Blogs and Wikis

Robin MetajACES PDSI

rmetaj@aces.org

The New “Digital Divide”Those who know how to “think” about search vs. those who don’t.

• Those who know how to validate soft information vs. those who don’t

• Those who know where to find information in new “hot” channels vs. those who don’t.

• Those who understand the current culture of informal languages vs. those who don’t.

• Those who know how to get information to travel to them vs. those who still chase it.

• Those who have the knowledge and skills to create and re-mix digital media and those who don’t.

• Those that understand learning is a continual process vs. those that view learning as an achievement.

Professional Learning Network

• What are your professional interests?

• How are you engaging with others?

• How are you connecting and sharing?

Blogs Explained

Why Blog?

• Share opinions, news, commentary

• Journaling, researching, describing, observing

• Generating ideas, reflecting, discussion

Wikis Explained

Why Wiki?

• Easily share ideas

• Build Web sites

• Planning, collaborating, presenting

Which One?Blog

•One writer or a small group of writers

•Sharing ideas and opinions, reflection

•Individual or small group online identity

Wiki

•Large group of writers

•Collaboration, editing, sharing

•Community

RSS

• Really Simple Syndication

• Blogs, wikis and other sites publish feeds

• Use feed readers to subscribe

RSS Explained

Some Help From Google

Wikispaces

• http://digitalbookworm.wikispaces.com

Blog and Wiki Sites

• Blogger

• Edublogs

• Wordpress

• Weebly

• Wikispaces

Cautions

• Anonymity

• Access

• Spam

• Blocking and filters

• “Trolls”