Technologies to Make Your Life Easier and More Professionally Rewarding Dina Vyortkina, PhD Head of Instructional Technologies
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Overview • Productivity tools
• Scheduling an appointment • How to (screencasting) • Videoconferencing
• Providing information
• Blogs • Diigo • Video, screencasts, web-presentation tools
• Assisting with employment/internship resources • Portfolios
• Collecting feedback
• Input from stakeholders 2
Important! All tools are: 1. Multifunctional 2. Easy to use 3. Free
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Productivity Tools: Scheduling Appointments • Doodle • Many more
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Productivity Tools: Screencasting • Explain where to find info • Show how to complete forms • Create training videos/workshops • See example • Free tools available • See DV’s Diigo
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Productivity Tools: Videoconferencing • To communicate with • • • •
Colleagues Students Employers Internship supervisors
• Free tools available (Skype, google hangouts, zoom, etc.) • See DV’s Diigo
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Providing Info: Blogs • Website for Career Services or
• Blog • • • • •
Easy to maintain No IT skills required Immediate sharing of info RSS available Multifunctional • Ongoing (ex1, ex2) • Event specific (ex3)
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Providing Info: Diigo • Social bookmarking • Diigo • • • • •
Professional library online All info is one place Easy to share Easy to maintain Link(s) can be posted online as perma links
• Examples
• Ex1 • Ex2 (Diigo collection created for this event)
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Providing Info: Video, Screencasting, Webpresentation Tools • Video library • Screencasting • Web-presentation tools • Present.me • Example
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Portfolios • Marketing tool • Evidence of competencies & skills • All in one place • Resources • Digication • Other resources
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Collecting Feedback • Input from stakeholders (employers, students) • Workshops evaluation • Career interests survey • “Have a quick question?” • Online surveys • Qualtrics (NU) • Survey for EHELF
• Free tools available
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Your Toolkit • Multifunctional, easy, free • Try: • • • • • • • •
Doodle Diigo Videoconferencing Blog Screencasting Present.me Portfolios Online surveys
Career Advising
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Technologies to Make Your Life Easier and More Professionally Rewarding Dina Vyortkina, PhD Head of Instructional Technologies
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