A Technology Festivus for the Restofus
I just came across an explanation of social bookmarking (i.e. delicious.com) by Common Craft and it's a quick solution to two questions I've been asked many times:
"Ummm. . . what is delicious and why should I care?"
Here you go . . . three minutes and twenty-five seconds to clarity:
So then I was excited and poked around all their stuff, where I found videos for two more "new ideas" made simple: RSS and Wiki's.
Enjoy!
RSS In Plain English
Wiki's in Plain English
Great work by Common Craft. And a great, extremely easy, way for advisors to share technology with others that may not fully get it yet!
I, too, enjoy many of the videos made by Common Craft. Some of them seem a bit dated and the sound quality is not the best but they're free and their essential message is simple and effective. We will probably use some of these videos at our NASPA "New (And Old!) Technology You Can Use" Pre-Conference Workshop (plug, plug).
And nice Seinfeld reference. :)
Posted by: Kevin Guidry | January 10, 2008 at 09:44 PM
Agreed on both your points, and the benefits outweigh for sure.
I just did a quickie ed session at the APCA advisor's institute that was "Free and Low Cost Tools". You can check out the wiki page for the session and the list that we went over
here:
Sure would love to work with you on a future NASPA session (plug back, plug back) : )
Posted by: Kevin Prentiss | January 11, 2008 at 02:46 PM