
Emerging Web Technologies Workshop
June 1 & 2, 2006
Sue Gallaway & Stephanie Carter
Powerpoint Presentation
Resources
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Podcasting
Camtasia Studio
Wiki, Blogs, RSS
- Richardson, W. (2005, May). The ABCs of RSS. Technology & learning, 25(10), 20+. Retrieved June 1, 2006, from ProQuest.
This article provides a great overview of what RSS is and offers details on how to use an RSS aggregator, specifically Bloglines. Ideas for use of RSS in the classoom.
- Richardson, W. (2005, November/December). What's a wiki? A powerful collaborative tool for teaching and learning. That's what!. MultiMedia & Internet@Schools, 12(6), 17-20. Retrieved June 1, 2006, from ProQuest.
This article discusses Wikipedia. The author also explains wiki technology and offers some ideas for how this collaborative tool can be used in the classroom.
- Richardson, Will (2006). Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. New York: Corwin Press.
This book is on order for the library. If you would like to be alerted when it comes in (after July 1) you can email Sue. Here's the Table of Contents.
- McLaughlin, L (2005, June, 30). Everyone's blogging. PC World, Retrieved June 1, 2006, from http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,121663,00.asp.
This article provides a good overview of blogging and links to some of the common blogging tools.
- Exploration Guide:Educational Uses of Blogs, Wikis, RSS Feeds, etc.
From TLT group.
- Gordon-Murname, L. (2006, June). Social bookmarking, folksonomies, and Web 2.0 tools. Searcher, 26-38. Available soon through Ebsco periodical database.
This article discusses what was barely touched on in the session in relation to services like del.icio.us, namely tags and their functions and a discussion of their strengths and weaknesses. Also includes a review of some social bookmarking services.
- Creating wikis
- PBwiki - A free, password-protected wiki creator. Easy to use.
- seedwiki - Another popular, free wiki creator.
- Creating and exploring blogs - This not an exhaustive list, but just a few of the more popular/enduring services. You can also link to a blog you create in your web page or coursepage, essentially incorporating that content into your own space, although you are using the service to easily publish blog content.
- Sample of Web 2.0 coolness
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- Flickr - photo storage and sharing
- del.icio.us - bookmark manager
- Connotea - bookmark manager --"...a free website to help researchers...manage and share information."
- All links in Sue's half of the presentation (in order of appearance)
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