Online Communities and Social Computing: Second International Conference, OCSC 2007, Held as Part of HCI International 2007, Beijing, China, July … Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI)


Product DescriptionThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, OCSC 2007, held in Beijing, China in July 2007 in the framework of the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2007 with 8 other thematically similar conferences. The 56 revised papers [...]

By Lisa Guerin J.D.: Smart Policies for Workplace Technology: Email, Blogs, Cell Phones & More Second Edition

By Lisa Guerin J.D.: Smart Policies for Workplace Technology: Email, Blogs, Cell Phones & More Second Edition

Blogging and RSS: A Librarian’s Guide, Second Edition

Product DescriptionIn this fully updated second edition of his popular 2006 book, Michael P. Sauers shows how blogging and RSS technology can be easily and successfully used by libraries and librarians. In addition to providing easy-to-follow instructions for creating, publishing, and syndicating a blog using free web-based services, software, RSS feeds, and aggregators, Sauers covers [...]

Web 2.0 as Cognitive Tools in Teaching a Foreign Language: The use of Web 2.0 applications such as blogs in enhancing second language acquisition

Product DescriptionMy experience in integrating Web 2.0 applications in teaching English as a foreign language has proven to be one of my most inspiring experiences. Involving EFL and ESL students in online collaborative projects using blogs and various social networking applications has constantly expanded the boundaries of my classroom and enhanced the [...]

Exploring Web 2.0:: Second Generation Interactive Tools – Blogs, Podcasts, Wikis, Networking, Virtual Words, And More

Product DescriptionExploring Web 2.0: Second Generation Interactive Tools – Blogs, Podcasts, Wikis, Networking, Virtual Worlds, and More is designed to help the casual computer user, students, parents, and teachers understand the latest in free and inexpensive web tools and their power for research, collaboration, and communication. It provides the history, background, and current overview of [...]

Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and Beyond: From Production to Produsage

Product DescriptionWe—the users turned creators and distributors of content—are TIME’s Person of theYear 2006, and AdAge’s Advertising Agency of the Year 2007. We form a new Generation C. We have MySpace, YouTube, and OurMedia; we run social software, and drive the development of Web 2.0. But beyond the hype, what’s really going on? [...]