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Blogs, Tags and More: Making Sense (and Use) of New Internet Technologies

Start Your Own Blog, Wiki, Podcast, and More

These are some examples of services for blogging, tagging, wikis, feed burners and feed readers, podcasting, photocasting, and other "read / write" internet technologies. Most require that you sign up for a (typically free) account, using an e-mail address and password. Some services charge a fee for "premium" offerings, such as access to special features or an ad-free environment, but most of these will allow a free preview.

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Blogging Services - sign up for these services to create your own blog - a cross between a web page and a journal.

Edublogs - a free blogging service for educators, using Word Press <http://edublogs.org/>
Learnerblogs - a free blogging service for students, using Word Press <http://learnerblogs.org/>
Blogger - a popular free blogging service <www.blogger.com/start>

Tagging & Bookmarking Services - sign up to create and maintain dynamic, categorized bookmarks on the web.

Del.icio.us - A free and well-known social bookmarking service allows you to create both public and private bookmarks and assign them to your own categories ('tags'). http://del.icio.us/
BlinkList - Like Del.icio.us, BlinkList provides quick web-based bookmarks with categories, and it can include small "snapshots" of the sites you tag so you can tell at a glance what the web site is www.blinklist.com
Furl - Also free, Furl has fewer users but more options than del.icio.us www.furl.net

Wikis - Create simple web pages that groups, friends, and families can edit together

PB Wiki - Free wiki pbwiki.com
WikiSpaces - Free or pay for a private, ad-free wiki. Teachers can get a free wikispace when they sign up for Edublogs <www.wikispaces.com/>

RSS Feed Creators - use these services and software programs to create feeds to generate from your web site, send by e-mail and more.

Your Blog - Most blogs and tagging services come with the capacity to generate an RSS feed address for subscribers
Feed Burner - Manage your feeds from your blogs, podcasts and more and 'boost your audience' <www.feedburner.com/>
RSS Specifications - Everything you need to know about RSS <www.rss-specifications.com/>

RSS Feed Readers - also called aggregators, a feed reader collects RSS and ATOM feeds from the web feeds you choose to subscribe to. Some are web-based, some integrate with your browser, and others are dedicated software applications.

Safari - Apple's web browser for the Mac includes a built-in feed reader <www.apple.com/>
Bloglines - a web-based feed reader. You create your own page of news feeds based on the siges you like <www.bloglines.com/>
Google Reader - a web-based feed reader that can integrate with custom Google home pages <www.google.com/reader>
More feed reader information on the web

Podcasting -

iTunes & Garage Band -
Audacity - a free sound editing program for Mac or PC; use it to record your podcast. audacity.sourceforge.net
Mighty Seek PodPress - http://www.mightyseek.com/podpress/
GoogleBase - a place to upload your podcast. http://google.com/base/help/mktgpodcasting.html?utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na_us-syn&utm_medium=ha&utm_content=podcasting&utm_term=podcasts

Photocasting -

Flick'r - one of the more well known photo sharing sites which uses tagging to categorize, find and share photos <www.flickr.com/>
BubbleShare - create digital stories by sharing your photos, adding captions and more <www.bubbleshare.com/>
Picasa - Windows-only photosharing by Google.
iPhoto and iWeb - Apple's own integrated photosharing uses iPhoto, iWeb and often (but not necessarily) a .Mac account from Apple <>

Fabulous Firefox Add-ons - These add-ons extend the capabilities of the free Firefox web browser

Performancing - essential for bloggers! A pop-up window allows you to instantly post items to your blog(s) and even assign categories. Quick and simple!
Del.icio.us Toolbar - Tag web sites from within Firefox. This add-on puts buttons on your Firefox toolbar to jump to your Del.icio.us site and to tag any web page you are visiting.
BlinkList Toolbar -
Answers - right-click or control+click a word on any web page and get a definition and more <>

Great Google Add-ons - Get a custom Google home page and enhance it with free add-ons such as:

Calendar - create and maintain a calendar for private or public use. Control who can view and/or edit your calendar. Have Google send reminders to your e-mail or cell phone.
Page Creator - free and easy-to-create web pages with simple customizing options
Google Groups - stay in touch with a group of people with similar interests or tasks.
G-mail (free e-mail), Weather, Bookmarks, To-do Lists, Games and more

Interactive Software - These online tools allow you to conduct meetings, take notes, create spreadsheets, word docs, art and more.

Moodle - a free 'open-source' course management system for educators who want to create online learning communities http://moodle.org/
Google Home Page -
Backpack -
Basecamp -
Kaboodle -

More - Other less-categorizable interactive web services to explore

ClusterMaps - show where in the world your web visitors are from <http://clustrmaps.com/> example -


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