Technology Notes and Resources


Pinterest 2.0
Pinterest is great for sharing media, and is more organized in categories 
Can get inspiration
-  for careers or hobbies
-  keep their thoughts organized
-  share idea with others 
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Twitter Basics
The "microblogger"
- Limit of 140 characters
- post content with media possible
- follow others
- use #hashtags

 Important Features
- @username: you can use real name or made-up name
- block: allows all unwanted people to be blocked
- #hashtag: all words hashtags will be found

 Creating a Profile
- add professional photo
- add a banner image
- first name and last initial or full name
- link to your passion blog 

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Blogging 101

 About Page:  What is it about?
                      Who are you?
                      Why did you choose this?
Sidebar:         Encourages to subscribe
                      1 sentence about you
                      Photo                      
                      Links to social media if wanted

 Title :            20-36 font
                      Black font only
                      Title should be 6-8 words
                      Focus on title referring not asserting what reader should do
                      Hyperbole/ Click-bait
                      Share resources and valuable info

 Blog Content: 1st paragraph specifically first sentence hook
                      Pictures, Videos, and Infographics, in that order of popularity  
                      300-500 Words
                      Use subtitles
                      Good conclusion wrap up
                       
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Designing A Strong Google Presentation:

 Content:
- 10-15 slides including citation slide
- make certain slides assigned to certain people

 Font:
- 30 point font
- shouldn't distract
- make sure everyone is staying in same font

 Citations:
- cite all media sources

 Media:
- let media tell the story
- photos, graphs, charts, show don't tell
- avoid clip art, pictures with watermarks

 Information:
- YOU need to be the expert
- YOU should already know what to say
- What are key components? What's important? Main takeaways?

 Text:
- no complete sentences; words and phrases only
- less text is better

 Mechanics:
- spell correctly
- have good grammar
- have somebody edit it to make sure there are no errors
- make sure credit is given where it is due
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