Workplace Technologies

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Workplace Technologies

• Equipment
• in the
• Changing Workplace

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Whats New?

• Computer Equipment
• Communication Equipment
• Input Technology
• Job Search Technology
• Office Environment

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COMPUTER EQUIPMENT
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Mobile PC

• MOBILE PC
• OverviewA combined phone and organizer, it
  includes pocket versions of Microsoft Word and
  Excel, an Internet browser, the Windows Media
  Player and Instant Messaging.

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TABLET

• TABLET
• OVERVIEW
• Convertible Tablet PC helps you to capture,
  organize and communicate information effectively.
  Featuring Intel Centrino mobile technology and
  a 12.1" LCD screen, the V1250 offers built-in
  support for wireless, wired and dial-up
  networking

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Communication Equipment

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BLACKBERRY

• BlackBerry
• Overview
• BlackBerry is a wireless extension of your email
  mailbox that allows you to send, receive, forward
  and reply to messages at your convenience.

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PALM PDA

• Palm PDA
• Overview
• Quickly transfer your calendar, contacts, tasks,
  notes and email from Outlook to your handheld.
  The handheld features color-coded appointments,
  daily, weekly and annual calendar views, and the
  ability to store multiple addresses for a single
  entry.

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Input Equipment

• Voice Recognition Software
• Overview
• Dragon NaturallySpeaking turns speech into text
  at up to 160 words-per-minute, and allows users
  to control Microsoft Windows and their PC
  applications completely by voice.

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Office Location

• Virtual Assistant
• Overview
• A Virtual Assistant (VA) is an independent
  entrepreneur providing administrative, creative
  and/or technical services. Utilizing advanced
  technological modes of communication and data
  delivery, a professional VA assists clients in
  his/her area of expertise from his/her own office
  on a contractual basis."

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Job search technology

• Electronic Portfolio
• Overview
• An electronic portfolio is
• a collection of authentic and diverse evidence,
• drawn from a larger archive representing what a
  person or organization has learned over time
• on which the person or organization has
  reflected, and designed for presentation to one
  or more audiences for a particular rhetorical
  purpose.

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Surviving Change
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SURVIVOR THE OFFICECHANGE IS OK!

• DVD FOR INSTRUCTOR USE
• PowerPoint Presentations
• Filmed Interviews with Professionals
• ENHANCE DEMONSTRATIONS
• Student Projects
• Internet Research
• Field Trips
• Guest Speakers
• Career Research

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INFORMATION

• Teresa Savarese
• San Diego City College
• Marg Taylor
• Coastline Community College
• Kathy Striebel
• MiraCosta College
• MaryAnn Watson
• Orange Coast College
• Donna Anderson
• Solano College