Presented by: Sheila Hoetger David Mitchell
Quick Definition Sharing Communicating User Driven Useful Sites
What is it? – Voice Over Internet Protocol Uses How to get it? 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 -
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.
Uses Personal vs. Professional Who twitters? Why Twitter? Who is on Twitter? Link here
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 Examples?
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 Examples Google Reader Pageflakes Pageflakes
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