1	Speak Geek in 45 Minutes SCS Technology Night, 2007 Jana Ulrich, Instructional Technologist Stanly Community College
2	Geek Speak Computers talk to each other Technical jargon mainstreamed Examples: google it ipod she’s a real 404
3	Geek Speak Computers talk to each other Technical jargon mainstreamed Examples: google it ipod she’s a real 404
4	Why learn it? It’s the language of the day. Understanding the term may help you feel more at ease about learning to use the technology it describes
5	Let’s look at some of the terms and learn to “speak a little geek”
6	YouTube Home video to share Uncensored videos on any / all subjects Some are GREAT learning objects, some are really funny Examples Keep in touch Share knowledge Geekspeak: “I just uploaded that video to YouTube”. “Go watch it on YouTube”
7	WIKI Pronounced “wee-kee” Translations Web pages that anybody can edit Software that allows users to add content Collaborative web pages (and the related software). Examples: Wikipedia Citzendrium Geekspeak: “Wikipedia says …” “Let’s do a wiki on that”
8	My Space Social website community Wikipedia says: “an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos internationally” Examples Stay in touch Run for office Geekspeak: “Check me out on my space”, “Are you on my space?”
9	Blog “web log” Translations “Self publishing” column Online diary / newsletter / emerging issues Step beyond discussion boards Examples: It’s all about the learning Digital scrapbook Technorati Geekspeak: “He blogged about that yesterday” “I haven’t posted to my blog in a while”
10	Second Life Translation Virtual 3-D world Not a game, but a world Education is looking hard at how to use it to enhance learning Participants represented by avatar Example: WoWoWo Volare in world Geekspeak: “I was working on my avatar” “Is that in-world or real life”?
11	Podcasting Derived from a combination of ipod and broadcasting Translation: Radio on demand. Audio blogging. Podcaster uploads audio files Podcatcher subscribes to the audio Listen to the audio on mp3 player OR from computer Examples podcasts.yahoo.com Geekspeak: “I hear that on TWIT’s podcast
12	Acronyms / Emoticons /Leet Used in e-mail and instant messaging Translations Shortcuts that depict emotion and / or reaction to the typed word Internet form of body language Examples Acronyms Geektype: “OMG ur kewl” :-) LOL
13	Webinar Combination of web and seminar Translations Online web meeting Virtual meeting Desktop sharing, audio, video, presentations Examples Elluminate Demo Geekspeak: “I saw a webinar on that”
14	Others???
15	Thanks for coming These slides have been uploaded to our learning library at: stanly.com/learning for your future reference