See You on the Web!
Using the Internet to Improve Your Writing
Learn how the Internet can help you to
improve your writing, sharpen
your research skills, enhance your creativity, and help you meet people
who can help you advance your writing efforts. A successful web
publisher
tells you how to get your writing from your notebook to the world via webzines,
web magazines, mail-lists, newsletters, and Blogs.
Workshop Instructor: Michael P. Garofalo
March 17, 2008
Reference Resources for Writers and Readers
Guide to Internet Search Engines
Reference
Books and Databases Online - Maywood Middle School
Helpful Reference
Resources Online - Chico High School
CSU
Chico Meriam Library ReSEARCH Station
Directory of Electronic Text Archives
Ready Reference and Quick Facts
Internet Guides, Search Tools, and Web Design
Internet Communication Tools
for Writers
E-mail, Mail Lists, E-mail Discussion Groups
Guide to Mailing List (ListServs) Directories
Mail List FAQs, Tutorials, Information
Yahoo E-mail Discussion Groups
Poor
Richard's E-Mail Publishing by Richard Pirillo
Discussion Lists - E-Mail Communities That
Match Your Interests
E-Mail List Resources Directory
Blogs, Weblogs, Internet Communications Tools, Journals
Blogs - General:
Blogging Books: Essential Blogging, Blogging for Dummies
Blog Authoring Tools:
Blogs allow you to publish text, photos, graphics, videos, links ...
Blogger FREE Example: Cloud Hands by Mike Garofalo.
Word Press Fee and Free Example: My Old Green Way Blog
Typepad Fees ($40, $80, $150 a year plans) Example: Green Way by Mike Garofalo.
MySpace Powered by Google FREE
Radio Userland $40 a Year
Blog Directories:
Directory of Weblogs and Blogs
Time Magazine has
recognized bloggers, UTubers, MySpacers, webloggers, webmasters and all other
Web-Sharers as "Person of the Year in 2006" for their valuable work in
founding and framing a new
digital democracy around the world.
Lev Grossman writes, "For seizing the reins of the global media, for founding
and framing the new
digital democracy, for working for nothing and beating the pros at their own
game,
Time's Person of the Year for 2006 is you."
Are You the Person of the Year?
Other New FREE
Web Publishing Options:
PB
Wiki Publish text, photos, art, links ...
WetPaint Wiki Publish text, photos, art, links ...
Flickr Publish, organize and share photographs
UTube Publish, organize and share video
Website Development and Publishing On-Line for Writers
Creating Webpages: Why and How
Web Publishing
Curriculum Resources
Directory
of Free Website Publishers
New
Website Design and Development - Beginner's Tutorials
Website
Design and Development - Intermediate Tutorials and Instructions
How
to Promote Your New Website
Web Hosts - Website Hosts
Blogs and Websites Created by Michael P. Garofalo
Green Way Over 650 readers each day, on the average, read the Green Way Blog
Cloud Hands: Mind/Body Movement Arts Over 450 readers each day read the Cloud Hands Blog
Spirit of Gardening Awards and Reviews 13 Million webpages served since 1999
Cloud Hands: T'ai Chi Chuan and Qigong Reviews and Kudos 3.5 Million webpages served since 2003
Months of the Year 1 million webpages served in 2007
School Websites - Corning Union Elementary School District
Haiku and Short Poems Awards and Reviews
Biography of Michael P. Garofalo
Workshops and Lectures Homepage
Handout for "See You on the Web" Lecture
March 17, 2008