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“Blogs in Plain English” introduces the concept of a blog as a way for every person to have the power to share news. The video includes:
How blogs are changing the idea of news in the 21st century
How blogs are created and organized
The role of blogs in bringing like-minded people together
How blogs facilitate conversation
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“RSS in Plain English” introduces RSS as a way to subscribe to websites and save time on the Web. An “old vs. new” theme illustrates how RSS differs from visiting web sites. The video includes:
The new and old ways of reading news on the web
An introduction to RSS Readers (using Google Reader as an example)
How [...]
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“Twitter in Plain English” introduces the popular micro-blogging service Twitter. The video focuses on Twitter’s ability to connect people in new ways, using short messages. The video includes:
Why answers to the question “what are you doing” are interesting.
The mechanics of Twitter — signing up, sharing and reading messages
How a skeptical person fell in love with [...]
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An explanation of the basic parts that make computers work: hard drive, RAM and micro-processor. This video is perfect to understand how computers are built and why it is sometimes expensive or time consuming to put them together or fix.