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7 Things You Should Know About Wikipedia
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June 7, 2007
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia anyone can add to or edit. A highly popular resource, Wikipedia has become a primary research tool of college students, and it may help them develop compar…
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7 Things You Should Know About Facebook II
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May 15, 2007
Since ELI's first brief on Facebook ( http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=ELI7017 ), the social networking site originally developed for college and university students has be…
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7 Things You Should Know About Google Earth
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October 15, 2006
Google Earth is an interactive mapping application that allows users to navigate (or "fly") the entire globe, viewing satellite imagery with overlays of roads, buildings, geographic fea…
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7 Things You Should Know About YouTube
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September 25, 2006
YouTube is a video-sharing service that allows users to post personally developed videos of nearly any variety online, from animations to personal recordings. YouTube is one of an emerging class …
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7 Things You Should Know About Facebook
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September 15, 2006
Information literacy—the ability to negotiate the opportunities and risks of the Internet age—is increasingly important. Facebook, a leading social networking site, highlights the information…
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