Glossary+of+Terms

Social Media Glossary Audacity: a free, cross-platform audio editing program Blog: The term is short for "web-log." A website where individuals make posts and allow others to contribute using comments that appear in a sequential manner. Blogger : an online, free blogging platform owned by Google. Delicious : a social bookmarking service Digital Footprint: A record of online activity that is taken from interaction on websites. Diigo : a social bookmarking service GarageBand : a Macintosh program for recording, making music, teaching to play instruments and producing podcasts Instant Messaging: Type of chat that can be used to communicate. Ning: [|PBWORKS]: An easy-to-use wiki. Get a free wiki, or pay for upgrades, if desired. (Formerly pbwiki) [|Podcasting]: An audio or visual file uploaded to the internet for public viewing. Many podcasts can be subscribed to using an RSS feed. Social Bookmarking: Bookmarks that are hosted on an online service which can be accessed on any computer. These bookmarks are shared and can be visible to anyone. Social Media: User created content designed in a collaboratory environment where users share opinions, knowledge, and information with each other. Twitter : the largest micro-blogging platform (postings are limited to 140 characters). Free to join and participate. Wiki: A document that can be edited by users and then turned into a webpage. Allows for hyperlnking and document hosting. Wikispaces
 * Google Docs:** Create online documents, spreadsheets, and presentations and share them with others, allowing them to view your work online, or even edit the documents collaboratively. Requires a Google account.
 * LinkedIn:** A social network site that tends to focus on professional relationships, such as people you know in this industry or at that company.
 * Micro Blog:** One of many offered internet based services that posts, streams, and allows users to "follow" the posts of users. Usually requires all posts be 140 characters or less. Some populare micro blogging sites are [|Twitter] and [|Plurk].
 * Moodle:** An open source classroom management system. Similar to BlackBoard or WebCT at the university level. You can pay to have someone host your moodle sites, or you can host your own moodle server.
 * Skype:**
 * VoiceThread:** Like a discussion board, but with the ability to comment with audio, video, chat, and drawing tools.