Tech Tools and Toys: All FREE on the Internet! Dorothy Barr Ernst Mayr Library Harvard University...

Tech Tools and Toys:

All FREE on the Internet!

Dorothy BarrErnst Mayr LibraryHarvard UniversityCambridge MA USA

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Full Disclosure:

i am not a geek

i am lazy

i am impatient

So many tools …

o Blogso Wikiso RSS feedso Social bookmarkingo All kinds of Web 2.0 toys --

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Such as ...

o Twittero Reddito Babbledogo BoingBoingo Slashdoto OOVOOo etc. etc. etc.

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Not to mention:

o Facebooko MySpaceo Second Life

o Etc. etc. etc. …

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Instead ...

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RSS Feeds

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What ARE feeds?

oLet you see when websites add new content

oGathers them in one place

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What do you need?

oA feed reader

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Then …

oDecide what content you want to get

oLook for the icon:

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Social Bookmarking

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http://del.icio.us

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So what does it do?Lets you save websites you want to revisit

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Questions?Dorothy Barr

dbarr@oeb.harvard.edu

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