Web Resources for the Average Homie

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Web Resources for the Average Homie

• By Matthew DiGioia

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Podcasts

• A podcast is a digital media file, or a series
  of such files, that is distributed over the
  Internet using syndication feeds for playback on
  portable media players and personal computers.
  The term "podcast," like "radio," can mean either
  the content itself or the method by which it is
  syndicated the latter is also termed podcasting.
  (http//www.Wikipedia.com)
• Photo courtesy of news.bbc.co.uk

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What is a Blog?!

• A blog is an Internet program you can use to
  write down thoughts about anything you want. The
  news, your life, a sporting event, a band, or
  whatever else you can think of. Some people
  predict that blogs will be so popular in the
  future that no one will ever read a newspaper
  again.
• Photo courtesy of www.teachers.ab.ca

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Mobile Computing

• Mobile Computing is a generic term describing
  your ability to use technology 'untethered', that
  is not physically connected, or in remote or
  mobile (non static) environments.
  http//www.wikipedia.com
• (To your right is a picture of the first person
  to use a mobile computer)
• Photo Courtesy of www.w3.org

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Webcast

• A webcast is a live media file distributed over
  the Internet using streaming media technology.
  Essentially, webcasting is broadcasting over the
  Internet. (http//www.wikipedia.com)
• Photo Courtesy of www.CartoonStock.com

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Case Studies

• Is one of several ways of doing social science
  research that examines in depth longitudinal
  examinanation of a single instance or event.
  (www.wikipedia.com).
• Photo Courtesy of http//home.sandiego.edu/agin/
  gba502/cartoon1.gif

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White Papers

• A white paper is an authoritative report. White
  papers are used to educate customers, collect
  leads for a company or help people make
  decisions. They can also be a government report
  outlining policy.
• Photo Courtesy of www.Cartoonstock.com

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ArmchairGM

• ArmchairGM is sort of a social networking site
  for sports fans. It enables them to select the
  networks of teams they like, and also to write
  articles about sports. You can check my page
  out, as well as my articles at
• http//www.armchairgm.com/index.php?titleUserMat
  t8288

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Facebook

• Facebook is the most popular social networking
  site among teens with over thirty four million
  users worldwide. People use it to interact with
  friends, connect with people they have lost touch
  with, and upload pictures. (www.wikipedia.com).