Web+2.0+Tools

**Blog? Wiki? Podcast? Oh my!**
 [|http://www.commoncraft.com/blogs] || //Wikis in Plain English//  [] || //Podcasting in Plain English// [] ||  Text, graphics, images, embedded media || Or, you can install blogging software on your own website. || For educators, wikispaces (www.wikispaces.com) and pbworks ([|www.pbworks.com] ) have advertisement-free spaces. Or, you can install blogging software on your own website. || Podcast are usually blogs with content that is podcast in format. Any blog can hold a podcast file.
 * || **Blog** || **Wiki** || **Podcast** ||
 * **What is it?** The CommonCraft videos provide a nice overview and quick video explanation || //Blogs in Plain English//
 * **Author** || Traditionally **ONE** primary author || Can have **MULTIPLE** authors editing various pages, plus the ability to lock down pages so they are not edited || Traditionally **ONE** primary author ||
 * **Content** || <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text, graphics, images, embedded media || <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text, graphics, images, embedded media || <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A focus on an audio or audio/video file in the post.
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**Appearance** || <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Diary-like in nature, the most recent blog “post” is added to the top of the page. The entry is date-stamped || <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">More like a traditional website with content spread across pages. Recent edits can be viewed on the “History” tab. || <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Diary-like in nature, the most recent blog “post” is added to the top of the page. The entry is date-stamped ||
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**Commenting** || <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Can take place under each blog post; Comments can be moderated || <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Discussion can take place on the “Discussion” tab. The Discussion feature can be at the page or wiki level, depending on your wiki setup and service || <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Can take place under each blog post; Comments can be moderated ||
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**Nature of the environment** || <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Conversational. A post is added, others read and comment, with the conversation taking place in the comments. || <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Collaborative Content Authoring, where the content is built on the page and can be inserted at any location on any page. || <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Conversational. A post is added, others read and comment, with the conversation taking place in the comments. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**Where can I get one?** || <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">For educators, Edublogs, <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|www.edublogs.org] is a popular platform; Alternate platforms include WordPress (<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|www.wordpress.org] ) and Blogger (<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|www.blogger.com] ). Another site to consider is <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">www.blogspot.com

Create podcasts with... 1. Who is the intended audience of the blog? 2. What kinds of information/content are posted? 3. How/Is discussion taking place using the comment feature?
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">[|Juice] ||
 * **Examples** || Guiding questions for exploration:

a. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Community of Learners] - notice links to student blogs on the right b. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Tamara Tendrop] - high school Spanish I blog - student entries on right c. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|The World A.T. Ways] blog highlights tech and world languages d. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-family: arial; padding-right: 10px;">Practical Theory - a high school principal's blog e. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Kinderkids Classroom] is a kindergarten blog in a New Hampshire school f. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Chinese Teacher] g. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Isabelle Jones-United Kingdom] h. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">Langwitches Blog i. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">Multilingual Mania j. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Sarah Puglisi] - elementary immersion teacher k. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Sherry Amorocho] || Guiding questions for exploration: 1. Who is the intended audience of the wiki? 2. What kinds of information/content are posted? 3. Can you find the history feature? 4. What is the purpose of this wiki?

a. Toni Theisen's Olympic Games Wiki b. Nadine Jacobsen's Elementary School Spanish Wiki c. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">Flat Classroom Project has international global projects d. Ah-Bon French middle school wiki e. FrauLyon high school German wiki f. Educational Wikis provides a rationale and examples for K-12 g. TeachWeb20 is an interesting collaborative wiki evaluating Web 2.0 tools h. La Réole, France and Loveland, Colorado collaborative wiki || Guiding questions for exploration: 1. Who is the intended audience of the podcast? 2. What kinds of information/content are included in the podcast? 3. In what environment is the podcast published? Web page, blog, wiki, iTunes directory? 4. Who is creating the podcasts?

a. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">Podcasts at UCLA Center for World Languages b. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">Peace Corps Podcasts c. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">Discovery.com Podcasts ||
 * **Additional Resources** || a.<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[| 50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom] ||  || * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">[|Introduction to Podcasting]
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">What is vodcasting?
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Wesley Fryer's <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">Podcasting Resources ||


 * Wordle**


 * Animoto**


 * Glogster**


 * Voicethread**


 * Voki**