The Web,
Social Networks and eXtension
Craig H. Wood
craig.wood@uky.edu
Agriculture Communications Services

Session Agenda
1. Today’s Internet
2. Syndications Aggregators
3. Social Applications
Widgets, Blogs, and Searches
4. Community Networks
Facebook, YouTube, Del.icio.us, Second Life
5. eXtension
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The Web,
Social Networks and eXtension
1. Today’s Internet
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Changed dramatically
“Go to Web”
web2.0
“User-generated” content
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The Web,
Social Networks and eXtension
2. Syndication Aggregators
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RSS - Really Simple Syndication
ATOM – just ATOM
RSS and Atom files provide information updates
from a website.
Read these files in a program called an
“aggregator”, which collects information from
various websites and provides it to you in a
simple form.
The Web, Social Networks and eXtension Syndication Aggregators

Which Aggregator to Use?
Most current Web browsers
IE 7 and Firefox 2.0 (www.mozilla.com/firefox)
Windows – SharpReader(www.sharpreader.net)
Mac –
NetNewsWire(www.newsgator.com/Individuals/NetNewsWi
re/)
Linux – Straw (www.gnome.org/projects/straw/)
The Web, Social Networks and eXtension Syndication Aggregators

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Social Networks and eXtension
3. Social Applications
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Widgets (Gadgets)
An object used to hold data and present an interactive
graphical interface to the user.
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Blogs
A type of website that is usually arranged in
chronological order from the most recent ‘post’ (or
entry) at the top of the main page to the older
entries towards the bottom.
Custom Searches
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Social Networks and eXtension
4. Community Networks
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Broadcast Yourself
del.icio.us
The Web, Social Networks and eXtension Community Networks

The Web,
Social Networks and eXtension
Questions?
THANK YOU! Craig Wood