What to choose?Blogs, Wikis, NingsBy Kelley Connolly

Goals for this Workshop

"A critical friend is someone who is independent of a project who asks provocative questions, offers an alternative view, and helps facilitate fresh insights or alternative sources of

information or expertise."

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quote url: http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2008/07/critical-friend.html

Levels of ParticipationLevels of Participation

(1) Bystander: Reads only(1) Bystander: Reads only

(2) Gives Feedback (comments)(2) Gives Feedback (comments)(3) Joins the community (publishes)(3) Joins the community (publishes)

Why Blog?Why Blog?

Enables personal-knowledge sharingEnables personal-knowledge sharingAn opportunity to explore technologies and ideasAn opportunity to explore technologies and ideas

An opportunity to think, plan and reflectAn opportunity to think, plan and reflectTo collaborate with othersTo collaborate with others

Blog Structure

• Chronicles Entries

• Tags

• Categories

• Repository

• Posts/Pages

Why use Ning?

All in one - forums and blogs

Personal profiles Profiles

Identify experts

Topic Focused

Web application integration

Ease of creation

Power of the wikiPower of the wiki

CollaborativeRevision history- archiveStructure defined by project or purpose

Blogging AppsBlogging Apps

Selecting a wikiSelecting a wiki

Ning in EducationNing in Education

EduBlogsEduBlogs 21 Classes21 Classes BloggerBlogger

Classroom 2.0Classroom 2.0

Wiki Ideas Wiki Ideas

Let’s start sharing.