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Presented by:Sheila HoetgerDavid Mitchell
Latest and Greatest in Technology
•Quick Definition•Sharing•Communicating•User Driven
•Useful Sites•www.go2web20.net•www.allmyfaves.com
Web 2.0
What is it? – Voice Over Internet Protocol Uses How to get it? www.skype.com Examples Handout – Getting Started on Skype
Twitter is a micro-blogging site in which you can post articles comprised of 140 characters or fewer.
Twitter is a connectivity tool that acts like a giant conversation. You can read what others are saying, and they can read what you are saying.
Best Explained - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o
Getting Started on Twitter
A Twitter account is free. It is easy to start, and only takes a couple of minutes. Start Your Twitter Account here.
A ‘tweet’ is a post. Any time you post a new thought, idea, announcement or link, it is referred to as a ‘tweet’.
To monitor what someone is writing, you ‘follow’ them. When you follow someone, their posts appear in your Twitter feed on your Home Page.
Twitter Uses?
Uses Personal vs. Professional Who twitters? Why Twitter?
Who is on Twitter? Link here
Blogs
A blog (weblog) is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material.
Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order.
Now becoming a verb – blogging Best explained - http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI
Examples?
RSS Feeds
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a family of web feeds use to publish works such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, video, etc.
Best explained - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU
Examples Google Reader Pageflakes
Questions?
Wiki (website) - http://tech-4-educators.wikispaces.com/
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