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Understanding Blogs and Wikis: A Guide to Online Writing and Collaboration

Explore the dynamic world of blogs and wikis! Blogs serve as personal diaries, news outlets, and collaborative spaces, allowing users to share thoughts and experiences regularly. Renowned examples like the "Riverbend" blog from Baghdad highlight their impact. Wikis, originating from collaborative platforms like Wikipedia, permit users to edit and create content together. Tools such as Wikispaces and PBWiki foster educational projects and learning opportunities. Dive into the blogosphere and the flexibility of wikis to enhance your online presence and academic pursuits!

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Understanding Blogs and Wikis: A Guide to Online Writing and Collaboration

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  1. Blogs & Wikis 1. Blogs!

  2. What is a blog (web log)? • Blogger.com says: • “A BLOG IS A PERSONAL DIARY. A DAILY PULPIT. A COLLABORATIVE SPACE. A POLITICAL SOAPBOX. A BREAKING-NEWS OUTLET.” • “IN SIMPLE TERMS, A BLOG IS A WEB SITE, WHERE YOU WRITE STUFF ON AN ONGOING BASIS.. “

  3. An example of a famous ‘diary’ blog The blogger “Riverbend” in Baghdad http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com

  4. Blogs for everything! • Google has a blog search for specific topics • http://www.google.co.uk/blogsearch?hl=en

  5. Media blogs Guardian Unlimited blogs: http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/index.html BBC’s blogs: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/

  6. blogs for education Eg: Student projects/ reflection: http://chicagocenter.blogspot.com/2006/12/fall-semester-students-reflections-on.html Google directory: http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Education/Instructional_Technology/Weblogs

  7. blogs in HE/libraries • Some examples: • http://swansea-learninglab.blogspot.com/ • http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i39/39a01401.htm • library blogs: http://www2.worc.ac.uk/wordpress/

  8. video blogs (vlogs) • Eg: • http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9029958148800251461&sourceid=docidfeed&hl=undefined • Google video blog : http://googlevideo.blogspot.com/

  9. More blogging terminology!! • Blogosphere • Plog • Blawg • Moblog • Blogopotamus Blogging community Project blog Law blog Mobile (b)log Bloated blog!

  10. Free blogging software • Blogger: http://www.blogger.com • Wordpress: http://wordpress.org/ • Weblogs –site that tracks blogging activity: http://www.weblogs.com/

  11. 2. Wikis! Graph from “Google Trends” showing recent increased usage of Wikis http://www.google.com/trends

  12. What are Wikis? • Editable online ’articles’- idea derived from ‘Wikipedia’ –this is a popular resource for students – not necessarily trustworthy! • Wikis allow content to be added/modified in a collaborative way

  13. Wiki software -free • 1) Wikispaces • http://www.wikispaces.com/ • 2) PBWiki • http://www.pbwiki.com

  14. Wiki example • Swansea University’s “learning Lab” wiki • http://learninglab.swan.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php

  15. Wikis in education • http://pbwiki.com/ • pbwiki education http://pbwiki.com/edu.html • Using Wikis for Projects • http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6646

  16. Wikis for HE / libraries • Wiki developed to support a library qualification in Scotland: • http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Applications_of_ICT_in_Libraries • pbwiki book reviews • http://mrlindsay.pbwiki.com/Book%20Reviews

  17. Wiki-books • two wikibooks examples • http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Applications_of_ICT_in_Libraries • http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/General_Biology

  18. Presentation by: www.rsc-wales.ac.uk Contact : c.p.davies@swansea.ac.uk

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