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Blog |
Easy to use; inexpensive to develop and maintain. NCSL can provide this technology to legislative staff. |
Not “real time,” there’s a lag between entries. |
Posting factual information or commentary and encouraging feedback. |
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Collaborative Website |
Central access to all information about a group project, available to members at their convenience. NCSL can provide this technology to legislative staff. |
The group has to learn how to negotiate the site and be committed to maintaining all relevant materials on the site. |
Group projects, such as a report being drafted by a committee. |
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Web Site Chat |
Easy to use; inexpensive to develop and maintain. NCSL can provide this technology to legislative staff. |
Unmoderated chats can bog down if there are more than 10-12 people involved. |
Unmoderated: Conveying time-sensitive information or allowing immediate decision-making by a relatively small group.
Moderated: Question and answer session. |
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Narrated Presentation |
Narration can add interest and meaningful detail to the presentation. |
Files can be large. Finished project could be hard to modify, if entire narration must be re-recorded. |
Conveying factual information when the combination of audio and visual is helpful. |
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Audio Podcast |
User can access at his or her convenience. |
Can be labor intensive if extensive editing is needed. NCSL produces some podcasts, but resources for expansion are limited. |
Conveying factual information. |
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Video Webcast |
User can access at his or her convenience. |
Can be labor intensive if extensive editing is needed. NCSL produces some podcasts, but resources for expansion are limited. |
Conveying information when a visual presence is helpful, such as for communicating complex information. |
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RSS Feeds |
Easy-to-follow information from favorite Internet sources, without disclosing your e-mail address. |
Monitoring too many sources can make in unwieldy to keep up. |
Monitoring updated information from your favorite Internet sources without having to visit the website and look for changes. |
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Webinar |
Real-time discussion with presenters and other participants. (Recording can also be made available for later viewing.) |
Expensive. NCSL does not have the capability to produce webinars but can contract with providers of the service. |
Conveying information when interaction among participants is necessary. |
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Wiki |
Allows for collaboration to share information and deliberate. NCSL can provide this technology to legislative staff. |
With group authoring, the accuracy of the information can be called into question. |
Posting factual information or commentary and encouraging feedback. |
