50 Online Tools to Convert Documents and Media Files | Technically Digital Downloading a document only to find that you do not have the application to open it can be frustrating. Thankfully however there are numerous web apps that help you out of this predicament. We have gathered 50 such online tools that help you convert not only digital documents but also images and various other media files. Read on to find the tools and see which ones suit your needs best. Audio/Video Converters KeepVid : KeepVid is an useful online utility which helps users download videos from different online streaming websites. CellSea : CellSea is another useful converter which can help users download, convert, crop and resize videos from different streaming websites. VideoDownloadX : With VideoDownloadX, users can convert and download videos from YouTube. GetYourVideo : With GetYourVideo, users can download videos from different online video streaming websites including DailyMotion, YouTube, Metacafe and many more. Document Converters Image Converters Multi-Purpose Converters
Page Curation launches on English Wikipedia Every day, thousands of new pages are created on Wikipedia, requiring hundreds of volunteer editors to check them for quality — a process called “New Page Patrol.” To help these patrollers do their important work, we are pleased to announce the launch of Page Curation, a new suite of tools for reviewing articles on Wikipedia. Current page patrol tools like Special:NewPages and Twinkle can be hard to use quickly and accurately, and have led to frustration for some users. the New Pages Feedthe Curation Toolbar The New Pages Feed lets you quickly see what new pages have just been created on Wikipedia. The Curation Toolbar appears at the right edge of any article selected by patrollers in the New Pages Feed. Page Curation was created in close collaboration with community editors, and was developed by the Wikimedia Foundation’s Editor Engagement Team from March to September 2012.
Training Employees + Creating An Internal Wiki/Knowledgebase - WickedFire hey dudes, I'm looking for something like a wiki or knowledgebase script that I can use to setup training materials for new employees. anyone use anything like that in their business/with training new employees? I've found a couple of options -- if anyone has had any personal experience with these let me know, would love to get some second opinions: PBworks: Online Collaboration -- I am waiting to get a demo from them. MediaWiki -- this is the script that wikipedia uses, apparently, but I'm not too thrilled with using it for business purposes. Knowledge Base Software Demo - PHP Knowledge Base Script looks ok... PHP Knowledge Base Software - 68KB is free and also looks ok, but seems very feature limited. anyway -- maybe I'm thinking about this the wrong way -- maybe it's not a knowledgebase I'm looking for. I'm looking for something where I can: Put and organize training materials for new employees (including videos), and be able to order them in a way that makes sense.
Web 2.0 Directory | Web 2.0 Applications How to Consistently Out-Curate Your Competitors What’s the next big thing in search? It kind of depends on who you ask and how much booze is swirling around in her coffee cup. It’s local… no, it’s social… no, it’s mobile… no, it’s A + B + C = EMC² x 3. ReadWriteWeb’s Richard MacManus argues that the next big Internet thing is… wait for it, wait for it… topic pages. I couldn’t agree more. Content curation is a needed skill that will only grow in importance as more big brands and publishers flood the Internet with all kinds of content.Curation can be a fun, rewarding and highly effective part of your online marketing mix.Curating content requires skill, tenacity and, above all, an unflinching focus on the needs of your audience. So, how do you do it? Don’t Be Fooled by the Siren Song of Some Fancy-Schmancy Tool The biggest temptation all search marketers face is to sell our souls to the Borg and AUTOMATE EVERYTHING. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate time-saving tools as much as anybody. Be like Om. Drill down. Content is king.
Guide to Wikipedia Tools & Resources - Everything You Wanted to Do With Wikipedia Encyclopedia Your guide to some of the best Wikipedia tools, resources and hacks. Save Wikipedia articles as ebooks, find pages that are linking to you and more. Since its launch in 2001, Wikipedians have created about 4.5 million articles on the English version of Wikipedia alone which is roughly equivalent to 2000+ print volumes of the Encyclopædia Britannica. If you are also interested in becoming a contributor, follow the Wikipedia tutorial or get the Missing Manual which is available online for free. Q: Can I download Wikipedia? Q: How do I know which Wikipedia pages are linking to my website? Q: How do I save Wikipedia pages as PDF ebooks? Q: Share me some cool tools and mashups built around Wikipedia? stats.grok.se – Find the daily pageviews (traffic) of any article on Wikipedia. Q: I want to contribute to Wikipedia but the Wiki syntax is confusing. Q: I am looking for some free images for my website. Q: Does Wikipedia offer RSS feeds? Q: Wikipedia is blocked in the country. Q.
Cool Cat Teacher's Favorite Apps, Software, and Sites These are my favorite apps, software, and sites for managing my life, home, classroom, and more. Hope you enjoy and hope you share yours in the comments.Calendaring 1. Google Calendar Google Calendar is now and has been my calendar of choice for about a year and a half. I have a personal calendar for me that is set up to send me a text message at certain times before I have to be somewhere because I always forget what time it is! My family and each child has a calendar (I set the kids appointments to automatically show up on the family calendar), and I use Google cal for my classes. The greatest addition to the calendar is that now I keep my 5 most important calendars on my Apple iPod touch 16 GB (2nd Generation) . Setting Appointments 2. For larger groups with time zones scattered around the planet, sometimes you have to go in and pick the best time, then it confirms and lets you know who is coming. Managing Group Communications 3. Networking 4. I have two favorite tools for power tweeting:
The 50+ Best Ways to Curate and Share Your Favorite Social Media and News Content There’s so much information online just begging to be curated: news, social media, images, video, websites… the list goes on. Reading great content from my favorite blogs and websites is one of my favorite down-time activities. It’s also an important part of my job as an IT Director because I need to stay on top of the latest trends, announcements and tech news. Just a few years ago, the tools I used to use for reading and consuming content were Google Reader, StumbleUpon, Digg, Delicious… you know all the big names. More recently I’ve discovered some great new tools to read and share my favorite content which I’ve included here in this list. Whether you are a person who just likes to stay on top of the latest news, a blogger like me who needs a way to organize the vast amount of information that comes my way or a person who just enjoys sharing what they find with others you’ll love this list. Content Gathering and Personalized Newsfeeds iPad Curation There’s more to this article!
How to Start a Wiki Steps Part 1 Planning Your Wiki <img alt="Image titled Start a Wiki Step 1" src=" width="728" height="546" class="whcdn" onload="WH.performance.clearMarks('image1_rendered'); WH.performance.mark('image1_rendered');">1Determine what your wiki is for. <img alt="Image titled Start a Wiki Step 3" src=" width="728" height="546" class="whcdn">5Choose a software package. Part 2 Starting a Wiki Farm Wiki <img alt="Image titled Start a Wiki Step 4" src=" width="728" height="546" class="whcdn">1Choose a wiki farm. Part 3 Hosting Your Own Wiki Part 4 Launching Your Wiki Community Q&A Ask a Question Tips If you learn PHP and maybe some Javascript, you can add dynamic content to your wiki. Warnings
Technology Tools for Reflection - Reflection for Learning Here are a series of tools that can be used to support reflection, with a brief discussion of the process, the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. The following technologies can support reflection: web logs (‘blogs’) as reflective journals, wikis as collaborative websites, digital storytelling/podcasting, Twitter and social networks. Blogs (Reflective Journal) The most obvious technology for reflection is the web log or "blog" as known by those who read and write them. As the Stanford Learning Technologies group has evolved the technology to support its research project on "folio thinking," researcher Helen Chen reports that they are beginning to use blog or "wiki" software to support students' reflections. A weblog is defined as any web page with content organized according to date. In the context of an ePortfolio, course tutors, lecturers, clubs and societies could all have their own weblogs which users could view on their “friends” page. - Seventh Grade Blogging Rules