Writing in a flat world: Bettervblogging through social networking

Writing in a flat world: Better Blogging through Social Networking Vance Stevens and Rita Zeinstejer presenting at the TESOL Arabia Abu Dhabi chapter Tactile Tasks and Technical Tips (TTTT) workshops at the Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE April 21, 2007

Personal Incentives

This is practice for my short Summer Course at the University of the Basque Country in San Sebastian, Spain 11th-13th July : "Learning to write in a global and plurilingual world" http:// www.opensource.idv.tw/moodle/course/view.php?id =46 ,

To help me prepare for this course I have started a project with a number of teachers worldwide - http:// writingmatrix.wikispaces.com , among them Rita Zeinstejer, who will assist from Argentina via Elluminate at http://tinyurl.com/y3eh (so that this can be recorded for the benefit of others on the project)

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

What RSS is, and why it's important

How to subscribe to RSS feeds generated by other bloggers

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

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

How to aggregate content using the tags you've placed in your posts http://www.technorati.com

Partners

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

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

Doris Molero in Venezuela

Carla Arena and Dennis Oliver from Brazil and Arizona, respectively: http:// internationalexchange.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 to a blog

How to edit a post

How to TAG a post, and why you should do this For this project, please tag all posts, pictures, etc. writingmatrix (plus any other terms that describe your post) More about these first 4 items here : http://www.homestead.com/prosites-vstevens/files/efi/blogger_tutorial.htm

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)