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Finding and Sharing…and Being Social
Last week, we took a look at using more traditional sources of news online to find neat stuff to share. Now, let’s look at the social news sites that make finding and sharing news a much more interactive experience. What … Continue reading
Posted in Resources, This Week on LLO, Tools
Tagged digg, fark, finding stuff online, mobile devices, newsvine, now public, pulse (news app), reddit, sharing, slashdot, social networks, social news, stumbleupon
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Finding Neat Stuff Online
Last week, we described many of the ways you can share the interesting links, images and videos you find online. Before we look at some places to find that neat stuff, let’s answer a reader question first: Why Share? What’s … Continue reading
Posted in Resources, This Week on LLO, Tips for Living Life Online
Tagged BBC, boing boing, buzzfeed, cake wrecks, cnet, daily beast, finding stuff online, five thirty-eight, gadgetwise, google news, huffington post, i can has cheezburger, mobile devices, neat stuff, neatorama, new york times, sharing, this is colossal, wired
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Copyright vs. Creative Commons licenses
This week on Learning for Life Online, we’ll take a quick look at the idea of copyright, and how the idea of protecting your creative work has been changed by the internet. What is Copyright? In the United States, copyright … Continue reading
Posted in This Week on LLO, Tips for Living Life Online
Tagged ala copyright tools, archive.org, copyright, creative commons, finding stuff online, flickr, images, library of congress, life online, mashups, online citizenship, open courseware, open library, openphoto.net, photos, public domain, publicdomainpictures.net, scoop.it, seraching, tumblr, videos
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Search and Maps
Now that we’ve covered the main tools used by the Learning for Life Online program, let’s get to some of the other basic tools of the web. What Is It? Search: A search engine is any site that helps you … Continue reading
Posted in Basics, This Week on LLO, Tools
Tagged bing, bing maps, finding stuff online, google, google maps, mapquest, maps, national geographic, rand mcnally, search engines, searches, searching, yahoo, yahoo maps
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