IT 104: Introduction to Computing

What is a wiki? -- Get an introduction to wikis and how they work in this article from Computerworld.

• Wiki -- This Wikipedia provides an overview of wikis.
• Wikis in Plain English (YouTube Video)  Watch this video to learn more about wikis.
  • Link:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY&feature=BFa&list=PL2B7D5E72D6D311A8&lf=results_video
• Wiki tools:
  Google Sites -- Google Sites are great to use if you are workingn on a group project, planning an event with friends ot staying in touch with friends and family.
   Wikispaces  -- This subscription site provides free wikis to educators.

Google Docs -- A Tour  -- Learn about the features of Google Docs and more!

•  Google Docs Basics (YouTube Video Collection)  -- Use this collection of videos to become a Google Docs expert!
• Use the Google Docs Collection (Google) to learn more about this tool.
• Google Docs in Plain English (YouTube Video)  -- Watch this video for help with Google Docs.
  • Video Link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muVUA-sKcc4&feature=BFa&list=PL2B7D5E72D6D311A8&lf=results_video 

What is RSS?  RSS is defined here.

• RSS in Plain English (YouTube Video)  View this video to learn about RSS feeds. 
  • Video Link:  https://youtu.be/0klgLsSxGsU?list=PL2B7D5E72D6D311A8

• RSS Example:
       CNN's Top Stories  Get the latest news stories on CNN from this feed.
   

How Podcasting Works

• How to Start a Podcast:  A Step-by-Step Podcasting Tutorial  (YouTube Video)  -- This tutorial covers everything you need to know from equipment and software to editing and more!

Link:  youtu.be/xu2QNUY5iyk?list=PLzJ1r4EGn-enCMU1kPstXd7e1SjI3jP_O

• Podcasting -- This tutorial from the Berkley Media Center uses Garage Band to help users create their first podcast.

Social Networking in Plain English (YouTube Video)  Link:  https://youtu.be/6a_KF7TYKVc?list=PL2B7D5E72D6D311A8

• Social Networking Sites:--
• Facebook  -- The most popular social media website in the world!  Find your friends!  
• MySpace  -- Use this social media website to find music and videos.  Join the community to talk about music.
• LinkedIn

          1.  What is LinkedIn? (YouTube Video)  What is LinkedIn and how does it work: Find out here.   

​Link:  https://youtu.be/IzT3JVUGUzM

                     2.  LinkedIn in for Students: Your career starts here​   (YouTube Video) 

                                Link:  https://youtu.be/YWp6AN00D_c 

•  LiveJournal -- Join the LiveJournal community to share your live stories, exchange ideas and give advice.

Social Bookmarking (YouTube Video)   Get an introduction to social bookmarking in this video

Link:  www.commoncraft.com/video/social-bookmarking

• Social Tagging (YouTube Video)  Get your questions about social tagging answered!

Link:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=42sSTPU5M-Y&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL58C7D83B87DAFDDD

• Social Bookmarking and Tagging Sites:
       del.icio.us --Use the del.ico.us bookmarklet to save, organize and remember interesting and useful web links 
       Diigo -- SImplify your learning!  Collect, tag, save and share what you are reading online.  
       Digg  -- A popular source of news on the Internet, Digg delivers trending, interesting stories to its readers.

• YouTube -- Find videos to entertain you, learn something new or just amaze you!  Share your own videos here on YouTube!
• Vimeo --  Create or find videos, store them and share them with others in the VImeo community.
• Flickr -- Flickr is a great place to organize, store and share your photographs and videos with the world or just your closest friends! on Flickr.
• WeTransfer  -- If you need to transfer big files, check out WeTransfer.  Their free transfer version allows users to transfer up to 2 GB in one transfer (one file or many files).  Files can be transferred to up to 20 people in on transfer.