SOCIAL BOOKMARKING

What is Social Bookmarking? Web-based saving, organizing and sharing of favorite links. Free Public or private Links are accessible to the public through a specific network or website service. Other users can search and view links by topic, category or randomly.

Today’s Most Popular Social Bookmarking Website del.icio.us Started in 2003 as a hobby and informal way to share web pages with friends. Purchased by Yahoo! in 2005

Tags What are tags? Tagging Tips Keywords that you use to describe a bookmark. Can be renamed or deleted at any time. Can use as many as you like. Can be categorized for easy reference. Listed alphabetically. Tagging Tips If you want to combine words in one tag, mash or use punctuation to separate: InformationLiteracy information_literacy Tags are not case-sensitive. Be consistent. Careful with your spelling!

HOW DO I CREATE A DEL.ICIO.US ACCOUNT? Go to Delicious.com. Click “Get Started” Fill in required registration information Add Delicious buttons to browser Start bookmarking sites Start Sharing

Podcasting Podcasting is the distribution of audio (or video) files similar to radio programs over the Internet for listening on a media player or personal computer. Podcasting Vocabulary Words Aggregator: browser/player for media RSS: really simple syndication

My Podcast.com Hardware and Software Audacity.com Audio Video Audio Recording MP3 Recorder Microphones Speakers Video Recording Webcam, digital camera, cell phone Monitor Computer Sound card Inputs Hardware Audio Mixing Editing Video Audacity.com My Podcast.com

Podcast Content Commentary – on TV programs, sports Tours – museum, city, etc. Literature – story, play or poetry Guest speaker Class lectures or notes Authentic foreign language speech Conferences – keynotes, sessions Music – commercial or original News Interview Humor

Finding Podcasts iTunes YouTube/TeacherTube/SchoolTube, etc. Education Podcast Network Learn Out Loud Podcast Alley Podcast Central

Examples David Warlick – Connected Learning http://davidwarlick.com/connectlearning/ Annette Lamb – High Tech Learning http://eduscapes.com/hightech/spaces/blogs/podcast.htm Mrs Smith – Tuscola 4th Grade SmithCast http://www.mrsssmith.com/ Tim McCullum – Charleston Middle School 8th grade http://ux1.eiu.edu/~tmccollum/macsci.html Bobby Bucket – bucket of books http://www.bobbybucket.com/blog/B96573213/index.html Mr Gates – 2nd Grade Podcasts http://lms.saisd.net/cblog/index.php?blog=6&cat=84 Kathy Schrock – Nauset Technology News http://odeo.com/audio/460530/play Education Podcast Network http://www.epnweb.org/ Apple iTunes – Podcast http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/ (look for podcast link Apple iTunes-U www.apple.com/itunesu/

Characteristics of a Good Podcast Consistent format Even pacing of audio and consistent volume – little use of ahh, umm, ok, like and other distracting audio noises Focused SHORT and organized (2 to 5 minutes) Break into sections with good transitions, and teasers. Topic of interest to listeners

Basic Podcast Format Opening Theme / Theme Music Introduction with topic for the episode Opening Segment (interview, discussion, ..) Lead into break with a teaser Music interlude (commercial etc) Pickup after break and lead into Teaser Answer 2nd segment content Continue Wrap-up Summarize key points Play off with theme music or sound effect

RSS RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication". It is a way to easily distribute a list of headlines, update notices, and content to a wide number of people. Two Parts Feeds – These are the actual content items that are produced by web authors. These could be taken from blogs, journals, news sites, etc. Aggregators – An aggregator is a program or site that collects the feeds for reading. Aggregators can be installed as stand-alone programs, or they can be web-based.

Advantages of RSS By using an aggregator, you can read feeds from multiple websites in one location. Most blogs now have feeds, and more journals and news sites are adding them. Organization No SPAM No Pop-Ups

How to find RSS feeds Look for a button like these within a site: