Week3

Week 3: Jan 28 - Feb 3

 

 

Building an online presence: Blogs, podcasting and wikis.

 

 

Moderators: Monica Veado, Nelba Quintana & Jose A. da Silva

 

 

 

Week 3: Jan 28 - Feb 3 Objectives Activities

 

Objectives

 

By the end of this week you will have:   learned about different blogs, wikis and podcast providers explored different features of blogs, wikis and podcasts created your own blog, wiki and/or podcast attended the live presentation on the topic of the week commented on the presentation of the week answered the questions of the week read and commented on the Week 3 readings

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Activities

 

Join us at WiZiQ on Tuesday, Jan. 29, for Graham Stanley's presentation, at 21:00 GMT (check local times here)

 

1. What is your definition of a blog, a wiki and a podcast? How are they similar/different? If you would like some ideas, take a look at the suggested readings for this week. Post your definitions and comments on our forum

 

Here are a couple of videos that would be interesting to explore:

• A slideshow with an overview of blogs and wikis and their uses in the class
• Blogs in plain English
• Wikis in plain English

 

2. Visit our blog and explore the different features.

• How do you post a comment on the blog?
• How do you moderate comments?
• How do you post videos, slideshows, pictures?
• How can you customize the header?
• How do you post widgets?
• How do you invite people to contribute as collaborators and authors?

 

3. Also, explore our wiki. How do you...

• ... create headlines for the different sections?
• ... make a word bold?
• ... insert slideshows?
• ... post pictures?
• ... create new pages?

 

4. Explore different blog hosts and visit some of the blogs there. Here are a few options:

• Blogger
• EduBlogs
• Motime
• Wordpress

 

5. Explore some wikis too:

• PbWiki
• Wetpaint
• Wikispaces

 

6. For podcasts, a few options to explore:

• Audacity
• Evoca
• Odeo
• Podomatic
• Blogcheese (video)

 

Also, check TOOLS on our wiki to find more suggestions.

 

7. And now, why not be a bit more adventurous and create your own blog, wiki or podcast? Don't forget to let the group know about it! Provide the URL so that everybody can visit and leave a comment.

• What would you like your blog or wiki to be about?
• Who is going to read it - only you? Other teachers? Your students? Other students? Anyone?
• Will you work on it alone or would you like to invite other people (students, for example) to write on it?

 

A few questions to think about after you've chosen a blog host:

• How do you invite other people to write on your blog?
• How do you insert photos on your posts?
• Is it possible to upload videos? What do you need to do?