What is all this technology for?

..and how does it affect me?

Topics• Weblogs (blogs) and Wiki’s

• Podcasting

• Syndication

• Applications

• Google Tools

• Project Management

Blog?...that sounds funny.A blog is a special kind of website.

• Authentic in the first person• Community conversations• Content is very structured

– Dated (newest first)– Archived older files

• you can subscribe to people’s blogs like a newspaper or magazine

Personal Blog http://calweb.blogspot.com

Citizen Journalismhttp://www.audioactivism.org

Community Dialoguehttp://www.orangepolitics.org

Also a Wiki

What can you do with a blog?• Write about your latest revelation

• Share ideas with people from around the world

• Report news on certain issues• Organize people around goals and

rally support, exchange ideas• Use as platform for holding

podcasts and pictures for all to see

Syndication/Aggregators• RSS stand for Real Simple

Syndication– An XML file format standard for

subscribing to blogs

• Aggregators– Bloglines (online)– Google Reader (online)– BottomFeeder– Syndirella– And many, many more!

Special Thanks• Brian Russell of Audio Activism (http://www.audioactivism.org)• Ruby Sinreich of Lotus Media (http://www.lotusmedia.org)• North Carolina Campus Compact (http://www.elon.edu/nccc)• NCCU’s Academic Community Service Learning Program

(http://www.nccu.edu/commserv)

References:Russell, Brian, Sinreich, Ruby; “What’s all this blog stuff? And Why should I

care?” RTPnet Conference on Nonprofit Technology, May 2005, Chapel Hill, NC (online:http://www.audioactivism.org/images/BrianRuby-RTPnetConf05.pdf)

Sol.Net (http://calweb.blogspot.com)AudioActivism (http://www.audioactivism.org)Orange Politics (http://www.orangepolitics.org)Pew Internet & The American Life Project (http://www.pewinternet.org)Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org)Blogger (http://www.blogger.com)Google (http://www.google.com)TypePad (http://www.typepad.com)

Interactive PortionUsing google’s tools and servicesUsing Basecamp for project

management