Vance Writingmatrix Wiaoc2007

Writingmatrix: CONNECTing students with blogs, tags, and social networking Vance Stevens, Nelba Quintana, Rita Zeinstejer Sasha Sirk, and Doris Molero presenting at WiAOC 2007 Webheads in Action Online Convergenc May 18, 2007

Writingmatrix

http://writingmatrix.wikispaces.com

What the project covers

How to start a blog

How to post to a blog

How to edit a post

How to TAG a post, and why you should do this

How to find others using the same tags you've placed in your posts http://www.technorati.com

How to get the del.icio.us browser button and tag sites you visit

How to see who's tagged YOUR pages and find other tags they are interested in

What RSS is, and why it's important

How to subscribe to RSS feeds generated by other bloggers

How to open a http://www.bloglines.com account, and why you should do this

How to organize and follow each other's updated blog postings

How to open a http:// del.icio.us account, and why it's important

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Partners

Nelba Quintana in La Plata, Argentina http:// englishvirtualcommunity.blogspot.com /

Rita Zeinstejer in Rosario, Argentina http://caeb2007.podomatic.com

Doris Molero in Venezuela http://www.doris3meflcenter.blogspot.com

Sasha Sirk in Slovenia: http:// rostilj.blogspot.com

Blogger

Starting a blog (newly updated April 20, 2007 at http://www.vancestevens.com/blogs.htm

How to post

Edit a post

TAG a post, and why you should do this For this project, we tag all posts, pictures, etc. writingmatrix (plus any other terms to describe a post) More here : http://www.homestead.com/prosites-vstevens/files/efi/blogger_tutorial.htm

http://www.technorati.com

Technorati scans blogs to find other postings with tags you search for

Tracking tags at http:// www.technorati.com

E.g. http://technorati.com/tag/writingmatrix

The teachers will discuss their experiences with this

RSS

What RSS is, and why it's important http://www.vancestevens.com/rss_edu.htm

Will Richardson’s

RSS Quick Start Guide for Educators http://www.weblogg-ed.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/RSSFAQ4.pdf

Blog post regarding his presentation "RSS: The New Killer App for Educators" http://www.weblogg-ed.com/2005/01/31#a3087

http://www.BLOGLINES.com

How to open a http:// www.bloglines.com account, and why you should do this

How to subscribe to RSS feeds generated by other bloggers in the project (in Bloglines)

How to organize and follow each other's updated blog postings

http://DEL.ICIO.US

How to open a http:// del.icio.us account, and why it's important

How to get the del.icio.us browser button and tag sites you visit John Pederson's del.icio.us guide for educators at Google docs seems to have a problem at the moment: http://pedersondesigns.com/2006/11/24/delicious-guide-for-educators-part-1-tools-tagging/ (but Google produces plethora of others similar)