Title III Electric Lunch Series – By Eric Waterkotte 1/25/2008
Part I - Blogs: What are they and why should I care? Part II - Wikis: As in wikipedia? Part III - Social Bookmarking: like bookmarks only different.
Blog (from the words web log): a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order. “one” to many communication on the web. Light weight content management systems * Definition pulled from wikipedia:
Inspirational: Cooking : Technology: Teaching:
In writing courses: writing journals To develop and share ideas among peers…. Worldwide Student E-Portfolios Sharing course-related resources
There are several free blogging tools out there here are a few: ▪ ▪ ▪
Wiki (wē’kē): A collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it. Wiki comes from the Hawaiian word for quick or fast. Many to many communications * Definition pulled from wiktionary:
The ultimate wiki: Dictionary wiki: In Education:
Writing a book collaboratively with students Creating and managing a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Knowledge bases Product reviews
There are several free Wiki tools out there here are a few: ▪ ▪ ▪
Social Bookmarking: a method for Internet users to store, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web pages on the Internet with the help of metadata. * Definition pulled from wikipedia:
There are several free social bookmarking sites out there here are a few: ▪ ▪ ▪