Web+Communication+Resources

=Web Communication Resources= Examples Terminology || Resources available on the Web that enable the user to communicate via text, presentation, voice, or a combination of the three. (pg. 12 Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Wroks figure 6) =Examples:= Blogs – short for Web Logs is a website where entries are written in [|chronological order] and commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning //to maintain or add content to a blog.// Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal [|online diaries]. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on [|art] ([|artlog]), [|photographs] ([|photoblog]), [|sketchblog], [|videos] ([|vlog]), [|music] ([|MP3 blog]), [|audio] ([|podcasting]) and are part of a wider network of [|social media]. [|Micro-blogging] is another type of blogging which consists of blogs with very short posts. (from wikipedia)
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e-mail – short for **electronic mail** and often abbreviated to //e-mail//, //email// or simply //mail//, is a [|store and forward] method of composing, sending, storing, and receiving [|messages] over [|electronic] communication systems. The term "e-mail" (as a noun or verb) applies both to the [|Internet] e-mail system based on the [|Simple Mail Transfer Protocol] (SMTP) and to [|X.400] systems, and to [|intranet] systems allowing users within one organization to e-mail each other. Often these [|workgroup] [|collaboration] organizations may use the [|Internet protocols] or X.400 protocols for internal e-mail service. E-mail is often used to deliver bulk unsolicited messages, or "spam", but filter programs exist which can automatically delete some or most of these, depending on the situation. (from wikipedia)

VoIP – short for voice over internet protocol is the [|routing] of [|voice] conversations over the [|Internet] or through any other [|IP]-based [|network]. Podcasts - is a [|digital media] file, or a related collection of such files, which is distributed over the [|Internet] using [|syndication] [|feeds] for playback on [|portable media players] and [|personal computers]. The term, like "[|radio]", can refer either to the content itself or to the method by which it is syndicated; the latter is also termed **podcasting**. The [|host] or [|author] of a podcast is often called a **podcaster**. The term "podcast" is a [|portmanteau] of the words "[|iPod]" and "[|broadcast]",[|[1]] the [|Apple] iPod being the brand of portable media player for which the first podcasting scripts were developed (see [|history of podcasting]). These scripts allow podcasts to be automatically transferred to a mobile device after they are downloaded.[|[2]] Though podcasters' web sites may also offer direct [|download] or [|streaming] of their content, a podcast is distinguished from other digital media formats by its ability to be syndicated, subscribed to, and downloaded automatically when new content is added, using an aggregator or feed reader capable of reading feed formats such as [|RSS] or [|Atom]. (from wikipedia)

Wikis - A **wiki** is a type of computer software that allows users to easily create, edit and [|link] web pages. Wikis are often used to create [|collaborative] [|websites], power community websites, and are increasingly being installed by businesses to provide affordable and effective [|Intranets] or for use in [|Knowledge Management]. [|Ward Cunningham], developer of the first wiki, [|WikiWikiWeb], originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work".[|[1]] One of the best-known wikis is [|Wikipedia].[|[2]] (from wikipedia) || Evaluate, Reflect, Adjust Professional Development Acquisition Process ||  ||
 * Current Inventory || Internet Access, District Website, teacher wikis, department wikis, district blogs, district intranet, podcasting sites, email ||
 * Instructional Strategies ||  ||
 * P.D.S.A. Implementation Process