Blogs & Wikis in the Classroom Lower Hudson Regional Information Center

Web 1.0 – Web 2.0 Read Only – Read/Write DoubleClick oFoto mp3.com Britannica Online Media reviews Personal Websites Publishing Content Directories (taxonomy) Hyperlinks Google AdSense Flckr Napster Wikipedia Amazon (user reviews) Blogging Participation Wikis Tagging ("folksonomy“- collaborative categorization of information) RSS

DoubleClick

oFoto

mp3.com

Britannica Online

Media reviews

Personal Websites

Publishing

Content

Directories (taxonomy)

Hyperlinks

Google AdSense

Flckr

Napster

Wikipedia

Amazon (user reviews)

Blogging

Participation

Wikis

Tagging ("folksonomy“- collaborative categorization of information)

RSS

The Past, Present and Future of the Web is Now Learn about something – Google Experts Static information Writing for teacher & grade - an audience of one Learn about and from people – Blogosphere Construction & sharing knowledge Publish to the world Writing for all w/ feedback & dialog Social Networking Exploit the content of social computing sites, store information (for commercial purposes?) Machines will do intelligent things Move from a web of connected documents to a Web of connected data (Semantic Web) Web 1.0 Web 2.0 Web 3.0

Learn about something – Google

Experts

Static information

Writing for teacher & grade - an audience of one

Learn about and from people – Blogosphere

Construction & sharing knowledge

Publish to the world

Writing for all w/ feedback & dialog

Social Networking

Exploit the content of social computing sites, store information (for commercial purposes?)

Machines will do intelligent things

Move from a web of connected documents to a Web of connected data (Semantic Web)

Web 2.0 Tools RSS – share content between websites Aggregators – collects RSS feeds Delicious - social bookmarking tool Flickr - online photo management and sharing application Slideshare – share slides online YouTube – share videos Technorati – blog search tool Digg – members submit news articles Mashups – data from one site is integrated into another

RSS – share content between websites

Aggregators – collects RSS feeds

Delicious - social bookmarking tool

Flickr - online photo management and sharing application

Slideshare – share slides online

YouTube – share videos

Technorati – blog search tool

Digg – members submit news articles

Mashups – data from one site is integrated into another

Educational Benefits of Blogs & Wikis Help students to communicate & collaborate Motivate students to participate Provide opportunities to read & write Postings can be created by students any time, any place

Help students to communicate & collaborate

Motivate students to participate

Provide opportunities to read & write

Postings can be created by students any time, any place

Being Five – a cartoon blog http://beingfive.blogspot.com/

Preparing the classroom for blogging Determine school policy AUP Viewing student work online Parental notification Teach student safe online behavior Set expectations

Determine school policy

AUP

Viewing student work online

Parental notification

Teach student safe online behavior

Set expectations

http://classblogmeister.com/ David Warlick – How to

Wiki Collaboration collaborative public writing tool Community of users construct knowledge Edit, delete or modify content Ongoing collective work of many authors Students “own” their learning experience

Collaboration

collaborative public writing tool

Community of users construct knowledge

Edit, delete or modify content

Ongoing collective work of many authors

Students “own” their learning experience

Wikis

Q. How many Wiki people does it take to change a lightbulb? A. One, but anyone can change it back. - langreiter.com

Q. How many Wiki people does it

take to change a lightbulb?

A. One, but anyone can change it back.

- langreiter.com