Tech Help

Our tech department looks for new and innovative ways to help you get the most from the internet!

DU student chapter of ASIS&T

Techbytes are quick tutorials and 30 minute technology classes, organized by student ASIST members at DU.

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Shelfari

Review and post about books you have read, share your shelf, learn what others think and get suggestions about what to read next and what you might like.

Storyblocks

A project of Colorado Libraries for early literacy

Music Map

Have you got a favorite group or artist but no one can seem to suggest similar music? Tune glue is a music map tool, enter an artist or group name and it will branch out to show you

http://www.delicious.com/

Need a way to share or organize your bookmarks?
Try the free tool Delicious, you can even import existing bookmarks from your browsers.

Are you a teacher trying to help students engage the lesson material? This tool is an innovative way to organize ideas and make infomation accessable, fill your own free and original museum box today!

http://www.doodle.com/

One of the easiest ways I have ever encountered to create a schdule!

http://springshare.com/

Organize books, or web links any way you like with or without pictures. Learn how to creat formal libguides with a free trial.

www.techsmith.com/

Do you know the difference between Jing and Camtasia? Do you know which is better, or why one will help you more? Use these free trials to make educated decisions with tech tools.

http://www.splashup.com/

http://topsy.com/

http://www.youtube.com/

Founded in February 2005, YouTube allows billions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small.

http://www.cushycms.com/en

Free Typing Test

Do you need to know your WPM for an application? Maybe you are just curious. Visit the Career Step Website at: http://www.careerstep.com/free-typing-test for your chance to take this free typing test.

Pandora

Pandora internet radio is a free application that allows you to choose an artist or song and builds a station from your preferences. (Give each song a thumbs up or down, skip it, pause it or wait-list it.)

Goodreads

Review and post about books you have read, share your shelf, learn what others think and get suggestions as well as make book lists, and join groups with others who read like you do.

www.goodreads.com/user/sign_up

http://prezi.com/profile/signup/

Tired of the same old power points? Looking for a more dynamic presentation tool, you might be interested in visiting Prezi a free presentation creation platform.

http://www.wallwisher.com/

Make a bulletin board online, share and collaborate with your own wallwisher account.

http://www.flickr.com/

An easy and free way to share photos! This is great for this age of digital photos, quickly and from anywhere (witha an internet connection) share your pictures.

http://www.librarything.com/

Read and compare books, find people with the same reading preferences as yourself.

www.glogster.com/edit/glog/?action=glogs_create

An entertaining new presentation style! Glogster, the digital poster for short multimedia additions to lessons and presentations try Glogster.

Movie Database

Looking for new trailers and reviews, or can you not remember a movie's name or author's name? Any movie related search you can think of try here http://www.imdb.com/

http://www.slideshare.net/

A way to share and discover slide shows; where you can upload slides, share with a link, embed in a blog, discover interesting and popular slide shows, tag, comment, and more.