1. Presented by: Sheila Hoetger David Mitchell

2. Quick Definition Sharing Communicating User Driven Useful Sites www.go2web20.net www.allmyfaves.com

3.  What is it? – Voice Over Internet Protocol  Uses  How to get it?  www.skype.com www.skype.com  Examples  Handout – Getting Started on Skype

4.  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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o

5.  A Twitter account is free. It is easy to start, and only takes a couple of minutes. Start Your Twitter Account here.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.

6.  Uses  Personal vs. Professional  Who twitters?  Why Twitter?  Who is on Twitter?  Link here

7.  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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI  Examples?

8.  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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU  Examples  Google Reader  Pageflakes Pageflakes

9.  Wiki (website) - http://tech-4-educators.wikispaces.com/ http://tech-4-educators.wikispaces.com/ Contact us dmitchel@livoniapublicschools.org shoetger@livoniapublischsools.org