BLOGS, WIKIS, AND WEB 2.0 LAUREN PRESSLEY

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN LIBRARIANSEPTEMBER 22, 2008

WEB 1.0

HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/88869718@N00/2597584547

HOW WAS IT CREATED?

UNIVERSITIES & GOVERNMENT

HAD TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT COMPUTERS

HAD TO HAVE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY

HTTP://FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/27315689@N00/459020985

HOW WAS IT ORGANIZED?

FIRST: SHARED LINKS

THEN: DIRECTORIES

FINALLY: BASIC SEARCH

& THEN..... GOOGLE

HTTP://FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/CMICBLOG/546981747

WEB 2.0

HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/94291223@N00/122881874

HOW IS IT CREATED?

REGULAR PEOPLE WITH COMPUTERS AND INTERNET

POSTING PHOTOS, STORIES, EDITING WIKI PAGES, CREATING PROFILES, TAGGING CONTENT, “DIGGING” AND GIVING STUFF THUMBS UPS

HTTP://FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/70267096@N00/32075122

HOW IS IT ORGANIZED?

SEARCH (GOOGLE)

TAGGING (DELICIOUS, TECHNORATI, ETC)

SOCIAL RANKING AND ORGANIZING (DIGG, TWINE, ETC)

HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/41894165897@N01/2583944206

WE CREATE CONTENT(AND THE WAYS TO FIND IT)

HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/JONAHGS/319116679/

WEB 2.0 IS HUGE(IT WOULD TAKE A WHOLE 3 HOUR CLASS TO COVER IT ALL)

HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/74519410@N00/556107638

BLOGS

HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/49503016009@N01/300252508

HOW ARE THEY CREATED?

REGULAR PEOPLE WITH SOMETHING TO SAY

EASY: ONLINE (WORDPRESS OR BLOGGER)

HARDER: SELF-HOSTED

HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/30008272@N00/85220007

THE ANATOMY OF A BLOG POST(FOR WORDPRESS, AT LEAST)

...& A LITTLE BIT CLOSER

WIKIS

HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/14507105@N00/1171561284

HOW ARE THEY CREATED?

REGULAR FOLKS, CREATING WIKIS OR EDITING EXISTING ONES.

WANT TO EDIT? TRY WIKIPEDIA!

WANT TO CREATE YOUR OWN? TRY PB WIKI!

HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/70321513@N00/95757299

THE ANATOMY OF EDITING A WIKI

Blog Wiki

Organized chronologically search, loose hierarchy

Search search, tags, categories search, categories

Best forcurrent information, changing statuses

reference, collaborative work

FINDING WEB 2.0 CONTENT

TECHNORATITECHNORATI.COM/

GOOGLE BLOG SEARCHBLOGSEARCH.GOOGLE.COM/

HTTP://FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/95222260@N00/467983838

QUESTIONS?

LAUREN PRESSLEY

PRESSLLM@WFU.EDU

AIM: LAURENPRESSLEY

HTTP://FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/24533255@N00/2557253372