1. Blogs and Feeds and the Government, Oh My! Jodi Carlson Heather Tompkins Amy West September 28, 2006

2. Social software enables people to rendezvous, connect or collaborate through computer-mediated communication and to form online communities. -- Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. E-mail E-mail Internet Internet Instant Messaging (IM) Instant Messaging (IM) Blogs Blogs Photo-sharing sites Photo-sharing sites RSS Feeds/Readers RSS Feeds/Readers Social Bookmarking Social Bookmarking Wikis Wikis Browser Extensions Browser Extensions Online Software Online Software Podcasting Podcasting

3. Outline for this afternoon Broad categories of uses Broad categories of uses –Professional Development –Collaboration –Curricular Applications Tips for Finding and Evaluating Tips for Finding and Evaluating Tools we Love Tools we Love Discussion Discussion

4. Professional Development Keeping Current

5. Professional Development Sharing Expertise

6. Collaboration Preparation for this panel done via Yahoo! conference chat. Preparation for this panel done via Yahoo! conference chat.

7. Collaboration Using Instant Messaging for VR Using Instant Messaging for VR Trillan Pro— Trillan Pro— Meebo Meebo

8. Collaboration

9. Collaboration

10. Collaboration Trillian basic or Trillian Pro can be used monitor multiple IM accounts. Meebo can also be used and it is web-based.

11. Teaching and Learning Group Projects

12. Teaching/Learning Course Prep

13. Teaching/Learning Outreach

14. Teaching and Learning cont. IM reference complements individual appointments and reference desk. IM reference complements individual appointments and reference desk. Online calendars visible by students and faculty. Online calendars visible by students and faculty.

15. Teaching and Learning

16. Don’t Forget the Fun… Hobbies, recreation, other personal interests. Hobbies, recreation, other personal interests. Plan for vacations. Plan for vacations. Keep in touch with friends. Keep in touch with friends. Great way to start experimenting. Great way to start experimenting.

17. Trip Planning

18. Just Because

19. Tips for Finding and Evaluating Monitor sites and blogs that frequently post information about new applications and tools Monitor sites and blogs that frequently post information about new applications and tools –ResearchBuzz, ResourceShelf, Search Engine Watch, Slashdot, lots of others Ask other people what they are using Ask other people what they are using Download.com Download.com

20. Tips for Finding and Evaluating Work preferences Work preferences Computer use Computer use Privacy Privacy Physical Environment Physical Environment Preferences Preferences

21. Tools We Love! Writely.com Writely.com –hard to get in right now Google tools Google tools –includes email, calendar, homepage widgets, page creator, spreadsheet software Gliffy.com Gliffy.com –online flowchart software Firefox/Thunderbird extensions Firefox/Thunderbird extensions –ColorZilla, FeedReaders, Web Developer Tools

22. More Tools We Love! Furl and de.li.cious Furl and de.li.cious Chat clients Chat clients –GTalk, Yahoo, Meebo, In house tools In house tools –databases driving web sites