Emerging Technologies

Emerging TechnologiesOU Technology and Leadership Conference

Amy RutledgeMarch 14, 2009

The Tech Bubble…

What are you into?

STAYING CONNECTEDTO

INFORMATION

RSS Feeds• RSS = Really Simple Syndication

• Designed for sharing headlines and other web content (www.webreference.com)

What are some sites that feature RSS feeds?News sites – TV and newspaper

Magazines

General products

Organizations/AssociationsWeather agencies

RSS Feeds

Why would you use an RSS feed?• Personal/Consumer Side

• Customize your own website to the things that YOU want

• To get you all your information in one place• No more going to 10 different websites

• Gain your own efficiencies

iGoogle• Personalized webpage that you can

add RSS and Google gadgets to• Similar to a car’s dashboard• You can get into it from anywhere!• Easy to customize• OU Gmail – iGoogle• iGoogle

http://www.google.com/ig

RSS feeds and Podcasts

• Podcasts can be subscribed to, thus making them a type of RSS feed

• Example: ABC news podcasts on iTunes

• You subscribe to it• You get the information in one place

• Now we are dealing with video instead of text.

BUILDING YOUR OWN WEBSITE

NOT AS DIFFICULT AS YOU MIGHT THINK

Web 2.0 = Web sites

• Web 2.0 means that there are easy and Online web site building capabilities .

• Anybody can build a professional looking web site in minutes!!!

• Don’t I need to know web languages/programs like html, dreamweaver, xml, etc to build a web site?

Google Page Creator• Just like the other Google apps, this one is online and it is FREE

Dreamweaver

• One of the best and most detailed web page development programs out there.

• Used by many professionals

http://www.templatemonster.com/flash-templates/23292.html

Why would YOU want a web page?

• Why would you want a blog?

• Why would you want your pics/vids online?

• E-Portfolio – Moodle

• Share your experiences, thoughts, opinions, etc.

COLLABORATIONSOFTWARE

What is a wiki?

Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly.The simplest online database that could possibly work

Wiki.org:

What’s so good about wikis?1. Wikis Simplify Editing Your Website

2. Wikis Use Simple Markup – No need to know HTML

3. Wikis Record Document Histories – They save your old versions

4. Creating Links Is Simple With Wikis

5. Wikis Simplify Site Organization

6. Many Wikis are Collaborative Communities -www.sitepoint.com

What does a wiki look like?

Pbwiki.com Tour

Finding a wiki that works for you!

http://www.wikimatrix.org

Why would YOU want a wiki?

• Class group collaboration• Organize events with your orgs/friends• Online resource to keep your homework/projects

What are the downsides to a wiki?

Net Meetings• Online video/voice meetings

• Elluminate – at OU

GOOGLE

Who is Google really?

• Started by trying to use math properties to convert WWW information into a measure of importance (rankings) for a given web page (Search Engine)

• By 1998 they had indexed 60 million pages• Competitors were Yahoo!, Excite.com, Lycos, MSN.com

* Source: wikipedia.org

Google began as a research project between two PhD students at Stanford in 1996.

Who is Google really?• Now they make many online applications in addition to its search engine

• Worth about $192 billion

• #1 on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For

• So in about 12 years they went from nothing to $192 billion

Google Universe• First thing to understand – Google makes all it’s money on advertising

• Second, Google is developing TONS of applications to get people to use so that their advertising revenue increases

• Third, their online applications started almost as a joke that wouldn’t work, now everyone including Microsoft is copying their ideas

Google, Google Everything• Google Apps• Google Voice• Google 411• iGoogle• Google Docs• Google Chrome – web browser• Google Maps• Google Earth• Google Kitchen Sink (ok made that

one up!)

Google Toolbox

• Google Apps are AMAZING and FREE• Google Earth & Maps

• Google Scholar – Library project

• Google Docs

• Google Mail - Gmail

• Google Sketchup

• Google Calendar• Google Groups

How will YOU use Google in Business?

• How could you use Google Earth & Maps for your business?

• Google Scholar – research papers, white papers that you develop, back-up for presentations

- directions to clients, map your sales territory, map of your business on website.

How will YOU use Google in Business?

• Google Maps & your iPhone

How will YOU use Google in Business?

• Google Docs – open source word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation software

• Google Sketchup – design new work spaces, know when construction companies are lying, know what is possible in a space and what is not.

How will YOU use Google in Business?

• Google Calendar – online web calendaring utility for small business, keep track of sales meetings when out on the road

• Google Groups – collaborate with your team on a project.

• Google Mail – e-mail accounts, see how competitors respond to Cust. Service reqsts.

SOCIAL NETWORKING

Social Networking

Professional Networking

• LinkedIn

• Professional networking site for business professionals

• Way to check on references

• A way to post/find jobs

GRAND FINALECONSUMER ELECTRONICS

SHOW (CES)

Grand Finale – things from CES show• Livescribe – digital pen• Sony’s new screen• 3-d printers• TV with internet connections• Thinner Flat screens – that are a

quarter of an inch thick!• Wireless charging stations for cell

phones, iPods, etc.• Digital Camera/Pinter (in one)• Mp3 player that’s only headphones

(2 gig)

3-D Printers• Can print a 3d model/object from a

CAD file

• Scan an object and print it too

• Prints using a plastic resin

http://www.dimensionprinting.com/3d-printers/3d-printing-uprint-video.aspx

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/video_player.shtml?vid=944641

QUESTIONS?

What’s it like to work for Google?