Glossary of Technology Terms

Blog = Web log: an on-line interactive journal

Wiki from Hawaiian wiki wiki meaning ‘quickly’ a quick means by which to organize and edit often referred to electronic information.

 

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Useful Programs for ICT

MULTIPLE TOOLS!- a comprehensive chart

Audacity (Windows, Macintosh & Linux)

Blender - (Windows, Macintosh & Linux)

Blogger another web log provider

Bloglines a news aggregator or feed reader. Excellent video about RSS

CamStudio

Clipall

Creatoon – (Windows)

Documents powerful online word processor that allows you to collaborate in real time

EverNote – EverNote is a powerful research tool which allows users to store and quickly access typed memos, webpage excerpts, emails, phone messages, addresses, passwords, brainstorms, sketches, documents and more!

IrfanView (and additional plug-ins)

Firefox a web browser that can be personalized with many very helpful tools.

Flickr

GIMP (Windows, Macintosh & Unix)

Gmail a web based email program

Google turning out to be THE web based operating system with tools for many purposes

Google SketchUp- a 3D modeling software tool that’s easy to learn, simple to use, and lets you place your models in Google Earth.

Google Docs

Google Reader

HTTrack web site copier – This product allows one to copy a web site to one’s hard drive so that one can demonstrate the capability a web resource when Internet access may not be reliable.

Inkscape – Open Source (Windows, Macintosh & Linux) – Vector graphics editor

Jing for creating mini webinars

Meebo

Microsoft OneNote Partner Bundle Software – use it to keep everything organized since it collects data from every application including email.

Movie Maker (XP) – upload, edit, and export movies.

Mypodcast

Nvu (Windows. Macintosh & Linux)

Photo Story 3 (XP)– This freeware cannot run on Windows 2000 or an earlier O/S.

PikiWiki the latest wiki like tool that allows permits the drag and drop technique of editing.

Podomatic a web tool that allows you to create and post podcasts

Scratch

Skype web based telephone that can be used for videoconferencing, sharing documents, text chatting and many other activities

Slide

SourceForge

SWiSH Max – I’ve tried Swish and it is very mush like Adobe (Macromedia) Flash

Teachertube a great place to upload your videos.

Wikispaces you are here. (another excellent video )

Voki

vozMe

WordPress a web log provider

Zoho Show web based presentation

Useful Blogs or Links:

University of California, Berkley

MITOpenCourseware

Edublogs;

Education World

Wikieducator;

Stephen’s Web;

Personal Learning Environments;

Sacredcowdung;

WiredforLearning;

[[http://www2.mtroyal.ca/%7Ercorbett/edtech/LearnersET.html|]]

Be Funky

Commoncraft Production** – where you will find various explanations of web 2.0**

Wikis in Plain English;Social Bookmarking in Plain English;RSS in Plain English

HotChalk

Kerpoof

HotChalk

SRA

Teachers 2.0

Techlearning

Web 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher

WorldWind


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YouTube

  1. Go to the video on YouTube.com that you want to insert
  2. Look for the “Embed” field on the video page
  3. Copy the text from that box into the box below
  4. Click Preview to preview the video or click Save

Google Video

  1. Go to the video on video.google.com that you want to insert
  2. Click the “Email – Blog – Post to MySpace” button on the video page
  3. Click the “Embed HTML” link
  4. Copy the text from the shown box into the box below
  5. Click Preview to preview the video or click Save

Yahoo Video

  1. Go to the video on video.search.yahoo.com that you want to insert
  2. Look for the “Add to Site” field on the video page
  3. Copy the text from that box into the box below
  4. Click Preview to preview the video or click Save

TeacherTube

  1. Go to the video on TeacherTube.com that you want to insert
  2. Look for the “Embeddable” field on the video page
  3. Copy the text from that box into the box below
  4. Click Preview to preview the video or click Save

Blip.TV

  1. Go to the video on blip.tv that you want to insert
  2. Click the “Share” button at the bottom of the video
  3. Click the “embed” tab at the bottom of the dialog box
  4. Copy the text fro the shown box into the box below
  5. Click Preview to preview the video or click Save

Odeo

  1. Go to the recording on odeo.com that you want to insert
  2. Click the “Embeddable Player” link on the recording page
  3. Copy the text from the box next to the player you want to use into the box below
  4. Click Preview to preview the recording or click Save

imeem

  1. Go to the playlest on imeem.com that you want to insert
  2. Look for the “Embed in your Blog, Website, etc:” field on the playlist page
  3. Copy the text from that box into the box below
  4. Click Preview to preview the playlist or click Save

Google Calendar

  1. Go to your Google Calendar
  2. Click “Manage calendars”
  3. Click “Share this calendar” next to the name of the calendar that you want to share
  4. Ensure that your calendar is being shared
  5. Click “Calendar Details”
  6. Copy the text next to “Calendar ID” into the box below
  7. Click Preview to preview the calendar or click Save
Your Google Calendar ID:

Airset

  1. Go to any Airset group calendar
  2. Under the “Calendar” menu, select “Publish…”
  3. Click “Publish this Calendar” and follow the instructions to publish
  4. Under the “Calendar” menu, select “Publish…” again
  5. Look for the text field under “Embed this Calendar in your own Web Page”
  6. Copy the text from that box into the box below
  7. Click Preview to preview the calendar or click Save

30 Boxes

  1. Go to any 30 Boxes calendar
  2. Under the “SHARE” menu, select “Add To Blog”
  3. Look for the text field under “EMBED CALENDAR (WIDE: 800px)”
  4. Copy the text from that box into the box below
  5. Click Preview to preview the calendar or click Save

NumSum

  1. Go to any NumSum spreadsheet
  2. Under the “File” menu, select “Publish to my blog”
  3. Look for the text field on the page shown
  4. Copy the text from that box into the box below
  5. Click Preview to preview the spreadsheet or click Save

Edit Grid

  1. Go to any EditGrid spreadsheet
  2. Under the “Publish” menu, select “Post to Blog / Webpage…”
  3. Set your options to suit your needs
  4. Look for the text field next to “Copy the Code Segment”
  5. Copy the text from that box into the box below
  6. Click Preview to preview the spreadsheet or click Save

Google Spreadsheet

  1. Go to any Google Spreadsheet
  2. Click “Publish” tab at the upper-right of the spreadsheet edit page
  3. Click “Publish now.”
  4. Click “More publishing options..”
  5. In the new window select “HTML to embed in a webpage” in the “File formats” dropdown menu
  6. Click “Generate URL”
  7. Copy the text under “Here’s the code:” into the box below
  8. Click Preview to preview the spreadsheet or click Save

Scribd

  1. Go to any scribd.com document
  2. Look for the “Embed” text box
  3. Copy the text from that box into the box below
  4. Click Preview to preview the document or click Save

Bitty Browser

Enter the URL of the Web Page that you want to embed on your Wikispaces page:

Survey Gizmo

  1. Go to any Survey Gizmo survey
  2. Click the “Publishing” tab
  3. If you have not published your survey, click “Launch Your Survey Now”
  4. Look for the text box under “Option 1 – the iFrame Option:”
  5. Copy the text from that box into the box below
  6. Click Preview to preview the document or click Save

RSS Feed

URL:

Number of Entries: 123456 789101112 131415161718 1920
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Date
Author
Enclosures (Show audio and video)

Skype

  1. Go to the Skype button page
  2. Enter your Skype Name and select your button style
  3. Look for the text box under “Copy & paste this code”
  4. Copy the text from that box into the box below
  5. Click Preview to preview the chat or click Save

Gabbly

YackPack

Your Walkie Talkie Web Channel:

Meebo

  1. Go to meebome.com
  2. Fill out the form and click “next”
  3. Login to your meebo account or create a new meebo account and click “next”
  4. Look for the text box under “Congratulations! Here’s the code you need…”
  5. Copy the text from that box into the box below
  6. Click Preview to preview the chat or click Save

Slide

  1. Go to any Slide slideshow
  2. Look for the text box next to “Embed”
  3. Copy the text from that box into the box below
  4. Click Preview to preview the chat or click Save

Flickr

  1. Go to any Flickr user or tag page
  2. Copy the URL pointed to by the “Latest” link next to “Subscribe to” at the bottom of the page
  3. Paste that URL into that box below
  4. Click Preview to preview the slideshow or click Save
Feed Url:

Del.icio.us

  1. Go to your del.icio.us account
  2. Click “settings” at the top right
  3. Click “link rolls” under the “Blogging” menu at the right
  4. Look for the text box under “Linkrolls”>
  5. Copy the text from that box into the box below
  6. Click Preview to preview the chat or click Save

Google Maps

  1. Go to your Google Map
  2. Click “Link to this page”
  3. Look for the text box under “Paste HTML to embed in website”
  4. Copy the text from that box into the box below
  5. Click Preview to preview the map or click Save
  1. Go to your favorite video clip, podcast, or embedded application. Anything from Google Calendar to Odeo to YouTube!
  2. Find the HTML code to paste into your site. This will be found in a text box labeled “Embed”, “Embed HTML”, “Add to My Site/Blog”, “Link to this page”, or similar.
  3. Paste in the HTML below and click “Preview” to see how it will look. When you save your changes by clicking the “Save” button, your media clip or application will appear in your Wikispaces page.



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One Response to “Glossary of Technology Terms”

  1. Good start Anne. Now to fill it up:>)

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