Welcome to BiblioTech – the podcast about emerging technologies for academics. Your host is Rochelle Mazar, an Emerging Technologies Librarian at the University of Toronto Mississauga.
Every month you can listen in as Rochelle talks about what’s new in technology and what academics should be paying attention to. It’s hard to keep up all of the new software, tools and gadgets. That’s where Rochelle comes in.
Episode 6 – Productivity tools
In this episode, Rochelle tells you which software is essential for academics and which are overrated.
Microsoft Office has become the norm for most academics. Word, PowerPoint, Access – are these the best tools for you to be using? Or have we just gotten so used to these software that we don’t look for other solutions? (Running time: 17:57 mins).
If you’d like to get in touch with Rochelle about something you heard in the podcast, please
leave a comment at the bottom of this page.
This episode features the following Creative Commons music and sound effects:
- How it begins (theme music) by Kevin MacLeod, Incomptech
- Working Song – By Lame Drivers, Free Music Archive
Software mentioned in this episode:
- Microsoft Office
- Open Office
- Office Live
- Google docs
- Scrivener
- Zoho
- Prezi
Hi Rochelle,
I really want to see your video workshop on Prezi but cannot make it open (message indicates it is no longer available) and when I searched the title on livestream it didn’t come up. Can you help? I really need to break away from powerpoint!
Thanks.
Sheelagh