BLOGS, WIKIS, AND WEB 2.0
LAUREN PRESSLEY
INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN LIBRARIAN
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/88869718@N00/2597584547
WEB 1.0

HOW WAS IT CREATED?
UNIVERSITIES &
GOVERNMENT
HAD TO KNOW
SOMETHING ABOUT
COMPUTERS
HAD TO HAVE ACCESS
TO TECHNOLOGY
HTTP://FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/27315689@N00/459020985

HOW WAS IT ORGANIZED?
FIRST: SHARED LINKS
THEN: DIRECTORIES
FINALLY: BASIC
SEARCH
& THEN..... GOOGLE
HTTP://FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/CMICBLOG/546981747

HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/94291223@N00/122881874
WEB 2.0

HOW IS IT CREATED?
REGULAR PEOPLE WITH
COMPUTERS AND
INTERNET
POSTING PHOTOS,
STORIES, EDITING WIKI
PAGES, CREATING
PROFILES, TAGGING
CONTENT, “DIGGING”
AND GIVING STUFF
THUMBS UPS
HTTP://FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/70267096@N00/32075122

HOW IS IT ORGANIZED?
SEARCH (GOOGLE)
TAGGING (DELICIOUS,
TECHNORATI, ETC)
SOCIAL RANKING AND
ORGANIZING (DIGG,
TWINE, ETC)
HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/41894165897@N01/2583944206

HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/JONAHGS/319116679/
WE CREATE CONTENT
(AND THE WAYS TO FIND IT)

HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/74519410@N00/556107638
WEB 2.0 IS HUGE
(IT WOULD TAKE A WHOLE 3 HOUR CLASS TO COVER IT ALL)

HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/49503016009@N01/300252508
BLOGS

HOW ARE THEY CREATED?
REGULAR PEOPLE WITH
SOMETHING TO SAY
EASY: ONLINE
(WORDPRESS OR
BLOGGER)
HARDER: SELF-HOSTED
HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/30008272@N00/85220007

THE ANATOMY OF A BLOG POST
(FOR WORDPRESS, AT LEAST)

...& A LITTLE BIT CLOSER

HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/14507105@N00/1171561284
WIKIS

HOW ARE THEY CREATED?
REGULAR FOLKS,
CREATING WIKIS OR
EDITING EXISTING
ONES.
WANT TO EDIT? TRY
WIKIPEDIA!
WANT TO CREATE
YOUR OWN? TRY PB
WIKI!
HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/70321513@N00/95757299

THE ANATOMY OF EDITING A WIKI

Blog Wiki
search,
Organized chronologically
loose hierarchy
search,
Search search, tags, categories
categories
current information, reference, collaborative
Best for
changing statuses work

FINDING WEB 2.0 CONTENT
TECHNORATI
TECHNORATI.COM/
GOOGLE BLOG SEARCH
BLOGSEARCH.GOOGLE.
COM/
HTTP://FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/95222260@N00/467983838

QUESTIONS?
LAUREN PRESSLEY
PRESSLLM@WFU.EDU
AIM:
LAURENPRESSLEY
HTTP://FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/24533255@N00/2557253372