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a place to access all the blogs and / or news feeds that interest you.
You can subscribe to a variety of blogs or news feeds and the aggregator, or news feed
collector, will show you all the titles of all the recent additions in your personal window.
You have to register and then can subscribe to any blogs or news feeds you wish to receive.
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The use of a microblogging tool to have conversations during a
presentation. This may or may not be sanctioned by the presenter.
Blog
un blogue
a web log where you can post articles and receive comments from other people
originally used for online journals.
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Cell Phones
le téléphone cellulaire
Cell phones and smart phones: their use in the classroom
Cloud Computing
infonuagique
Cloud computing refers to internet based applications. The applications are accessed through a
web browser. Work is done online and saved online and can be accessed by any computer. Applications
require login; many allow for sharing, publishing and collaboration.
A way to visually represent information or to plan and brainstorm.
A licensing system that allows creators to pre-license their work
and specify how it may be used. Students can use creative commons licensed images / videos /
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Cameras - video and still, which use digital media to store images.
A directory is a search site that organizes information by subject. Directories are managed by
people who make the selections for inclusion.
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Enhanced Podcast
Balado enrichi
A podcast with still images added.
short of electronic publication: electronic publishing of books,
articles. The file extension is .epub
The text is formatted to flow in an eReader.
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Feed
fils de syndication
A feed or news feed is piece of code that lets you subscribe to information. News sites, blogs,
social bookmarking sites and others have feeds to let you bring information to you automatically.
Learn more about
rss and feeds.
Folksonomy
Folksonomie
A new term coined to describe the phenomenon of tagging items,
particularly when a group is tagging together.
Wikipedia article
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Geocaching
Géocache
This is like a treasure hunt. Played outdoors, participants attempt to find hidden objects (or
places) which they locate via a handheld GPS unit.
Google Forms
a way of collecting data connected to a spreadsheet.
GPS - Global Positioning System
GPS - système de localisation
Satellite information and the triangulation of this information can
pinpoint locations within about 100 metres via a GPS receiver.
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devices small enough to be operated in the hands - here we refer to iPods, cellular phones,
smart phones and iPads
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A large touch sensitive display which connects to the computer - users can interact with it
using special pens or their fingers.
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Multimedia blogging that allows short messages (often no more than 140 characters)
A way to visually represent ideas and concept. Mind maps can be used
for brainstorming and planning.
Learning that takes place anywhere through the use of mobile
devices such as the iPod, cell phone, iPad. This can be through the exploration of web
sites,listening podcasts or watching videos or using apps for instruction. It can also be
using devices outside the classroom to gather information (interviews, photographs, videos) from
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Newsreader
lecteur de nouvelles
An application which can be online or on your computer that pulls feeds to you.
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Online Collaborative Tools
Applications found on the Internet which allow for more than one
author. Collaboration can by synchronous or asynchronous. The data is stored online (in the cloud)
Software which is developed, with the code available to all so that
it can be customized. It is often developed through collaborative efforts. Open source software is
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A personal or professional learning network is created through connecting with others to learn,
share, attract information sources for a personal or professional goal. In the past we networked
with people face to face. As technology has evolved we are able to network virtually and "meet"
people with similar interests. The network can help guide learning, answer questions and point to
interesting articles, blog posts, podcasts...
A podcast is a series of episodes which can be audio or video that
are syndicated (available via a feed) so that people can subscribe to them. An audio file by itself
is not a podcast.
Learn more about
podcasting
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QR Code
Code bidimensionnel
Quick response code - a QR code is a square shaped code. You can
create them with a code creator and read them with a code reader app on a smart phone
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The Read Write Web describes the applications that allow people to
easily be publishers as well as consumers of information on the Internet. It is also known as web
2.0
RSS
fils de syndication
Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary
If a site has an RSS feed you can have the information appear on a web site. When information
in the feed is updated, it is automatically updated on the web site.
You can link an RSS feed to your browser to automatically get information (e.g. a news feed
from a news site)
RSS feeds are what aggregators use to collect the newly posted articles to the blogs or
newsfeeds you subscribe to.
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A web site which collects information by keywords usually via
computer algorithms. When you enter a search string or query, the search engine finds web pages
containing those terms and indexes them according to relevancy.
Social bookmarking is a way for people to organize, search and
share links.
Social Media
Médias sociaux
Social media are online applications in which interaction can take
place. Facebook, blogs, wikis, youtube are all examples of social media.
Social Networking
Réseaux sociaux
Social networking is the use of internet sites (e.g. facebook,
twitter) to stay in contact with friends, family, colleagues. You can "friend" or "follow" people
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A tag is a keyword or category which is used to help identify an image (on a site such as
Flickr) a website (when bookmarking on a site
like
delicious) an article...
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vlog
blogue vidéo
Short for video blog - the information on a blog which is conveyed
mainly through video. It may be raw footage from cell phones or edited short movies
Vodcast or video podcast
vodcast (video on demand) is a podcast that includes video. Unlike
a regular movie file on the web, this can be syndicated just like a regular podcast.
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Web 2.0 often refers to the applications that have made it possible
to easily contribute to the web, to collaborate and to pull information in to you through feeds.
Webcast
webémission
an audio or video broadcast done from a computer and streamed live.
There is often a chatroom, so that participants can interact with the presenters. Many webcasts are
archived and can be heard / viewed later.
A wiki is a website that is easily edited so that people can
publish to the internet. It is possible to create may pages, to upload images, embed web content
and link to documents, other websites etc. People can work collaboratively on a wiki to
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Glossary of ICT terms