Archive for the 'Wikis' Category
from Bev Godwin, USA.gov and Web Best Practices, GSA Office of Citizen Services, March 3, 2008
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Technology |
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Opportunity/Potential in Government |
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| Blogs | Journal or diary with social collaboration (comments) | GovGab.gov, 20 federal agencies,
USA.gov government blog library, Webcontent.gov |
Meaningful info delivered from a govt authority to new audiences. Puts human face on govt using informal tone. Opens public conversations | |||||||||||
| Wikis | Collaborative authoring & editing | GSA Collaborative Work Enviornment, NASA, US Courts, Intellipedia, US Foreign Svc, Utah Politicopia, Wikipedia | Workgroup or public collaboration for project management, knowledge sharing, public input. Contributions to 3rd party sites e.g. Wikipedia | |||||||||||
| Video Sharing (and Multimedia) | Videos, images, & audio libraries | USA.gov Multimedia library, NASA YouTube , Coast Guard, Virginia YouTube Channel, Americorps contest, Tobacco Free Florida contest | Public outreach, education, training, other communication for “connected” and on-line audiences. How To videos & audios to improve service and achieve mission. | |||||||||||
| Photo-Sharing | Photo libraries | USA.gov fed/state photo libraries, USGS internal photo gallery with Flickr API, EPA photo contest | Cost savings potential. New audiences. Awareness. | |||||||||||
| Podcasting | Multimedia content with an enclosure for syndicating via RSS for use on iPod TM, Mp3 players & computers | White House, NASA, USA.gov federal podcast library, Webcontent.gov, Peacecorps | More ways to get message out to “connected” and on-line audiences. How To messages. Use in emergencies. Live govt deliberations | |||||||||||
| Virtual Worlds | Simulations of environments & people
(Second Life, Active Worlds, Kaneva, ProtoSphere, Entropia Universe, uWorld) |
NASA, NOAA, CDC, Natl Guard, Dept of Energy, Real Life Govt in 2nd Life Google group, National Defense Univ Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds | Public outreach & other communication for niche Internet audiences. Virtual Town Halls, Education, Training. Ability to bring people together worldwide for meetings, lectures, etc. | |||||||||||
| Social Networking Sites | Connecting people globally | EPA Facebook group, NASA Colab, MySpace, Linkedin | Intranet use to cross internal agency stovepipes. Cross government coordination. Public communities. Viral impact. Knowledge mgmt. Recruitment. Event announcements. | |||||||||||
| Syndicated Web Feeds | Automated notifications
(think RSS) |
USA.gov Federal RSS Library,. NOAAWatch | Do more with RSS, XML/Web feeds. Expand reach. Pull content together across government. Authoritative source. Reduce duplication. | |||||||||||
| Mashups | Combine content from multiple sources for an integrated experience | USA Search, USGS, NASA, EPA, Virtual Earth, Google Earth, Google maps | Lots of potential. Improved govt reach, service, usefulness, and functionality. Integrate external data. Get licenses, stay vendor neutral. Make content available to others who create mashups | |||||||||||
| Widgets, Gadgets, Pipes | Small applications & code in Web pages or for desktop use | FBI widgets, Veterans Affairs, Census Population Clock & NASA Planet Discoveries Desktop widgets | Increase awareness, use, and usefulness of .gov sites, information, and service. Bring content to the user’s home page (iGoogle, netvibes, etc) | |||||||||||
| Social News (Sharing, Tagging) Sites | Ways of sharing content with others | USA.gov, NASA, Govt blogs, Digg, Delicious Technorati .AddThis | Increase the popularity and use of .gov pages, information, and services. Viral marketing. | |||||||||||
| Micro-blogging | Form of blogging which allows brief (instant message size) text updates | Twitter, Jaiku, Cromple, Pownce, NASA Edge, USA.gov, GovGab, Univ of Mich | Seek input. Broadcast msgs: emergencies, news, | |||||||||||
From Andrew Keen’s blog entitled, On Media, Culture and Technology:
I’m in Northern Europe all of next week, speaking about globalization, culture and media. For the first part of the week, I’ll be in Belgium and Holland, celebrating the release of the Dutch language version of Cult (note the orange and purple monkey cover — an excellent pictorial representation of the long tail concept), published by the distinguished house of Meulenhoff. I’ll be doing press and television in Brussels all day on Monday, then in Amsterdam from Tuesday to Thursday to do more media, lecture at the university and hopefully having time to wander around that magical city. My trip will also coincide with the broadcast of “Wiki’s Waarheid“, a documentary program about Wikipedia made by the public Dutch tv broadcast company VPRO/Tegenlicht. This show features extensive interviews with both Jimmy Wales and myself and promises to be a particularly intelligent investigation of the whole wiki-brouhaha.
Compilation of wikis (collaboratively produced and edited content) from American Library Association (ALA) sections and groups (such as the Association for Library Services to Children and the International Relations Round Table). Also includes wikis from ALA conferences and symposiums, exhibitions, and specific programs, and reference and background material. An RSS feed is available for recent changes to most of the wikis. From the ALA.
Politifact –produced in part by CQ
Example of the type of content,
“Sixty-one percent of our active military are currently listed as overweight.”–Mike Huckabee http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/77/
Useful because it provides good sources.
Also try, Anneberg Public Policy Center’s Political Fact Check which has a broader focus.