Tags can be leveraged to collect information from large groups of people, and then made into RSS feeds that automatically update when new information is added. This video shows how to collect a list of bookmarks from the entire delicious community based on tagged keywords, then uses RSS to create feeds in both Google Reader and Moodle.

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    Aggregating tagged feeds from the entire Delicious Community

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    Tags can be leveraged to collect information from large groups of people, and then made into RSS feeds that automatically update when new information is added. This video shows how to collect a list of bookmarks from the entire delicious community based on tagged keywords, then uses RSS to create feeds in both Google Reader and Moodle.

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    Personalising map data with Google MyMaps

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    The MyMaps feature in Google maps is so incredibly useful that it's a wonder more people don't make use of it. Create a collection, drop map points onto it and save it for later use. You can even make them public and invite others to add to your collection of map points. Neat!

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    Using Gmail to manage multiple email accounts

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    Gmail is pretty awesome, but it's awesomeness is even better when you can use it to manage all your mail in one place! This little tutorial shows how to use Gmail as the centre of your email world.

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    Moving Widgets from the Dashboard to the Desktop

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    I never knew you could do this... in fact, I'm almost certain you couldn't do it before, but I don't know what changed. Regardless, this video shows you how to move Apple Widgets from the Dashboard to the Desktop and back again. I like the Dashboard feature, but there have been times I've wished I could have had one on my actual desktop. Now I can.

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    GoogleDocs Forms

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    A quick overview of how to use the forms feature in GoogleDocs to create useful survey forms that dump the collected data right into a spreadsheet for analysis. This presentation was done for a group of math teachers, but should be useful information for anyone who wants to collect data online and analyse it.

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    Mapping with Google Spreadsheets

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    How to use the mapping gadget in GoogleDocs to add locations to a map

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    I Like Delicious Things

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    This 20 minute presentation about tagging, folksonomies and managing digital information was created as part of the 2008 k12 Online Conference. It explores how the use of tagging can help us organise massive amounts of data, digging into it and sorting and classifying it in ways that make it easier to manage.

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    Using Embed code to add resources to webpages

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    Embed code is found on so many media resources these days, and the ability to surface these media resources in other locations is very handy. This video explains the basics of how to do that.

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