Plain English Explanation for Non-Geeks

Explaining Internet terms like Podcasting, Phishing Scams, Social Media, Twitter, Blogs, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking, Wikis, RSS to non-geeks is not a easy job. Typically if people find something intimidating they may form a bad opinion about it & keep away. That's what happened to me in school with mathematics. Finding the right learning resources is the key.

Seattle based Lee & Sachi LeFever of Common Craft have been producing roughly 3-minute videos that make complex ideas easy to understand. The videos on general topics are hosted on YouTube. Transcripts are also available. Their format of presentation is snappy, entertaining & so effective that they have been commissioned by companies like Microsoft & Google to develop custom educational videos for their products.

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