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Podcasts evoke a hip and techno-savvy image. Podcasts are reviving the old-fashion notion that people might actually have something worth saying or listening (that is not music)! And now the updated technology is allowing for the spoken word to also be in great demand. Whether technology or human culture is driving this revival of the spoken work, everyone must recognize this trend. Extension can be a great beneficiary of this trend. As more of society is valueing lifelong learning and information, Extension has so much to offer to this content repository. Our goal must be to take our existing material and align it into this audio medium.

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The use of photo sites can be a very valuable educational tool. There is no doubt that many web sites cater to the desire to use that photograph that can add great communication value in a technology-based networking society. While I personally would like to supplement any educational resources with my own photography, this is not always possible and the web provides options for all of us educators.

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Learning new technology-assisted learning tools, such as RSS feeds, was challenging to say the least. Either my computer and/or software is creating unique screens or I could not follow the explanations/directions given very well. Regardless, after following the directions and clicking on some interesting feeds, I can safely state that I have no idea where I will ever see the information that I had selected! I hope to eventually find out where these feeds are being deposited.

I am totally convinced that using feed aggregators can be extremely useful in Extension's work. We are constantly staying current with our work, either in our scholarship or our dissemination, that we constantly need to be learning from multiple sources. We can make significant strides forward with use of this technology tool.

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Blogs carry a bit of intrigue and challenge for me. The intrigue is certainly the inside information that might be gathered from additional information a blog can provide, especially on topics of high interest to me. The challenge is being able to catch up to the new culture that is relying on communication that is much less face-to-face. In addition, there is a strong challenge in learning the limits of what you want people to know from oneself. But, we all must dive in at some time and now is the time!

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