs - Send a list of links from open tabs to yourself or others in an e-mail message with this Firefox extension

- Upload ppt presentations to share with others (Example: [|STARTALK: Developing Teacher Leaders])

- Similar to Photoshop, but free & online

- A great tool for managing your Facebook and Twitter accounts

- Upload up to 500MB of video, then bookmark particular segments within it or allow others to comment on it

- Propose dates and allow people to paint in the times that work best for them

- Send large files to others using this service

- Free collaborative meeting software (requires download)

- Download and convert YouTube videos

=Learn More About Productivity=

 [|Clarifying the Meaning of Productivity]

- Printable CEO Series contains printable tracking sheets to improve productivity

Getting Organized (This link will take you to another wiki)

Managing the Paper Overload (This link will take you to another wiki)


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