Blogs, Wikis,

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Blogs, Wikis, Web 2.0 Tools

• Eva Agbada
• Prepared for
• TC-210 Instructional Communications
• Spring 2008

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At a glance

• What is Web 2.0?
• Blogs
• Wikis
• More tools
• Assignment

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Web 2.0

• Collaboration
• Online communities social networking
• Content created by/tailored for users
• Examples
• Source http//www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly
  /tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

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Blogs

• Web Log Blog
• Dynamic publishing
• One or several authors writing for an audience.
• Examples
• http//theedublogger.edublogs.org/
• http//itc.blogs.com/minds/

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Wikis

• Online collaboration
• Peer-edited
• Everyone is an author
• Examples
• http//www.wikipedia.org/
• http//educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examplesof
  educationalwikis

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Lets create some

• http//www.edublogs.org
• http//pbwiki.com/education.wiki

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Other Web 2.0 Tools

• 7 Things You Should Know About website from
  EDUCAUSE
• http//www.educause.edu/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutS
  eries/7495

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Assignment (due 4/24/2008 by noon)

• Deadline Thursday, April 24, 2008 by 1200PM
• Task
• Create a blog OR a wiki and post a welcome
  message for your students.
• Create an additional page on your blog/wiki (e.g.
  a Portfolio page, a class assignment page, etc).
• Send the URL for your blog/wiki to TC210 course
  members (e.agbada_at_usp.edu, ashank_at_mail.usp.edu,
  bharrison_at_mail.usp.edu, j.smith_at_usp.edu,
  p.meek_at_usp.edu).
• Post at least one comment on each others
  blog/wiki.
• Post a link to the blog/wiki from your Website,
  and then create a link from your blog/wiki to
  your Website.