Trying to keep up with too many tweets? Ever felt guilty of providing learners with too many interesting links? Baffled by the array of notifications settings to choose from? This workshop will look at efficient ways of managing the increased flow of online information and offer practical suggestions on “information management” for all educators interested in using the web for their own professional development or for blended learning programmes. A range of web tools (Diigo, Hootsuite, LinkedIn, Netvibes, English360) as well as tips on how to choose custom settings, personal dashboards and filters will be shared. During the session we will look at • Collecting & monitoring your favourite blogs, links and online discussions; • Spreading messages & important tweets; • Organising tabs, highlighting & remembering essential bits of the web. Hope the slides help to find out how to use the web to retrieve, share and access interesting stuff and cut down on the hours you spend looking for things!

3. I find it again when I need it (Interesting) Online “information”

4. I find it again when I need it . I feel overwhelmed by the amount of it. When I find it, I share it. I feel I don’t have enough time for it. I collect and store it. I filter it. I sometimes feel lost. (Interesting) online information

5. Personal perspective Professional development Life-long learning Online tags & tabs Liquid energy

6. Irrigate Control Regulate Grow stream

7. Irrigate

8. Diigo http://www.diigo.com/

9. Diigolet

10. Read later!

11. Social bookmarking

12. My groups

13. Group updates

14. Social bookmarking http://www.diigo.com/user/vale24

15. Learning activity

16. Highlight & ideas from http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/nov/08/business-english-lacks-professionalism

17. Exchange experiences & share opinions from http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/nov/08/business-english-lacks-professionalism

18. Follow the discussion

19. Control the flow

20. Netvibes http://www.netvibes.com/

21. Stuff that matters to me

22. My tabs

23. Shared tabs

24. Regulate the flow

25. Hootsuite http://www.hootsuite.com/

26. Multiple accounts personalised settings

27. New conference dialogues

28. iApp

29. stream it

30. LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/

31. Choose your settings

32. Follow active discussions

33. Jump to recent comments

34. Filter updates

35. Interact with like-minded people

36. co-create blended growing environment

37. English360 http://www.english360.com/

38. Personalise

39. Two-way private feedback

40. Extend classroom

41. Blend

43. Share organisation styles Discuss preferences & habits For example: Your desktop Your folder management Labels you use Browsing preferences Tag yourself Learning activities

44. Ripple

45. Recap