Top 10 Technology Savers

What technologies save you time?

1. Voice email (Only check email twice a day)
   
2. Smart Pen & Paper (future...)
   
3. Cell Phone and Apps (camera, browser, upload videos and images fast)
   
4. You Talk and It Types – Voice Recognition Software - Dragon Naturally Speaking
5. Use ZAP Reader to Read Material Faster
6. Google Docs
7. David Pogue Recommends to Backup your Materials in the Clouds with Drop Box (2 GB free) or A Drive (50 GB free) or Sky Drive (25 GB free via MS & Windows Live)
8. SCAN TO Button on Copier, Scans and Sends PDF to email

















9. YouTube Channels
10. Copernic Desktop Searches

Honorable Mention

• Jing
• TIVO
• Use search engine tools and site command (at Google images type --- corky site:emporia.edu)
• Flip Cam (movie below made by an 8-year-old)
• Voice Thread to change up discussion threads
• 1 Password and Dropbox combo (see video below)
  

Final Comment: Youth Can't Live Without Technology

Top 10 Technology Killers

1. email - Communication Killer (IQ drop)
   
2. Online Calendars (The Technology Penalty by Royal Van Horn; PDK, May 2006)
3. Online Classes (The Technology Penalty)
4. Software Upgrades (The Technology Penalty)
5. Boring PowerPoint





6. Click Happy software like BlackBoard
   
7. Unnatural and Unintuitive Designs - ergo and brain unfriendly tools
   
8. Web 2.0 - Set Crap Detector on High
9. Computer Crashes and lost work
   
10. Distractions like Facebook, Games, YouTube and my son's iGoogle homepage (multitasking problems with learning, dumbs down students, rescue your time)