New Media Toolkit
Here are some new media resources we've come across at AIDS.gov. Please note that this list is just a sample of the many new media resources available on the web.
Please leave a comment if you have other suggestions.
Click on the topics below to see resources:
- Blogs
- Data on New Media Use
- eCards
- Mashups
- New Media Basics
- Online Games
- Photo Sharing Services
- Podcasting
- RSS Feeds
- Social Networking
- Text Messaging
- Video Sharing
- Virtual Worlds
- Wikis
- Website Accessibility and 508 Compliance
- Website Usability
Blogs
- Where can I learn about blogging basics?
- What are examples of government public health blogs?
- What are examples of HIV/AIDS-focused blogs?
- What are platforms I can use to set up a blog?
Data on New Media Use
- Where can I access data on new media use among diverse populations?
eCards
- What are examples of organizations using e-cards to encourage healthy behaviors and promote HIV/AIDS-related resources?
Mashups
- What are examples of HIV-specific mashups?
- What tools can I use to get started making my own mashups?
- “Plug and play” tools like ZeeMaps
and Dapper - ProgrammableWeb.com has introductory tutorials, a mashup directory , and news.
- “Plug and play” tools like ZeeMaps
New Media Basics
- Where can I learn the basics about new media tools?
Online Games
- What is an example of an online HIV/AIDS-focused game?
- Pos or Not -- by MTV’s college network and the Kaiser Family Foundation
- Pos or Not
Photo Sharing Services
- Where can I learn about photo sharing basics?
- What are examples of photo sharing services?
- What are examples of photo sharing being used in response to HIV?
Podcasting
- Where can I learn about podcasting basics?
- What are examples of government public health podcasts?
- What are examples of HIV/AIDS-focused podcasts?
- What are examples of podcast subscription software?
- What are examples of audio podcast recording software?
- Garageband for Mac
- Audacity for Windows, Mac and Linux.
- Garageband
- What are examples of video editing software?
- iMovie for Mac
- Movie Maker 2 for Windows
- iMovie
- What are additional podcasting resources?
- PodCamps -- free events around the world attracting influential podcasters
- Jason Van Orden’s How to podcast a step-by-step guide
- Wes Fryer’s Podcasting resources on Teach Digital
- Tech Soup’s How to Record, Edit, and Promote your Nonprofit Podcast
- Streamingmedia.com’s How to Build a Video Podcast in 3 Steps
- PodCamps
RSS Feeds
- Where can I learn about RSS feed basics?
- What are examples of RSS readers?
- What are examples of tools to receive RSS feeds via email?
- What are additional RSS feed resources?
- SeachEngineWatch.com’s How to Make an RSS Feed
- Web Dev Tip’s RSS Headline Creator
- Why RSS?’s The Really Simple Guide to RSS
- Feedburner’s Feeds 101
- SeachEngineWatch.com’s How to Make an RSS Feed
Social Networking
- Where can I learn about online social networking basics?
- What are some examples of general social networking sites?
- What are examples of government public social networking sites?
- What are examples of HIV/AIDS-focused social networking sites?
- What are some examples of health-focused social networking sites with HIV/AIDS communities?
- What are additional social networking resources?
- Tech Soup’s How to Use MySpace to Raise Awareness
- Tech Soup’s How to Use MySpace to Raise Awareness
Text Messaging
- What are examples of ways people are using texting in response to HIV/AIDS?
- KNOWIT Campaign -- to locate local HIV testing centers using your ZIP code
- SexInfo -- to ask sexual health questions and locate health services
- KNOWIT Campaign
- What are examples of companies that manage texting campaigns?
- What are additional texting resources?
- Texting 4Health -- conference on using mobile text messaging (SMS) to improve health (website has slides from presentations)
- United Nations Foundation’s Wireless Technology for Social Change
- WikiHow’s How to Send a Text
- Jott -- converts voice into emails, text messages, and reminders
- Texting 4Health
- Where can I learn about Twitter basics?
- What are examples of organizations using Twitter in response to HIV?
Video Sharing
- What are examples of video sharing services?
- What are examples of organizations using video sharing in response to HIV?
Virtual Worlds
- What are some examples of virtual worlds?
Wikis
- Where can I learn about wiki basics?
- What are examples of free wikis?
- What are additional wiki resources?
- Wikipedia -- the largest wiki in the world
- Wiki matrix
Website Accessibility and 508 Compliance
- Where can I learn about website accessibility and Section 508?
- Section 508 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act
- HHS Section 508 Accessibility
- Section508.gov
- U.S. Access Board's standards
- Information Technology Assistance and Training Center
- JimThatcher.com's 508 accessibility tutorial
- National Center for Accessible Media
- WebAim.org
- World Wide Web Consortium's Website Accessibility Initiative
- What are examples of tools I can use to identify accessibility issues?
- Cynthia Says
- UITest.com
- Website Accessibility Toolbar (for Internet Explorer)
- Firefox add-ons such as the Web Developer Toolbar and Fangs (simulates a screen reader).
- Cynthia Says
Website Usability
- Where can I learn about website usability?
- Usability.gov
- Usability Professionals Association (national and local chapters)
- Ginny Redish’s Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works (You can download two chapters from the book’s website )
- Joseph Dumas and Ginny Redish’s A Practical Guide to Usability Testing
- Steve Krug’s Don't Make Me Think
- Jakob Nielsen’s www.useit.com
- Donald Norman’s The Design of Everyday Things
- How can I improve my website’s usability?
- Usability.gov’s step-by-step usability improvement guide
Is it possible to have www.stopntext.com be included in the list of companies that manage text messaging campaigns ?
Posted by: Branson George | March 16, 2009 at 11:00 AM