21st+Century+Technology+Tour

Google Docs is a free Web-based application in which documents and spreadsheets can be created, edited and stored online. Files can be accessed from any computer with an Internet connection and a full-featured Web browser. Google Docs is a part of a comprehensive package of online applications offered by and associated with Google. []
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Delicious is one of the most popular social bookmarking services. It is a social bookmarking web service for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks. []
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**Blog **: 12 Website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal while readers may comment on posts. Entries typically appear in reverse chronological order. definition of blog found at: **http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blog

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 * A wiki is a Web site that allows users to add and update content on the site using their own Web browser. This is made possible by Wiki software that runs on the Web server. Wikis end up being created mainly by a collaborative effort of the site visitors. A great example of a large wiki is the Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia in many languages that anyone can edit. The term "wiki" comes from the Hawaiian phrase, "wiki wiki," which means "super fast." I guess if you have thousands of users adding content to a Web site on a regular basis, the site could grow "super fast."

Animoto 2 ** A web application that produces videos from user-selected photos, video clips and music. Animoto analyzes the provided photos, video clips and music, using them to generate a video similar to a trailer. According to the website, the song is analyzed, producing a unique video every time. The site also claims that no two videos are ever the same. http://animoto.com/  Podcast 4 A podcast is a pre-recorded audio program that's posted to a website and is made available for download so people can listen to them on personal computers or mobile devices. Podcasting takes its name from Apple's popular iPod line of products, but it isn't limited only to iPod owners and listeners. What distinguishes a podcast from other types of audio products on the internet is that a podcaster can solicit subscriptions from listeners, so that when new podcasts are released, they can automatically be delivered, or fed, to a subscriber's computer or mobile device. Usually, the podcast features an audio show with new episodes that are fed to your computer either sporadically or at planned intervals, such as daily or weekly. Just like the old radio serials of the 1930s and 40s, this format encourages listeners to subscribe so they can find out "what happens next."

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">A very popular instant messaging system that lets a person send brief text messages up to 140 characters in length to a list of followers. Launched in 2006, Twitter was designed as a social network to keep friends and colleagues informed throughout the day. However, it became widely used for commercial and political purposes to keep customers, constituents and fans up-to-date as well as to solicit feedback.
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After establishing a Twitter account at http://twitter.com ,individuals can import their e-mail addresses as well as use the Twitter search to locate and invite people. Twitter messages ("tweets") can be made public and sent to anyone requesting the feed, or they can be sent only to approved followers.

Messages can be sent and received via cellphone text messaging (SMS), the Twitter Web site or a third-party Twitter application. A MySpace account can also be updated. To follow a Twitter feed, the Twitter site and feed name become the URL; for example, Microsoft's Twitter feed is www.twitter.com/microsoft. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> ebooks 5 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">eBooks are digital copies of print books, but they are more than just pages on a screen. They are dynamic teaching tools that enhance learning, both in the library and the classroom. With an eBook, a grammar lesson comes to life as a teacher uses a graphic novel to diagram sentences. Beginning readers learn new vocabulary words as a librarian highlights them on the screen. Students doing research easily search for and take notes on important information with the eBook’s embedded tools. [] [|http://library.netxv.net]

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 111%;">7 Things About Documents from Educause Learning Initiative <span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal;"> [|www.educause.edu]