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Welcome to USING BLOGS AND WIKIS TO FACILITATE LEARNING This workshop is licensed under a Creative Commons License. DaveFontaine1@gmail.com You should hear audio narration.

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Blogs You should hear audio narration.

What is a ‘blog?’:

What is a ‘blog?’ A daily pulpit A collaborative space A political soapbox A breaking-news outlet A collection of links Your own private thoughts Memos to the world

Your blog is whatever you want it to be!:

Your blog is whatever you want it to be!

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* Publish your thoughts. * Your own voice on the web. * It's a place to collect and share things that you find interesting. * A blog can help you say it. LINK

Watch this short video clip:

Watch this short video clip from Will Richardson, the author of our required text. He is a nationally known speaker and presenter on using blogs in the classroom. Will’s video (be patient this may take awhile to load)

http://weblogg-ed.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/WebLoggingSmall.mov http://media.uri.edu/Education/edc920/session10-11/WebLoggingFinal.mov :

http://weblogg-ed.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/WebLoggingSmall.mov http://media.uri.edu/Education/edc920/session10-11/WebLoggingFinal.mov Links from previous page:

Readings:

Readings Introduction to Blogs and Blogging Can blogs help students? Blogging- A Powerful New Tool for Educators Edublogs Blogging at schools Educational Blogging

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgpppkm4_201gq9sj7gw http://www.rediff.com/netguide/2003/jun/12media.htm http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan04/richardson.shtml http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:GSn4Eu3Fh4gJ:www.ecolenet.nl/best/edublogs.htm+http://www.ecolenet.nl/best/edublogs.htm&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us http://bloggingatschool.blogspot.com/ http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm0450.asp?bhcp=1 http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/teaching_with_blogs/teaching_with_blogs.cfm :

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgpppkm4_201gq9sj7gw http://www.rediff.com/netguide/2003/jun/12media.htm http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan04/richardson.shtml http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:GSn4Eu3Fh4gJ:www.ecolenet.nl/best/edublogs.htm+http://www.ecolenet.nl/best/edublogs.htm&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us http://bloggingatschool.blogspot.com/ http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm0450.asp?bhcp=1 http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/teaching_with_blogs/teaching_with_blogs.cfm Links from previous page:

Blogs today:

Blogs today Range from the simple to the sophisticated Interesting and useful to mundane and completely irrelevant *No need to know HTML *No need to know FTP

What makes a Blog useful?:

What makes a Blog useful? Give and Get feedback You can choose whether or not you want to allow comments (and you can delete anything you don't like). Group blogs can be excellent communication tools for small teams, families, or classes. Give your group its own space on the web for sharing news, links, and ideas.

Pluses:

Pluses Timely Get to the point Quick to skim “Human filter” Contextualized What’s “Hot” Lightweight content management solution Easy to publish Inexpensive (free) Multiple contributors Lighten web maintenance workload NO AUDIO

Minuses:

Minuses Sometimes useless Redundant All posting the same stuff Obsolete Links expire Best before date! Trivia “my cat coughed up a fluff ball” Misinformation Rigor of validating information (rumor) varies greatly Bias NO AUDIO

Informal Communities:

Informal Communities The ease of cross-linking and the conversational nature, fosters social networking Self – organizing communities emerge NO AUDIO

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Excellent at ONE to MANY communication Allows participation Breaks down the barriers Allows us to have “connected content” NO AUDIO

What’s in it for ME?:

What’s in it for ME? Self-rewarding Often bloggers report they discover their own interests, refine their perspectives … “Peer” recognition NO AUDIO

Terminology:

Terminology Client- a technological “middleman” that stores information until it is posted to a blog Server- where your blog is stored Host- entity who owns the server

BlogSpeak:

BlogSpeak Blogger- person who maintains a blog Blogging -the act of creating a blog Blogrolling- moving from blog to blog Blogrolodex- a listing of other blogs Blogosphere- the community of all weblogs; also called blogsphere

Blog Content:

Blog Content Information = Text Links Web Pages Images Photos Videos Audio

Public or Private:

Public or Private Public weblogs are blogs published on the internet without a password for all to see. Private weblogs are published on the internet but protected. Password Company’s network

Dissecting a web log:

Dissecting a web log beSpacific.com Accurate, focused law and technology news www.bespacific.com

Permalink:

Permalink A permalink is a "permanent link", a way to reference a certain post ( a single element of one or more types of content) "forever".

Other features:

Other features Time stamp Comments Draft mode Timed release

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People have different opinions on what exactly constitutes a blog.

Characteristics of Blogs:

Characteristics of Blogs Generally present posts in reverse chronological order. Are usually informal, and generally personal Are updated regularly Don't involve professional editors in the process (that is, someone who is getting paid explicitly to review the content)

What's the difference between weblogs and "classic" homepages?:

What's the difference between weblogs and "classic" homepages? Format, style and content varies greatly. How current they are. How frequently they are updated. Weblogs have a strong component of dates attached to entries.

“The Death of Journalism":

“ The Death of Journalism " Weblogs are a different kind of expression, and as such, they are complementary to everything else that's already out there.

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The best way to see what blogs are like is to read them.

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“Technology and Learning's” School Site of the Month for March was Anne's " Write Weblog".

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Technology and Learning's School Site of the Month for March was Anne's " Write Weblog ".

Links from previous page::

Links from previous page: http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=159400370 http://anne.teachesme.com/category/best-practice/ http://itc.blogs.com/thewriteweblog/

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She works hard to highlight their best work, to celebrate their successes, and to capitalize on the…

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… teachable moments . It's inspiring! http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/03/30/inappropriate-commentsteachable-moments/

Well-Known Weblogs:

Well-Known Weblogs Vicki , Konrad and his “Blog of Proximal Development ,” Parents contributing to student blogs , Will's blog , & Wikis in Education .

Links from previous page::

Links from previous page: http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/ http://www.teachandlearn.ca/blog/2007/01/30/privacy-and-scaffolding/#comments http://k12online.wm.edu/its_elementary/player.html http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/when-parents-contribute-to-student-blogs/ http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/blogging-2-learn / http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/ http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/

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From the " Courses I Would Love to Teach " Department comes CommWeb Daily , a blog for a class being taught by Chris Lott at University of Alaska Fairbanks . His class materials page has me dreaming. And check out the grading policy: # Student Blog Writing (500 pts) # Class Blog Contributions (450 pts) # Wiki Writing (400 pts) # Homework/Class Projects (500 pts) # Participation/Attendance (350 pts) # Final Project (800 pts)

Links from previous page::

Links from previous page: http://commwebclass.blogspot.com/2005_01_16_archive.html

This is a blog that was created solely to educate others on blogs. It has everything you will ever want to know about blogs and the support material to substantiate their usage. http://tcea.blogspot.com/:

This is a blog that was created solely to educate others on blogs. It has everything you will ever want to know about blogs and the support material to substantiate their usage. http://tcea.blogspot.com/ Finally-a blog about blogs

To be continued…..:

To be continued…..