lsg webinar - 13 nov 08

Blogs,WikisandRSS

BarrySampson

Agenda:Topics

• Whatarethey?•  Howandwhyusethem?

•  OvercomingobjecCons

•  ToolsandTechnologies•  Bringingitalltogether

QuesCon:LearningTools?

QuesCon:LearningTools?

Blogs:WhatAreThey?

• Weblog•  Simpleselfpublishing

•  DiaryorJournallike•  Easeofuse•  Comments

•  Archive/Searchable

Blogs:LearnerBenefits

•  ReflecCvewriCng•  Trackprogress•  Shareideas•  Seekfeedback•  CriCcalthinkingskills• WriCngskills

•  Learningtosearch

Blogs:OrganisaConalBenefits

•  DistributeinformaCon•  Gatherfeedback•  Sharingknowledge…•  FAQ

Blogs:Issues,risks,concerns

!

Blogs:ToolsandTechnologies

•  Hosted– Blogger– Wordpress.com

– LiveJournal– Typepad– MySpace– WindowsLiveSpaces

– Xanga– Yahoo360

•  ServerSoZware– b2evoluCon– Wordpress

– LiveJournal– MoveableType

– Drupal– TextPa^ern– ExpressionEngine– MSSharePoint

Wikis:WhatAreThey?

•  AwikiisacollecConofwebpagesdesignedtoenableanyonewhoaccessesittocontributeormodifycontent,usingasimplifiedmarkuplanguage.WikisareoZenusedtocreatecollaboraCvewebsitesandtopowercommunitywebsites.

h^p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

Wikis:LearnerBenefits

•  Learnersasauthors– CollaboraCvegeneraConofresources– Groupassignments– Por_olio

Wikis:OrganisaConalBenefits

•  OrganisaConsasauthors– CollaboraCvegeneraConofresources– LetSMEscreateandmaintaincontent– Referencematerials

Wikis:Issues,risks,concerns

Wikis:ToolsandTechnologies

HostedServices

•  Confluence•  EditMe•  PBwiki•  SocialText•  SCkiPas•  WikiSpaces

ServerSo-ware

•  DocuWiki

•  Flexwiki•  InsCki•  MediaWiki•  MoinMoin

•  TiddlyWiki

RSS:Whatisit?

RSS:Whatisit?

RSS:Uses

•  Providefeedsfromexternalresources•  Createyourownfeedstoupdatelearners•  Keepcontentuptodate•  Notjusttext–photos,videos,audio,wikis

RSS:Readers

RSS:Dashboards

RSS:ReadersandDashboards

HostedServices

•  GoogleReader•  Bloglines•  Netvibes•  Pageflakes•  iGoogle•  Yahoo•  MicrosoZLive

ClientSo-ware

•  FeedDemon

•  NetNewsWire•  Thunderbird,AppleMail,etc…

•  IE7,Safari,Opera,Firefoxetc…•  Outlook2007

Blockers:OvercomingResistance

•  PotenCalBlockers– L&DTeam

– ITTeam– OtherIssues

ThankYou

•  QuesCons?

•  ContactDetails– Email:barry@webbasedthinking.com