Presentation overview

1. Blogs -n- Wikis
What the heck are they?

2. Blogs
• From “web” and “log” = weblog = “blog
• Used to chronicle something
• Individuals or multiple people can make posts
which can then be commented on
• There are over 60 million active blogs (this
figure is old)
• Let’s you publish your thoughts to the world,
others or nobody at all - an online journal

3. Blog Examples
• http://cfsmatthew.blogspot.com
• http://
cfsupperschoolnews.blogspot.com
• http://jacobsmathlog.blogspot.com
• http://my.barackobama.com/page/
content/hqblog

4. Blog Resources
• http://www.blogger.com
• http://www.edublogs.com
• http://www.wordpress.com

5. Wiki-wiki
• Hawaiian for “quick”
• Easy to edit webpages
• Multiple users can edit
• Lose design, gain content flexibility

6. Where to get a wiki?
• http://www.wikispaces.com
• http://www.pbwiki.com

7. Wiki Examples
• http://cfsmatthew.wikispaces.com/
blogsnwikis/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Main_Page
• http://globalvillage1.pbwiki.com/

8. Web 2.0
• Makes all this stuff REALLY cool
• Is about how we think about the
internet
• Less about information GETTING
more about information creating and
collaboration
• Less work for you!