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GROUP MEMBERS NAME :
1. Krishnapriya P B
2. Megha J A
3. Mekha Anna Boban
4. Neethu Varughese
5. Richa Rajan
6. Rincy Ubaid
SEMINAR TOPIC:- BLOGS, WIKIPEDIA, e- LIBRARY
SUBJECT:- TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION IN EDUCATION
BLOG
⮚Blog is a discussion or informal website published on the World Wide
Web.
⮚It consists of discrete, informal diary style text entries.
⮚Posts are displayed in reverse chronological order.
⮚Art blog, Photo blogs, mp3 blogs, Edu-blogs are popular.
⮚Teachers can use blogs as an instructional aid.
TYPES OF BLOGS
⮚Personal Blog:- Ongoing diary or commentary by an individual. This is the most common blog
type.
⮚Corporate and Organizational Blog:- It is used for private or business purpose.It enhances
the communication and culture in a corporation or externally marketing, branding, and public
relation purpose.
⮚Microblogs:- Microblog is a broadcast medium that exists in the form of blogging. A microblog
differs from a traditional blog in that its content is typically smaller in both actual and aggregated file
size.
⮚By Genre:-Focus on particular subjects. E.g.:-Political blog, travel blog, educational
blog.
⮚By Media:- Vlog contains videos, Photo blog contains photos, Link log- comprising links.
⮚By Device:-Defined by which type of device is used for composite. E.g.:-Mob logs written by
mobile device.
EDUCATIONAL BLOGS
⮚Blog created for educational purposes.
⮚Edu blogs archive and support student and teacher learning by facilitating reflection, questioning
by self and others, collaboration and by providing contexts for engaging in higher order thinking.
⮚Edu blogs can be useful tools for providing information for students or keeping in contact with
parents.
⮚E.g.:-Blogs written by or for teachers, blogs maintained for the purpose of classroom instruction,
or blogs written about educational policy.
⮚Educators who blog are sometimes called edubloggers.
USES OF BLOGS
⮚Some bloggers use their blogs as a learning journal as a learning journal or a knowledge log to
gather relevant information and ideas and communicate with other people.
⮚Some bloggers use blogs to record their own personal life and express emotions or feelings.
⮚Some instructors use blogs as an instructional and assessment tool, and blogs can be used as a
task management tool.
⮚There are many teacher related blogs on the internet where teachers can share information with
one another.
⮚Many teachers share materials and ideas to meet the diverse needs of all learners in their
classrooms.
⮚It act as a support system for teachers where they can access ideas, tools and gain support and
recognition from other professionals in their field.
⮚Weblogs can provide a forum for reading, writing and collaborating.
USE OF BLOGS
⮚Edu blogs can be used as instructional resources in which teachers can post tips explanations or
samples to help students learn.
⮚The use of blogs in the classroom allows both the teacher and student the ability to edit and add
content at any time.
⮚It promote creativity and self expression.
⮚Learn anytime and anywhere.
⮚Blogs are used to showcase individual student work by enabling them to publish texts, video clips,
audio clips, maps, photos and other images projects and such like in a potentially publically
accessible forum.
⮚Promote reflect and critical thinking.
⮚Improve communication skills.
USE OF BLOGS
⮚Develop creative thinking.
⮚Help students to work with people.
⮚Learning becomes less formal.
⮚Teachers are using blogs as a way to post important information such as homework, important
dates missed lessons projects discussion boards and other useful classroom information that is
accessible by all.
⮚Students can access this information from home or from any computer that is connected to the
internet.
⮚Blogs can be used as personal journals as diaries for story writing and for make editorial
responses to news events etc.
⮚Some teachers use blogs to keep in contact with student’s parents. Teachers and parents can
also use blogs in order to communicate with one another.
LIMITATIONS OF BLOG
⮚Student blogs often include uncorrected inaccuracies of information.
⮚Student can be used blogs to instigate online bullying.
⮚Student blogs are difficult to archive or index.
⮚Time consuming
⮚Computer addiction.
⮚Lack of network will affect the learning process.
WIKIPEDIA
❏ Wikipedia is a collaboratively edited ,multilingual, free Internet
encyclopedia that is supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation
❏ Launched on 15 January 2001 - Jimmy Wales & Larry Sanger .
❏ Volunteers worldwide collaboratively write Wikipedia’s 30 million
articles in 287 languages , including over 4.4 million in the English
Wikipedia.
❏ Anyone who can access the site can edit almost any of its articles
,which on the internet comprise the largest and most popular general
reference work.
❏ “Wiki” & “Pedia” from the word “Encyclopedia” .Wiki means “Quick”.
❏ It uses wiki technology .
❏ Wiki is a type of network that allows anyone to visit the site to
change the content by adding, removing or editing the content
❏ The content is updated continually.
❏ The free and easy access to edit pages can lead to improper
manipulation .
❏ Provide an excellent source for collaborative writing in both in
and out of the classroom.
Features Of Wiki
1. Openness - Wikipedia allows each and everyone of as create and
edit an article , which allows any user to create topic of his interest.
2. Computer skills - There is no much computer skills to use Wikipedia,
3. Motivation - Wikipedia allows everyone to make changes in the
articles, this has been huge motivation factor.Wikipedia allows to
contribute irrespective of the knowledge one posses.
4. Fast changing rate - The articles in wikipedia undergo revision at a
faster rate than any other encyclopedia .
5. Easy usability -Wikipedia easily accessible to all.
Advantages Of Wikipedia
1. Free
2. Anyone from everywhere
3. Collaboration
4. Instantaneous
5. Encourage non technical users
Disadvantages Of Wikipedia
1. Reliability of information is a question as anyone can add
information
2. Editing model - Anyone can edit the articles any time
3. Wikipedia articles cannot be considered scholarly , because
we know nothing about the contributors.
E-LIBRARY
 Refers to the information accessed through internet.
 Digital library/Universal library/future library.
 Collection of documents in an organized digital form, available on the
internet or on disk.
 Purpose of an e-library is to store, access, audio files, images and video
files.
 Various data can be merged easily, which helps keep information up-to-
data.
FUNCTIONS OF DIGITAL LIBRARY
 Access to large amounts of information to users whenever they are
whereever they need it.
 Access to primary information sources.
 Support multimedia content along with text.
 User friendly interface.
 Advance search and retrival.
 Integration with other digital libraries.
Difference between Traditional library and E-
library
Traditional library
• Print collection
• Stable with slow evolution
• Scholarly content with validation
process
• Can be accessed only in the
time when the library is open
and from the locality
E-library
• All resources in digital form
• Dynamic
• More than scholarly content with
various validation process
• Can be accessed any time
anywhere
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF E-
LIBRARY
ADVANTAGE
o No physical boundary
o Preservation and conservation
o Round the clock availability
o Multiple accesses
o Networking
o Cost
DISADVANTAGE
• Copyright
• Band width
• Efficiency
• Speed of access
• Environment
• Initial cost is high
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Technology seminar ppt.pptx

  • 1. GROUP MEMBERS NAME : 1. Krishnapriya P B 2. Megha J A 3. Mekha Anna Boban 4. Neethu Varughese 5. Richa Rajan 6. Rincy Ubaid
  • 2. SEMINAR TOPIC:- BLOGS, WIKIPEDIA, e- LIBRARY SUBJECT:- TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION IN EDUCATION
  • 3.
  • 4. BLOG ⮚Blog is a discussion or informal website published on the World Wide Web. ⮚It consists of discrete, informal diary style text entries. ⮚Posts are displayed in reverse chronological order. ⮚Art blog, Photo blogs, mp3 blogs, Edu-blogs are popular. ⮚Teachers can use blogs as an instructional aid.
  • 5. TYPES OF BLOGS ⮚Personal Blog:- Ongoing diary or commentary by an individual. This is the most common blog type. ⮚Corporate and Organizational Blog:- It is used for private or business purpose.It enhances the communication and culture in a corporation or externally marketing, branding, and public relation purpose. ⮚Microblogs:- Microblog is a broadcast medium that exists in the form of blogging. A microblog differs from a traditional blog in that its content is typically smaller in both actual and aggregated file size. ⮚By Genre:-Focus on particular subjects. E.g.:-Political blog, travel blog, educational blog. ⮚By Media:- Vlog contains videos, Photo blog contains photos, Link log- comprising links. ⮚By Device:-Defined by which type of device is used for composite. E.g.:-Mob logs written by mobile device.
  • 6. EDUCATIONAL BLOGS ⮚Blog created for educational purposes. ⮚Edu blogs archive and support student and teacher learning by facilitating reflection, questioning by self and others, collaboration and by providing contexts for engaging in higher order thinking. ⮚Edu blogs can be useful tools for providing information for students or keeping in contact with parents. ⮚E.g.:-Blogs written by or for teachers, blogs maintained for the purpose of classroom instruction, or blogs written about educational policy. ⮚Educators who blog are sometimes called edubloggers.
  • 7. USES OF BLOGS ⮚Some bloggers use their blogs as a learning journal as a learning journal or a knowledge log to gather relevant information and ideas and communicate with other people. ⮚Some bloggers use blogs to record their own personal life and express emotions or feelings. ⮚Some instructors use blogs as an instructional and assessment tool, and blogs can be used as a task management tool. ⮚There are many teacher related blogs on the internet where teachers can share information with one another. ⮚Many teachers share materials and ideas to meet the diverse needs of all learners in their classrooms. ⮚It act as a support system for teachers where they can access ideas, tools and gain support and recognition from other professionals in their field. ⮚Weblogs can provide a forum for reading, writing and collaborating.
  • 8. USE OF BLOGS ⮚Edu blogs can be used as instructional resources in which teachers can post tips explanations or samples to help students learn. ⮚The use of blogs in the classroom allows both the teacher and student the ability to edit and add content at any time. ⮚It promote creativity and self expression. ⮚Learn anytime and anywhere. ⮚Blogs are used to showcase individual student work by enabling them to publish texts, video clips, audio clips, maps, photos and other images projects and such like in a potentially publically accessible forum. ⮚Promote reflect and critical thinking. ⮚Improve communication skills.
  • 9. USE OF BLOGS ⮚Develop creative thinking. ⮚Help students to work with people. ⮚Learning becomes less formal. ⮚Teachers are using blogs as a way to post important information such as homework, important dates missed lessons projects discussion boards and other useful classroom information that is accessible by all. ⮚Students can access this information from home or from any computer that is connected to the internet. ⮚Blogs can be used as personal journals as diaries for story writing and for make editorial responses to news events etc. ⮚Some teachers use blogs to keep in contact with student’s parents. Teachers and parents can also use blogs in order to communicate with one another.
  • 10. LIMITATIONS OF BLOG ⮚Student blogs often include uncorrected inaccuracies of information. ⮚Student can be used blogs to instigate online bullying. ⮚Student blogs are difficult to archive or index. ⮚Time consuming ⮚Computer addiction. ⮚Lack of network will affect the learning process.
  • 11.
  • 12. WIKIPEDIA ❏ Wikipedia is a collaboratively edited ,multilingual, free Internet encyclopedia that is supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation ❏ Launched on 15 January 2001 - Jimmy Wales & Larry Sanger . ❏ Volunteers worldwide collaboratively write Wikipedia’s 30 million articles in 287 languages , including over 4.4 million in the English Wikipedia. ❏ Anyone who can access the site can edit almost any of its articles ,which on the internet comprise the largest and most popular general reference work. ❏ “Wiki” & “Pedia” from the word “Encyclopedia” .Wiki means “Quick”.
  • 13. ❏ It uses wiki technology . ❏ Wiki is a type of network that allows anyone to visit the site to change the content by adding, removing or editing the content ❏ The content is updated continually. ❏ The free and easy access to edit pages can lead to improper manipulation . ❏ Provide an excellent source for collaborative writing in both in and out of the classroom.
  • 14. Features Of Wiki 1. Openness - Wikipedia allows each and everyone of as create and edit an article , which allows any user to create topic of his interest. 2. Computer skills - There is no much computer skills to use Wikipedia, 3. Motivation - Wikipedia allows everyone to make changes in the articles, this has been huge motivation factor.Wikipedia allows to contribute irrespective of the knowledge one posses. 4. Fast changing rate - The articles in wikipedia undergo revision at a faster rate than any other encyclopedia . 5. Easy usability -Wikipedia easily accessible to all.
  • 15. Advantages Of Wikipedia 1. Free 2. Anyone from everywhere 3. Collaboration 4. Instantaneous 5. Encourage non technical users
  • 16. Disadvantages Of Wikipedia 1. Reliability of information is a question as anyone can add information 2. Editing model - Anyone can edit the articles any time 3. Wikipedia articles cannot be considered scholarly , because we know nothing about the contributors.
  • 17.
  • 18. E-LIBRARY  Refers to the information accessed through internet.  Digital library/Universal library/future library.  Collection of documents in an organized digital form, available on the internet or on disk.  Purpose of an e-library is to store, access, audio files, images and video files.  Various data can be merged easily, which helps keep information up-to- data.
  • 19. FUNCTIONS OF DIGITAL LIBRARY  Access to large amounts of information to users whenever they are whereever they need it.  Access to primary information sources.  Support multimedia content along with text.  User friendly interface.  Advance search and retrival.  Integration with other digital libraries.
  • 20. Difference between Traditional library and E- library Traditional library • Print collection • Stable with slow evolution • Scholarly content with validation process • Can be accessed only in the time when the library is open and from the locality E-library • All resources in digital form • Dynamic • More than scholarly content with various validation process • Can be accessed any time anywhere
  • 21. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF E- LIBRARY ADVANTAGE o No physical boundary o Preservation and conservation o Round the clock availability o Multiple accesses o Networking o Cost DISADVANTAGE • Copyright • Band width • Efficiency • Speed of access • Environment • Initial cost is high