Blogs, Wikis, Feeds Workshop

1. Blogs, Wikis, Feeds Workshop http://www.tltgroup.org/blogworkshop/blogswikisworkshop.htm

2. 3 Goals for Today • Explain the difference between a Blog and threaded discussion board • Review Examples of how Blogs are incorporated in the learning environment. • Explore Wiki’s

3. Blogs Focus on Individual Content is guided by author Personal/private Knowledge based Better for a single contributor but multiple viewers Private Journal/diaries Posts/Comments Discussion Boards Group based Responses are more dynamic Public/social Good for multiple contributors Public Conversation/bulletin board Threads/Replies Blog or Threaded Discussions ? Syntax Purpose Locus of Control

4. Expanded Differences Resource: Common Craft is a consulting practice and weblog operated by Lee LeFever. The focus of Common Craft is Social Design for the Web. http://www.commoncraft.com/archives/000768.html

5. Examples

6. Links to Resources • What Is a Blog? http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=ETO105 • What Is a Wiki? http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=ETO406 • Blogs In Education< http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=ETO706> • Blog Etiquette in the Educational System http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=ETO506 • Garrod, P., Weblogs: Do they belong in libraries?, Ariadne 40, July 2004 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue40/public-libraries/ • "The seven-year-old bloggers", BBC News online, 14 June 2004, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3804773.stm • Williams, J.B., Jacobs, J., "Exploring the use of blogs as learning spaces in the higher education sector", Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2004, 20(2), 232-247 http://ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet20/williams.html • Ferdig, R. E., Trammell K. D., "Content delivery in the Blogosphere", T.H.E. Journal Online, February 2004, http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/articleprintversion.cfm?aid=4677 • Educause Resource Center: Blogs section http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?page_id=645&PARENT_ID=645&bhcp=1 • Remote Authoring of Mobile Blogs for Learning Environments, JISC DEL E-Tools Project http://www.jisc.ac.uk/deletramble.html • Bradley, P., Search Engines: Weblog search engines, Ariadne 36, July 2003 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue36/search-engines/

7. What is a Wiki? • A wiki is a website used to bring people together to collaborate online. • Most website deliver content one-way, wiki’s allow participants to edit, update and append pages.

8. http://en.wikipedia.org/ Please note: If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly or redistributed by others, do not submit it. Only public domain resources can be copied without permission—this does not include most web pages. See our policies and guidelines for more information on editing.

9. WriteBoard http://writeboard.com/a7f68a7851728974b Password: Password

10. JotSpot http://www.jotspot.com

11. Writely

12. Wiki Shared Editing Space

13. Post to Wiki to the Blog

14. Blog Feed

15. Internet User User User RSS One to One/Now Much to Many Blog Internet Blogs Wikis It is not the TOOLS it is the convergence of the communication systems

16. Where Can I Find Out More? • Main webpage for the TLTGroup – http://www.tltgroup.org • Blogger.com Blog site for the session - http://tltblog.blogspot.com/ • Custom TLT Website for this session - http://www.tltgroup.org/blogworkshop/blogswikisworkshop.htm • If you have not responded to your invitation to join the Blog it is not too late. Please sign-in and join the discussion on the TLT Blog and also join in the new Blogs being added each day. • Introductory Worksheet - for a quick start building your first blog, first "Writely" document, and your first wiki! Designed for use with this web page - best for people working in pairs or groups.Click here for PDF version  Click here for MS Word version  Click here for "Writely" version

17. Next… • Continue to follow the Blog • Work on Group Blogs • Create your own Wiki