1.
TECH TRENDS: CONNECTING
WITH THE BEST OF THE WEB
CYNTHIA DUDENHOFFER
CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY

2.
BUT FIRST!
 Trends, followed by tools
 Practical vs. Theoretical
 Tools are free, web based and require no downloads. Many
also have a smartphone version.
 Many of them are cooler if you use an RSS
reader, blog, tweet, have a smartphone, etc.
 Many are cooler if you choose to buy the “pro” version
Oct 2013

3.
Tools are grouped by similar function
I talk at the speed of light!
Recommendations!
0ctober 2013

4.
WEB 2.0/3.0 IN GENERAL
 Multi-platform
 Free
 Actually useful
 App vs. Cloud
 Phone vs. Phone
 Download vs. Cloud
0ctober 2013

5.
HERE WE GO!
0ctober 2013

6.
VISUALIZED INFORMATION
 Historical
 Statistics
 Infographics
 Maps
 Dashboards
0ctober 2013

7.
VISUALIZED INFORMATION

To Make:

http://infogr.am/

https://infoactive.co/

http://www.easel.ly/

http://piktochart.com/

http://www.ewcpresenter.com/
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
To view:

http://visual.ly/

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/

http://visualizing.org/
0ctober 2013

8.
NEXT GEN PRESENTATIONS
 Powerpoint is Dead!
 Many options for collaboration
 Cross device/platform
0ctober 2013

9.
NEXT GEN PRESENTATIONS
 HaikuDeck
 Animoto
 PowToon
 Lovelycharts
 Swipe.to
 Emaze
 Glogster.edu
0ctober 2013

10.
TIME SAVERS! (?)
 Leverage technology to save time
 Heighten Productivity
 Wedge-a-tool
0ctober 2013

11.
I’M A BUSY LIBRARIAN! HELP!
 Pocket or Instapaper
 Yammer
 Boolify
 Toodledo
 Workflowy
 Zamzar
 Scribd
0ctober 2013

12.
ENGAGING PATRONS
0ctober 2013

13.
I HAVE TO TEACH/DEMONSTRATE/ANSWER!
 Mindmeister
 Padlet
 MapTal.es
 UTellStory
 Jing
0ctober 2013

14.
DATA/INTERNET MINING/DIGITAL
HUMANITIES/ANALYTICS
0ctober 2013

15.
SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS/AGGREGATORS
 Topsy
 Privately
 POSTPOST
 VIZIFY
 KLOUT
 TRENDSMAP
 WORDLE
4/24/13

16.
INFORMATION
PRODUCERS/CONSUMERS/MANIPULATORS
0ctober 2013

17.
LET’S MANIPULATE OTHER PEOPLE’S
STUFF!
HapYak!
Phrase.it
Storify
Booklamp.org
SMALL DEMONS
DragonTape
0ctober 2013

18.
OLDIES BUT GOODIES
 LucidChart
 Whatdoyousuggest
 YTTM.tv
 GovTrack or OpenCongress
 DownforEveryone
 Dropbox

19.
YEAH, CINDY IS WEIRD!
 GymShamer
 Run and pee
 GhostRadar
 Cry Translator
 Melonmeter
 Knowyourmeme
 BACOLICIOUS
0ctober 2013

20.
JUST PLAIN WEBSITES
 Glean.org
 Makeuseof
 Ars Technica
 Mashable
 Inc.
 TechCrunch
0ctober 2013

21.
AND ????
0ctober 2013

22.
THANKS!
Cynthia Dudenhoffer
Director of Information Resources
Central Methodist University
cmdudenh@centralmethodist.edu
cyn@librariancyn.com
Twitter & FB: librarian_cyn
0ctober 2013