Haley Nalbone

        LinkedIn can be a very useful tool for somebody in an accounting profession. Successful accountants often use LinkedIn to build relationships or referral partnerships, have conversations with clients or potential partners, and establish their trustworthiness. You can easily join partnerships that will promote you and bring in more clients. In addition, an effective way to get more clients is by sharing tips/ articles that may be useful for potential clients. LinkedIn makes this super easy because there is a feature to post anything you want. You could just do a simple post, or post any events, articles, etc., and really anything that you want to share. It's great for educating and communicating with clients as well as sharing news.            LinkedIn is an amazing tool for job searching. In my profile, I can add that I am actively looking for a job and add any specifications. This makes me searchabl...

         In chapter 5 of  The Connected Educator , authors  Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Lani Ritter Hall review the many tools and technologies that are available to support connected learning.           First, there are online tools for documenting and archiving learning. Basically these tools would be used for keeping track of things you find online. Three of this type of tools mentioned by Nussbaum-Beach and Hall are Social Bookmarking (tagging), Delicious, and Diigo and they are used for categorizing, archiving, and bookmarking content. College students often need to save websites to refer back to or categorize content searches. In my future profession as an accountant, I may need to bookmark websites like accounting/ business magazines, financial literacy, economic news articles, etc.                    Secondly, there are various resources online for connecti...

In chapter 6 of The Connected Educator , authors  Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Lani Ritter Hall guide us through the steps of implementing a connected learning community. The most important part is asking what you want to accomplish and setting goals. To begin, one should choose a tool and think about the outcomes and what you'd want to use the tool for. As a college student, I use blogs for my coursework and this is an example of the many tools to choose from. In my future profession as an accountant, writing and posting blogs could boost my credibility. Constantly writing articles that educate peers and business owners or inform them about important tax and accounting news/ updates will help establish myself as a valuable and useful source. Next, who you follow and connect with is very important for getting started. Accountants typically work and connect with financial professionals and similar professions. Who you connect with depends a great deal on the purpose or focus of your n...

  GoodNotes is a really great app to utilize for note taking, annotating, planning, etc. It is especially great for college students who aim to be organized. As a first year college student, I try to be really organized and keep track of all assignment due dates. GoodNotes allows me to do so by offering a calendar template. I utilize this template and set it up for every month. I found that what works best for me to keep track of due dates is to write each assignment on its due date and highlight them based on class - I created a color key for all of my classes. I can easily review what assignments are due each day and ensure that I allow myself plenty of time to get them done. This helps me not procrastinate so much. Another one of my favorite ways to use GoodNotes is simply for its note taking and annotating use. I take daily notes and this app allows me to do so efficiently. I have notebooks/ folders for each class and can easily keep track of all my notes. They’re always all in...