Twitter in Plain English - Common Craft - Our Product is Explana. So, what are you doing? It's one of the first questions we often ask friends and family. Even if the answer is just mowing the lawn or cooking dinner, it's interesting to us. It makes us feel connected and a part of each other's lives. Unfortunately, most of our day-to-day lives are hidden from people that care. Booooo! Of course, we have email and blogs and phones to keep us connected, but you wouldn't send an email to tell a friend you're having coffee - your friend doesn't need to know that. RSS in Plain English - Common Craft - Our Product is Explanation. The Internet has problems. Technorati says there are 50 million weblogs, and as you can see, it's going up.
This is overwhelming. Today's show is about a new and efficient way to keep up with all this cool stuff that's happening on the Internet. I'm going to talk about two ways that you can keep up with what's happening on the Web. This is you, and here are your favorite websites. Now, let's consider the new and fast way, which is simply taking these arrows and turning them the other direction. So, what we're talking about is using a single website that becomes your home for reading all the new stuff that's coming from your favorite websites.
The first step is you need a home for reading new posts. Step number two, is to set up a connection between your reader and your favorite websites. To set up these subscriptions, you just need to look for funny little icons. After you click that button, one of two types of pages will appear. A quick recap. Social Media in Plain English - Common Craft - Our Product is Ex. I’m sure you’ve heard the buzz. Social Media may be the next big thing.
What’s it all about? Let’s take a visit to Scoopville, a town that’s famous for ice cream. For over 20 years, Big Ice Cream Company has been making high quality ice cream with a big factory in town. The residents of the town were content. The Smiths decided to make pineapple ice cream. Of course, some ice cream was more popular than others and that was okay. It didn’t always come from a factory. When they arrived, however, there seemed to be a problem. Franklin had an idea for his ice cream. At a glance, visitors could tell what his ice cream was all about, and learn from people like them. Soon, a few things became clear. The combination of new technology and new ways to work with customers helped the residents feel like a unique community. Today, everyone has a chance to make their own flavors, thanks to free tools like blogs, podcasts, and video sharing.
Wikis in Plain English - Common Craft - Our Product is Explanati. These four friends are going on a camping trip. They need to bring the right supplies because they're backpacking. The group needs to plan and plan well, so coordination is key. They're all computer users, so they start planning with an email. It's start with one, but then becomes a barrage. Email is not good at coordinating and organizing a group's input. This is the old way - Booo! The important information is scattered across everyone's inbox. There is a better way. Most wikis work the same. The buttons are really important. Here are our camping friends and here is a wiki website. Once you're finished editing, you click save and the document becomes a webpage once again, and is ready for the next person to edit it - easy!
Edit - Write - and Save. Mary signs up for a wiki site and then sees the new site for the first time. Now it's John's turn. Henry visits the wiki, clicks edit and he can edit the page. Frank saves the page and realizes something awesome. But wait! Social Bookmarking in Plain English - Common Craft - Our Product.
It's just too much. Did you know that there are over 15 billion web pages? To make sense of it all, we need to pluck out the best pages and save them for later. We have choices. We could bookmark or add to favorites in our web browser. Nah, it quickly becomes messy. Plus, these bookmarks are tied to only one computer. This is the old way. There's a new way that doesn't use a browser. We'll focus on three things: How to get started with bookmarking, how bookmarks are organized by tags, and why this kind of bookmarking is social. First, go to delicious.com to sign up for a free account.
Consider this example, you are a teacher who often uses the web to find math lessons for 8th graders. Here's what happens when you tag a site: a new window opens and asks for more information. When you save a page like this, two things happen. Let's fast forward two months to make our second point: Why tags are so important. Think about your fellow teachers. Think about it this way. Online Photo Sharing in Plain English - Common Craft - Our Produ. When asked what should be saved in a fire, along with family and pets, people often choose photos. If photos mean a lot to you, it's time to learn why keeping them on the web makes sense. As you know, cameras and photography have changed.
What used to appear on paper, now appears on computers and phones. No matter the format, we still love our photos and now they they have new powers. First, let's be practical. Now, because photos can be uploaded to a web site, all sorts of cool things are possible. You visit the Grand Canyon and take beautiful photos. Now, let's look at the new way with a popular service I use called Flickr. You visit the Grand Canyon and take beautiful photos with a digital camera. But it doesn't stop there. Now, once your photos are online and findable, it's time to look at another fun part of online photo sharing - the actual sharing. So, try sharing your online photos with the public. So, photo sharing sites like Flickr do two things really well: Social Networking in Plain English - Common Craft - Our Product.
Networks get things done. Whether it's sending a letter or lighting your home. Networks make it happen. To get from Chicago to Santa Fe, we need to see the network of roads that will get us there. We see that Chicago is connected to St Louis, which is connected to Dallas, which is connected to Santa Fe. Of course, people networks can help us with finding jobs, meeting new friends, and finding partners.
The problem with social networks in the real world is that most of the connections between people are hidden. This problem is being solved by a type of web site called a social networking site. Here's how it works. When you find someone, you click a button that says, "Add as Friend". What's really cool, is that you can see who your friends know, and who your friends' friends know. This solves a real world problem because your network has hidden opportunities. Blogs in Plain English - Common Craft - Our Product is Explanati.
You've seen the word, you've seen the web sites and you may even have one. But have you ever wondered: What's the big deal about blogs? To make sense of blogs, you have to think about the news and who makes it. We'll look at news in the 20th vs. the 21st century to make our point. In the 20th century, the news was produced professionally. The 21st century marked the point where news became both professional and personal. As blogs became popular, they created millions of news sources and gave everyone an audience for their own version of news. With a blog...A business owner can share news about his business A mother can share news about her family Or a sport star can share news with fans These people are all "bloggers".
How did this happen? Blogs are websites that are organized by blog posts - these are individual news stories, like articles in the paper. Also, Each blog post can become a discussion through comments left by readers. Speaking of relationships, bloggers often work together. Podcasting in Plain English - Common Craft - Our Product is Expl. Remember the good old days of TV and radio?
Everyone would gather around to be entertained. Shows were broadcast at specific times and if you weren't there on time, you missed it <boo>. Broadcasts disappeared into the ether. Well, things have changed. Here's the big idea. Thanks to podcasting, show times don't matter. When a new show is created, podcasting gives you a way to capture it and take it with you to watch or listen to later - usually for free.
Here are three reasons why podcasting is becoming so popular. The first is that anyone can do it. The second is subscriptions. The third reason is gadgetry. So, let's look at how Jason uses podcasts. He uses the web everyday, rides the bus to work and loves Japanese culture. Recently he found a podcast by a Western couple living in Tokyo. Podcasting made it happen. Web Search Strategies in Plain English - Common Craft - Our Prod. The Web may seem like a vast ocean when it comes to finding something you need. Thankfully, search engines can help turn oceans of information into small pools that make finding information easier.
Before we dive in, let’s talk a bit about how search works on the Web. Search engines go out and try to account for every word on every webpage. All this information is then organized for easy reference. When you search for a word, the search engine finds all the pages where the word appears, and displays them in the search results. Usually the pages that appear highest in the search results have lots of other web pages linking to them. The problem is that there are often too many results. Say you’re looking for a specific kind of fish, and these represent all the websites on the Web. Try to imagine the exact fish and describe it in the search box. But to be a smart searcher, you should know some basic shortcuts. Here’s another shortcut. Twitter Search in Plain English - Common Craft - Our Product is. It seems like everyone is using Twitter these days. You know, sharing little messages with each other on phones and computers.
It turns out that all these little messages, if you look at them all at once, become an easy way to find people, news and trends. Let's get started by visiting Twitterville. This town represents all the people using Twitter. There are millions of them and they're constantly talking to each other and sharing information 140 characters at a time. The typical townsperson only sees part of the messages, or "tweets" and that's fine - there are way too many to follow them all. But if all the tweets could be captured and organized all the time, amazing things could be possible. For instance, meet Roy of Ice Cream by Roy.
It's also a great way to learn about news. Every minute of every day on Twitter, people are using some words more than others. On Twitter, the most used words are known as trends and they're a great way to see what's interesting on Twitter. Life After Death by Powerpoint 2010. 21st Century Education in New Brunswick, Canada. Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?