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Web 101: Understanding Blogs, Wikis, Social Networking, and Mobile Internet (Video)

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Web 101: Understanding Blogs, Wikis, Social Networking, and Mobile Internet (Video)
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Keep your web browser open and your mouse ready, as technology expert and Columbia Dean Sree Sreenivasan guides you through the features, technologies, and terminology of the digital age. Surveying some of today's most powerful and popular sites, Sreenivasan covers the basics of blogs, wikis, social networking, video or photo sharing, online gaming, and mobile web. He also offers valuable insights into the future of online technologies and how the web will transform the day-to-day lives of its users.

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29 minutes total running time

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Instructor Bio

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Sree Sreenivasan
Sree Sreenivasan is a technology expert and dean of students affairs at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where he teaches in the digital journalism program. He specializes in explaining technology to consumers/readers/viewers/users. For more than eight years, he served as technology reporter for WABC-TV and WNBC-TV in NYC and occasionally on various ABC, NBC, and MSNBC news programs. He has written articles for The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Rolling Stone, National Journal, Bloomberg, Forbes, and Popular Science.

Sree is co-founder and former president of the South Asian Journalists Association and has served as faculty adviser to Columbia's chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. In March 2004 Newsweek magazine named Sree one of the nation's 20 most influential South Asians.

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Testimonials


Having seen Sree's segments on TV, it was refreshing to see that he is equally at ease in a classroom setting as he is in front of the cameras. Sree is energetic, personable, and has a gift for explaining things in a way that makes sense to all, regardless of the level of expertise. --Debra Williams

"Sree's course was extremely insightful and packed full of useful information. He kept the course going at a rapid-fire pace without leaving anyone behind. I highly recommend his course, even if you think you know all you need to know about blogs." --Taylor Morris
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