Blogs, Wikis, Feeds Workshop

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Blogs, Wikis, Feeds Workshop
http//www.tltgroup.org/blogworkshop/blogswikiswor
kshop.htm
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Why Learn/Why Bother?

• Why learn another set of tools?
• Blogs and their associated technologies are
  arguably heralding the most significant
  technological development in online teaching and
  learning since the introduction of enterprise
  level Learning Management Systems (LMS)
• Read More by James Farmer and Anne Bartlett-Bragg
  - Blogs _at_ Anywhere High fidelity online
  communication Online at http//incsub.org/blog/20
  05/blogs-anywhere-high-fidelity-online-communicati
  on
• These tools mark a transition point in the
  Internet helping to bring users, information and
  tools together

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One to One/Now Much to Many
Blog
Internet Blogs Wikis
It is not the TOOLS it is the convergence of the
communication systems
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Who Uses These Things?

• Blog Topics Food, Tech, PR, Politics
• Blogs (50,000 postings per hour/over 70,000 new
  weblogs created each day) Read more by Dave Sifry
  online at http//technorati.com/weblog/2006/02/83.
  html
• Wikis tend to be behind fire walls counts are
  hard to come by they tend to be more work
  oriented rather than social or opinion based.
  Read more by Sebastian Rupley online at
  http//www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1071705,00.as
  p
• RSS - Believe it or not a poll by The RSS Weblog
  asking "How many feeds do you track?" responses
  ranged from 0-20 to over 390. The very survey
  found that 40 of voters track over 100 feeds and
  12 track over 390 feeds. Information overload?!

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Intro Poll

• Indicate the current tools you are using in your
  learning environment?

None
Wiki
Feed
Blog
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What is a Blog?

• Define A weblog (usually shortened to blog, but
  occasionally spelled web log) is a web-based
  publication consisting primarily of periodic
  articles (normally in reverse chronological
  order). Although most early weblogs were manually
  updated, tools to automate the maintenance of
  such sites made them accessible to a much larger
  population, and the use of some sort of
  browser-based software is now a typical aspect of
  "blogging". (http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog)
  Good source for tutorial!
• Purpose Post public information for others to
  read and entice to respond.

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Blog Poll

• Who is currently hosting a personal Blog?

Yes
No
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What is a Wiki?

• Define A wiki (pronounced , or see
  Pronunciation below) is a web application that
  allows users to add content, as on an Internet
  forum, but also allows anyone to edit the
  content. Wiki also refers to the collaborative
  software used to create such a website (see Wiki
  software). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIKI
• Purpose Allow multiple users to rapidly edit,
  post, and read in a shared online format.

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Wiki Poll

• Who has contributed to a Wiki?

Yes
No
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What is a Feed?

• Define RSS is a family of XML file formats for
  web syndication used by news websites and
  weblogs. They are used to provide items
  containing short descriptions of web content
  together with a link to the full version of the
  content. This information is delivered as an XML
  file called RSS feed, webfeed, RSS stream, or RSS
  channel. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_Feed
• Define A news aggregator is a software
  application or remotely hosted service that
  collects syndicated content from disparate
  sources and provides a single consolidated view.
  These applications can also be commonly referred
  to as a feed reader, feed aggregator or simply
  just an aggregator. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_Feed
  _Reader
• Purpose Although the technology itself is
  complicated it allows information to come to user
  instead of users going out and searching for
  information. Widely used in podcasting,
  vodcasting, broadasting, screencasting, Vloging,
  and MP3 blogs.

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Feed Poll

• Who is currently subscribing to a feed?

Yes
No
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Where Can I Find Out More?

• TLT Website will host the traditional format of
  information (http//www.tltgroup.org/.........)
• To demonstrate both the technical and user
  characteristics of the tools we will be
  interacting online as follows
• Week1 Blog
• Week 2 Wikis
• Week3 Feeds

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Next

• Everyone will receive a login invitation from the
  TLT Workshop Blog on Blogger.com
• We invite you to read and interact in the blog
• Purpose is to participants to experience
  interacting with peers in this environment
• Many of the technical, user, and design
  information and questions will flow through the
  blog
• We will encourage folks to debate, explore, post,
  question, etc.
• Those interested in starting their own blog will
  also have that opportunity!