The Art and Science of Technology - BYOD

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1 The Art and Science of Technology - BYOD Addresses ICMA practice groups 7 (Technological Literacy); 6 (Initiative, Risk Taking, Vision, Creativity, and Innovation) Rebecca Vice, Executive Assistant to the City Manager City of Allen, Texas Shahrzad Rizvi, Management Analyst City of Dallas, Texas BYOD Objectives Finding practical ways to apply technology to your professional life INCREASE EFFICIENCY Learn how to use your personal technology as a tool for saving time and increasing productivity. PROBLEM SOLVE Understand how technology can identify issues and solve problems, big or small. BUILD TRUST IN TECHNOLOGY Fill your own tech tool-set, and then begin to see the potential of technology. LOOKING FORWARD Review the emerging trends and consider the impact of technological innovation on our communities. 1

2 BYOD Approach Get familiar with the lingo Get to know your own device Work productivity apps Life productivity apps Navigation and travel apps Networking Everyday tips and tricks Emerging trends In The Cloud Wearable Technologies BYOD Expectations LOW BARRIER ENGAGING INFORMATIVE ENLIGHTENING #TCMA2014 2

3 APP popularized in the general lexicon by the iphone, is simply an application that performs a specific function on your computer or handheld device run the gamut from Web browsers and games to specialized programs like digital recorders, online chat or music players CLOUD refers to the growing phenomenon of users who can access their data from anywhere rather than being tied to a particular machine 3

4 CROWDFUNDING refers to the act of soliciting donations or investments from online users outside your organization who collectively raise money to support a cause or to underwrite a project CROWDSOURCING refers to the act of soliciting content, ideas or skills from online users outside your organization who collectively help you solve a problem 4

5 HASHTAG a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets similar to tags on Flickr, you add them in-line to your Twitter posts by prefixing a word with a hash symbol (or number sign) users often use to aggregate, organize and discover relevant posts SMART DEVICE a handheld device capable of advanced tasks beyond those of a standard mobile phone capabilities might include , chat, taking photos or video or hundreds of other tasks 5

6 SOCIAL MEDIA works of user-created video, audio, text or multimedia that are published and shared in a social environment, such as a blog, podcast, forum, wiki or video hosting site more broadly, refers to any online technology that lets people publish, converse and share content online WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY clothing and accessories incorporating computer and advanced electronic technologies designs often incorporate practical functions and features, but may also have a purely critical or aesthetic agenda 6

7 Wi-Fi wireless fidelity a simple system allowing enabled devices to connect to the Internet within short range of any access point without cables or adaptors A more powerful wireless technology, WiMax, is not yet deployed as widely Connect to Wi-Fi FIVE IN FIVE Copy and Paste YOU Screenshot Send money Share media 7

8 WORK PRODUCTIVITY APPS Doc Scanner This multi-functional copying & archiving tool works for all kinds of documents and is capable of much more than just basic scanning of documents. Pocket Mark web items to read later, on any device. Any.Do Your ultimate to-do list, created and checked in the palm of your hand. Swype Keyboard Uber Conference Predictive text plus quicker typing equals better messages. Conference calls, only better. WHAT IS DOCSCANNER? I need to scan this document.now. Courtesy of 8

9 WHAT IS POCKET? I really want to come back to this later. Courtesy of 7Vndk7M1iRk/UsiGq2iPnKI/AAAAAAAAI34/kZ6H1Wf2FIw/s1600/New-App-Pocket.png WHAT IS ANY.DO? I need to create a to-do list that I will actually look at again Courtesy of 9

10 WHAT IS SWYPE KEYBOARD? I think my fingers are too big for this keyboard. Courtesy of WHAT IS UBER CONFERENCE? I need a quick, free and easy conference call with screen sharing. And please, no pin. Courtesy of 10

11 TECH CRUNCH Communicate with other devices Use your phone as a Wi-Fi hotspot Charge your phone. Kidding. 11

12 LIFE PRODUCTIVITY APPS Voxer Turn your smart device into a walkie talkie. Open Table Make a dinner reservation from the palm of your hand. Pinterest Create pinboard, online, organized by the methods of your own madness. WHAT IS VOXER? Text messages are just so impersonal. Image courtesy of Talkie-PTT-icon.png 12

13 WHAT IS OPEN TABLE? I need a dinner reservation, quick. Image courtesy of WHAT IS PINTEREST? I need inspiration or cheap marketing. Image courtesy of 13

14 SOCIAL MEDIA AND GOVERNMENT Image courtesy of / VINTAGE SOCIAL NETOWRKING Image courtesy of 14

15 Image courtesy of created by Pew Research Jan

16 TIPS AND TRICKS Keyboard shortcuts The Magical TAB button To attach or inline TRAVEL/NAVIGATION APPS Waze Crowdsourcing meets navigation. TripIt Smart, convenient trip planning tool that keeps you on your itinerary. 16

17 WHAT IS WAZE? I need more than a map, I need to know in real time the fastest route. WHAT IS TRIPIT? I need a master itinerary with all my travel documents, at my finger tips. Image courtesy of 17

18 NETWORKING LinkedIn Highlight IN THE CLOUD WITH SHAZ 18

19 WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY 19

20 BECCA'S OTHER FAVORITE APPS LinkedIn Chromecase Groupon Yelp Focus Lock Shazam MapMyRun Flipagram Mint Flipboard Heads Up! Instagram Booking Jelly SHAZ'S OTHER FAVORITE APPS FlightTracker GoogleVoice KeyRing GoogleDrive Office 365 w/ OneDrive CarooPro Buffer Feedly Chromecast Roku 3 Raspberry Pi FitBit Scale Nest 20

21 QUESTIONS Outstanding Resources cnet techcrunch pcmag govtech (govgirl) lifehacker most millennials :) 21

22 THANK YOU! FOR YOUR ATTENTION #TCMA2014 Shahrzad Rebecca Vice 22