PED266 Fall 2010

This is a tutorial of the basic capabilities of Skype. I was asked to show everything that Skype was able to do but that would lead to a 15 mintue or more presentation. So I made an executive decision and went with the necessities of Skype. I chose to use this because I did not have cell phone service in my apartment and it was my only means of communication with the outside world while I was in my apartment.

A quick tutorial showing how to use this simple RSS viewing program. This covers the core features including importing your RSS feeds from other programs, adding individual feeds, and sharing your feeds with apps like Diigo, Delicious, and Twitter. It is open source, therefore free, so if you like it you can download it from: http://www.rssowl.org/download

This is my peer application tutorial about "Netvibes" I used it as a main source of information for my PLN. It can be used as a search engine, RSS aggregator and many other things. It is a dashboard application, somewhat like iGOOGLE but I think it is way better!

This is my peer tutorial on "My Health Tracker". It is an application used to help people stay on track with a weight loss regime and keep track of other aspects of health and wellness. It's very simple to use and very beneficial to those who take advantage.

In my blog, I discuss Plaxo, an online progam that makes it easy to manage your online address book. You can use Plaxo personally or professionally. A misconception is that Plaxo is too much like Facebook, but after all, that is an misconception. Plaxo can be used much more professionally; and you can make Plaxo your own by using all or none of their extra tools like a calendar, eCards, or stream connection, or post photos or links. Being organized is a part of wellness!

This is my peer tutorial on Flotrack. Flotrack is a site that lets you create a running log and keeps you up to date on all the latest collegiate and professional running news and events.

This is a blog that I created using, blog-spot. I go over how to use the basics of Picnik. Picnik is an online photo editing program, mostly free to all individuals. It is a simple application that can be used everyday, to enable you to enhance your everyday photos into portraits.

In his blog, Brian Breidenbach has an open forum of his subscribers discussing various online data/contact managing sites. Viewers get a variety of feedback about a variety of online programs.

This is a very informative website on sports psychology. It talks about sports psychology as a profession, how to use it in everyday life, and discusses studies performed on the subject. It also talks about stress related to athletic performances.

This website provides "mind tools" that you can use during athletic performances. It also gives great tips for setting goals relating to athletic performances.

This website is really great for those who want to improve their mental toughness in sports related activities. It talks about concentration, confidence, and control for athletes.

This is a very informative website on the subject of sports psychology. It has tips on ways mental training. It also gives advice to coaches.

This is a great website if you are looking for different studies related to sports psychology. It shows what the results were for every study and how it relates back to the subject of sports psychology.

I used this website for my PLN. It talks about what athletes go through when they are injured and the struggles they might face. It gives tips about how sports psychology can help the mind get through intense sports related injuries.

This website talks about the mental imagery you need to improve athletic performances. It also talks about studies that were performed based around sports psychology.

This article discusses tips on how to improve your athletic performance based around the mind and how you think. It discusses that if you visualize succeeding, then you will improve your performance.

I used this article for my PLN. It discusses the psychotherapy area related to sports psychology. Different doctors discuss the topic of sports psychotherapy.

I used this blog for my PLN. It talks about psychology and different relaxation tips to use during athletic performances.

In her blog, Cammy Bean discusses her exploration on the Gin System, a group interative network (GIN) that keeps groups of people connected, whether it be a company, an athletic department, or fraternity or sorority. Many different groups of people can stay organized and connected using one program--The Gin System. (Note: The Gin System can be linked into facebook, making it even more convenient and useful for a large population of people.)

Who are you? In today's society, people are using the internet, especially social networking sites, to establish their identity. This blog describes how to create a social media strategy. It discusses social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Blogging, and Twitter, among others.