Good news for wiki-lovers!

How did we ever conduct business before wikis? They are time, money and energy saving tools. For the last three years my FCS colleagues and I have developed and taught graduate courses at Penn State for FCS teachers using a wiki. We can easily share information, presentations, links to resources, pictures, and video on the wiki. The best feature is that we are certain that everyone involved is reading the same material on the same page. Awesome! There is no doubt that we will continue to use wikis to do our work in FCS and Extension (not to mention family gatherings, reunions, etc, etc). Check out the article we had published today in the Journal of Extension, The Wiki as a Time-Saving Mentoring Tool.

So many apps, so little time....

I am amazed at the depth of the functioning of the iPhone! There are so many things to learn yet. Yesterday my son (a genuine tech guru) shared some apps that I might find useful. Useful is probably an understatement! Apps are seriously helpful when out and about locally and also when traveling. So far I have chosen eleven apps (from literally thousands of apps) for my phone. The tools I have chosen are so simple and user friendly....they make good sense. They are the type of tool you wish you should have created yourself. I love the 'aroundme' app because it can help you locate essential services that you are around no matter where you are. So simple, and so useful. Other useful tools include Facebook, Twitter and Skype on the phone. It truly is like having the world at your fingertips. Pandora looks like it will be interesting too. Can you image that the tool creates/customizes a radio program for you based upon the type of music you enjoy. Why couldn't I think up something like that???