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30 Clicks: Becoming Net Smart

Presentation Title:

Becoming Net Smart

Presenter:

Bob Hughes

Date:

May 1, 2013

Note:

Repeats via video on May 2

The Internet has seen some substantial changes in the past several years with the advent of social media, smart phones and expanding itself and often overwhelming us as a seemingly pervasive 24x7 presence in our lives. Computer Technology Professor and Department Head Bob Hughes will present strategies on how we can be more mindful, critical and productive in our interactions with digital technology.

See the complete 30 Clicks Schedule.

Submitted by kread on April 15, 2013 - 3:38pm

30 Clicks: Your Blog as Your Business Card

Presentation Title:

Your Blog as Your Business Card

Presenter:

Lorelle VanFossen

Date:

February 22, 2012

Facebook, Google+, Twitter, blogs, Tumblr, email, home phone, work phone, cell phone...how many ways are there for people to contact you? Learn how to spread your social web wide and bring them all back home to you - your central address on the web. We'll talk about your online identity, privacy, creating a contact page, and how to write an About page that makes people want to get to know you and work with you. Isn't it time you had one place to call home on the web?

Submitted by jaustad on February 18, 2013 - 3:23pm

Babel Fish Language Translator

Title link:

Babel Fish Language Translator

URL:

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

Translates text from one language to another.

Full description:

Translates text from one language to another. Simple interface with options to translate a 150-character block of text or a webpage into major language groups.

Background Notes

Title link:

Background Notes

URL:

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/

Information on countries and international organizations, periodically updated by U.S. State Department.

Full description:

Information on countries and international organizations, periodically updated by U.S. State Department. Background Notes include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty.

Bare Bones 101: A Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web

Title link:

Bare Bones 101: A Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web

URL:

http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/bones.shtml

Online modules covering Web search engines and more.

Full description:

Online modules covering Web search engines and more. Also includes directories, metasearch engines, gateways and tips for effective searching and evaluating. From the University of South Carolina Beaufort Library.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Title link:

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

URL:

http://www.bartleby.com/100/

Quotations, passages and phrases from ancient times to 1919.

Full description:

Quotations, passages and phrases from ancient times to 1919. Part of the Bartleby.com website of 'great books online,' this is a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs compiled by John Barlett. Contains more than 11,000 searchable quotations.

BBC Country Profiles

Title link:

BBC Country Profiles

URL:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm

Thorough details cover history, politics and ecomonic background; includes video and audio clips.

Full description:

Thorough details cover history, politics and ecomonic background; includes video and audio clips. Full and timely profiles provide an instant guide to the background and current events of countries and territories, as well as key international institutions. They also include media clips from BBC archives.

BBC Languages

Title link:

BBC Languages

URL:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/

Collection of free online language learning tools in 40 different languages from Albanian to Urdu.

Full description:

Collection of free online language learning tools in 40 different languages from Albanian to Urdu. This site features courses, essential phrases, audio and video clips, tutorials, vocabulary, pronunciation guides, grammar, activities and tests to assist with foreign language learning or travel abroad.

BBC News

Title link:

BBC News

URL:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Official site of BBC (British Broadcasting Company) News World Edition, updated by the minute.

Full description:

Official site of BBC (British Broadcasting Company) News World Edition, updated by the minute. Includes information about politics, economics, culture, sports, weather, and events from an international perspective.

BBC Shakespeare

Title link:

BBC Shakespeare

URL:

http://oswald.clark.edu/search/X?SEARCH=ambrose+2.0&submit.x=41&submit.y=9&searc...

Streaming videos. Complete works of Shakespeare as produced by the BBC.

Full description:

Streaming videos. Complete works of Shakespeare as produced by the BBC. These replace the videos that were deleted in Theatre in Video.

This goes to a list of 37 videos in the Clark College Libraries online catalog. Select a title, which pulls up its complete record, then click "Access the streaming video".

Keywords: theater, plays, streaming video

Availability: Clark ID Required Off-campus