The University of Washington Department of Global Health has been gathering information on the latest digital tools. To help people keep up with all the technology, we have created this wiki site to track useful digital tools. So far, we have information on the following: Google Applications (gmail, google maps, etc.), Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, Slideshare.net, Podcasting, Digital Storytelling (the ridiculously easy way).

Note: Many of these tools may be covered in a user-friendly fun video produced by CommonCraft at www.commoncraft.com.

Some of the technology rock stars we should all know:

• Robert Scoble, an influential vodcaster, who wrote Naked Conversations (a book on blogging). He worked at Microsoft to create video programming on cool stuff Microsoft was working on. Now he’s the lead video blogger for Fast Company, talking about all things technology. His blog is http://scobleizer.com/.
• David Weinberger, one of the authors of the Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual (2001). Summary: “This nationally acclaimed best seller is a spirited, original, and wonderfully irreverent conversation that will challenge, provoke, and forever change your outlook on the digital economy.” Weinberger now has a blog called Everything is Miscellaneous. The Power of the Digital Disorder. http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/

Additional resources can be found at UW Story.