Blogs, Wikis, Feeds Workshop

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Blogs, Wikis, Feeds Workshop
http//www.tltgroup.org/blogworkshop/blogswikiswor
kshop.htm
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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 Wikis

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Blog or Threaded Discussions ?
Syntax
Purpose
Locus of Control

• 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

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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
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Examples
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Links to Resources

• What Is a Blog? http//www.wisc-online.com/objects
  /index_tj.asp?objIDETO105
• What Is a Wiki? http//www.wisc-online.com/object
  s/index_tj.asp?objIDETO406
• Blogs In Educationlt http//www.wisc-online.com/obj
  ects/index_tj.asp?objIDETO706gt
• Blog Etiquette in the Educational System
  http//www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?ob
  jIDETO506
• 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/m
  agazine/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?aid4677
• Educause Resource Center Blogs section
  http//www.educause.edu/content.asp?page_id645PA
  RENT_ID645bhcp1
• 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/

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What is a Wiki?

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

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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 permissionthis does not
include most web pages. See our policies and
guidelines for more information on editing.
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WriteBoard
http//writeboard.com/a7f68a7851728974b
Password Password
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JotSpot
http//www.jotspot.com
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Writely
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Wiki Shared Editing Space
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Post to Wiki to the Blog
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Blog Feed
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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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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/blogswikiswor
  kshop.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

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Next

• Continue to follow the Blog
• Work on Group Blogs
• Create your own Wiki