1. The Web, Social Networks and eXtension Craig H. Wood craig.wood@uky.edu Agriculture Communications Services

2. Session Agenda 1.Today’s Internet 2.Syndications Aggregators 3.Social Applications Widgets, Blogs, and Searches 4.Community Networks Facebook, YouTube, Del.icio.us, Second Life 5.eXtension The Web, Social Networks and eXtensionCraig Wood

3. 1.Today’s Internet The Web, Social Networks and eXtensionCraig Wood The Web, Social Networks and eXtension

4. Today’s Internet Changed dramatically “Come to me Web” web 2.0 “Go to Web” “User-generated” content

5. 2.Syndication Aggregators The Web, Social Networks and eXtensionCraig Wood The Web, Social Networks and eXtension

6. RSS - Really Simple Syndication ATOM – just ATOM The Web, Social Networks and eXtensionSyndication Aggregators RSS and Atom files provide information updates from a website. Read these files in a program called an “aggregator”, which collects information from various websites and provides it to you in a simple form.

7. Which Aggregator to Use? The Web, Social Networks and eXtensionSyndication Aggregators Most current Web browsers IE 7 and Firefox 2.0 (www.mozilla.com/firefox) Windows – SharpReader (www.sharpreader.net)www.sharpreader.net Mac – NetNewsWire (www.newsgator.com/Individuals/NetNewsWire/)www.newsgator.com/Individuals/NetNewsWire/ Linux – Straw (www.gnome.org/projects/straw/)

8. 3.Social Applications The Web, Social Networks and eXtensionCraig Wood The Web, Social Networks and eXtension

9. Widgets (Gadgets) An object used to hold data and present an interactive graphical interface to the user. The Web, Social Networks and eXtensionSocial Applications

10. Blogs A type of website that is usually arranged in chronological order from the most recent ‘post’ (or entry) at the top of the main page to the older entries towards the bottom. The Web, Social Networks and eXtensionSocial Applications Custom Searches

11. 4.Community Networks The Web, Social Networks and eXtensionCraig Wood The Web, Social Networks and eXtension

12. Community Networks del.icio.us Broadcast Yourself

13. The Web, Social Networks and eXtension Questions? THANK YOU!Craig Wood