Make your life easier!Useful tools to get you organized and using technology all at the same time!

Presentation by Vanessa Armand for

Dr. X. Xiang @ University of Illinois at Chicago

Dropbox

Mendeley

Jing

Audacity

Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/

Benefits:

access it from anywhere

use it on multiple devices

works across platforms

good to share (can make folders available to

certain people)

make items public

back up files

easy drag/drop

2 GB of free space

https://www.dropbox.com/

Dropbox (cont.)

Drawbacks:

every file shared with you takes up your

space

delay for backups

no editing capability

NOT for massive storage

1. open an

account;

download

program and

follow steps

of installation

2. choose

space

3. take the tour (A)

3. take the tour (B)3. take the

tour (C)

3. take the

tour (D)

4. Use it as an external harddrive;

remember space is limited!

Mendeley http://www.mendeley.com/

http://www.mendeley.com/

Jing http://www.techsmith.com/download/jing/

http://benefitsofjing.blogspot.com/

Benefits:

"capture images, create videos of what you see on your

screen"=great for tutorials!

2 GB of free storage

easy copy/paste sharing tool for online conversations

save images/videos to flickr, own computer, etc

http://benefitsofjing.blogspot.com/

Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

"Audacity is free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds."

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

http://ecit.emory.edu/teaching_tools/audacity.html

Benefits:

increase the mobility of a classroom: Record a lecture,

supplemental info, or narration for a video project. The

files can then be shared via Blackboard, the web,

iTunes U, or burned to a CD.

a user-friendly interface, with familiar play, pause, stop,

and record icons.

easy to use

FOR A TUTORIAL & uses for TESOL: http://tesl-

ej.org/ej41/m2.html

http://ecit.emory.edu/teaching_tools/audacity.htmlhttp://tesl-ej.org/ej41/m2.html