Web 2.0 in Plain English
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RSS
- Some Online RSS readers:
- Google Reader: http://www.google.com/reader
- Bloglines: http://www.bloglines.com
- NewsGator: http://www.newsgator.com
- Some Offline RSS readers:
- Firefox: http://www.getfirefox.com
- Thunderbird: http://www.getthunderbird.com
- FeedReader: http://www.feedreader.com
- RSS Reader: http://www.rssreader.com
- RSS Examples:
- Tech Briefing RSS Feed: http://www.stanford.edu/services/techtraining/techbriefings/techbriefing-fall2008.xml
- Stanford Events:http://events.stanford.edu/xml/rss.xml
- Stanford Daily:http://daily.stanford.edu/xml/rss2
- CNN’s Top Stories:http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss
- NY Times:http://nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
- Creating an RSS Feed (ppt)
- RSS in Plain English (video)
Blogs
- News/Reviews
- Anderson Cooper 360: Blogs from CNN.com: http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/blog/
- Janice Dean the Weather Machine from FOXNews.com: http://weather.blogs.foxnews.com/
- Personal
- Dilbert Blog: http://www.dilbert.com/blog/
- Al Roker's Blog: http://www.roker.com/journal.cfm
- Business
- Tech Training's Blog: http://www.stanford.edu/services/techtraining/news/
- Team to Increase Productivity at Stanford (TIPS): http://tips.stanford.edu/
- Mount Lowe Archaeological Project: http://www.stanford.edu/~scamp/mountlowe/
- Admin Guide 63 (Computing Information Security): http://adminguide.stanford.edu/63.pdf
- IT Services class
- Blogs: Setting Up a Blog at Stanford (ITS-0802)
Learn the basic HTML, CGI, and UNIX tasks necessary to set up and configure blogging software (e.g., Movable Type) on Stanford's web servers.
- Blogs: Setting Up a Blog at Stanford (ITS-0802)
- Blogs in Plain English (video)
Wikis
- Stanford Trainers: http://trainers.stanford.edu
- Stewart Mader's Grow Your Wiki: http://ikiw.org/
- Reconfiguring the Archaeological Sensibility: Mediating Heritage at Teotihuacan, Mexico: http://humanitieslab.stanford.edu/Teotihuacan/1209
- Qwiki -- The Quantum Physics Wiki: http://qwiki.stanford.edu
- Admin Guide 63 (Computing Information Security): http://adminguide.stanford.edu/63.pdf
- IT Services class
- Wikis: Setting Up a Wiki at Stanford (ITS-0804)
A hands-on class teaching the HTML, CGI, and UNIX tasks necessary to set up, configure, and use wiki software on Stanford's web servers
- Wikis: Setting Up a Wiki at Stanford (ITS-0804)
- Wikis in Plain English (video)
Podcasting
- iTunes at Stanford: http://itunes.stanford.edu
- Community iTunes: http://itunes.stanford.edu/community
- Admin Guide 63 (Computing Information Security): http://adminguide.stanford.edu/63.pdf
- IT Services class
- Podcasts: Creating Audio Podcasts at Stanford (ITS-2652)
Audio podcasts that can be heard on a computer or mobile device are becoming increasingly popular. Learn the basics of developing your own podcast.
- Podcasts: Creating Audio Podcasts at Stanford (ITS-2652)
- Podcasting in Plain English (video)
Google Docs and Spreadsheets
- Google Docs and Spreadsheets: http://docs.google.com
- Zoho: http://zoho.com
- Admin Guide 63 (Computing Information Security): http://adminguide.stanford.edu/63.pdf
- Google Docs in Plain English (video)
Search Strategies
- Google Guide: http://www.googleguide.com
- IT Services class
- Using Technology to Increase Your Productivity (ITS-0803)
Pick up tips and tricks to use your computer more wisely. Learn about desktop file management, effectively using e-mail, voicemail, and calendaring programs, security issues, and collaboration tools (blogs, wikis, etc.).
- Using Technology to Increase Your Productivity (ITS-0803)
- Web Search Strategies in Plain English (video)
Social Networking
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/
- facebook: http://www.facebook.com/
- Social Networking in Plain English (video)
Social Bookmarking
- del.icio.us: http://www.delicious.com/
- Social Bookmarking in Plain English (video)
- Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/
- Twitter in Plain English (video)