Google Docs – An Introduction
Today I am going to introduce Google Documents to the social workers that read this blog and may not know how to use it.
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Social Work Tech: Empowering Social Work
Digital Storytelling
Auditory Appreciation I’m the type of person that loves to listen to audio, be it music, broadcast, radio. Maybe it’s the social worker in me that loves to listen, decipher, analyze, contemplate, re-frame, and visualize without actually being in the time and place that the client was at in the story they’re telling me.
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Editorial: The shining future of Social Work Tech Blog!
Dear Reader, I hope that you are well and that things are manageable in your life: Things have been a little busy for me due to being in semester 3 (of 4) of my graduate-level education.
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Genogram (Created on iPad)
In my Health/Mental Health in Social Work Practice class the other day, we were given an vignette to read and analyze. As my group discussed the case, I worked on compiling a genogram: Read more, after the break!
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iPad, Me and the Upcoming Semester: Going Paperless
One geek fantasy that I had since iPad was announced was eliminating a certain nightmare: Paperless Challenge I’m looking forward to (attempting) to use my iPad as a machine that eliminates my dependence on as much paper as I can, which means utilization of my scanner and tech skills to make this happen.
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Google Reader – An Introduction
Many of you probably don’t use Google Reader or know what RSS is, but I’m here to help.
Evernote – An Introduction
Evernote is a free service that allows you to take and store notes in different formats – text, image (picture/scanned), or audio.
An Art Exercise I Made!
This is an art exercise that I made while completing my first year MSW internship! 🙂 The child draws out his or her name on the canvass however they want The child draws stars out Inside the stars, the child will write out things that they value Easy-peasy on the iPad with the kids I…
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Everything in Contxt: Digital Business Cards
The Unofficial Apple Weblog recently posted an article about Five Applications for the Conference-goer. One of them stood out and its free! Contxt is a service that acts as a digital business card and the basic features of free for this service. Well, technically freemium. Freemium means that it’s basic features are free, but more…
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My iPad and Me in Social Work Practice… Chapter 1: Introduction
My iPad and I make quite the dynamic duo when it comes to practicing social work. I’m not going to hide the fact that I’m an Apple fanboy. When I saw the iPad come out, I was dismayed with it’s lack of USB port, no Adobe Flash playing capabilities, and virtual keyboard. Despite this, I…
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