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WIKI
Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely
create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports
hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages
and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly.
A WIKI sandbox
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiWikiSandbox
A Wiki at Bryn Mawr
http://llc1.brynmawr.edu/wiki/
Emergent Wiki
http://wiki.cs.brynmawr.edu/
Georgia Tech (ftp://ftp.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gvu/tr/2000/00-19.pdf
) has had very successful use of Wikis in curriculum called
CoWeb. Used in over 120 different classes. Distinguishes
several types of exercises:
- Distributed Information: Where teachers and students are sharing
information, and the CoWebs role is to ease the collection
and distribution of that information.
- Collaborative Artifact Creation: Where students are working
to create an artifact (e.g., a collaborative paper) are using
the CoWeb to gather the pieces, assemble the work, or just to
coordinate the work.
BMC periodico example - http://www.brynmawr.edu/spanish/arribas/periodico/index.php
- Discussion and Review: Where the CoWeb serves as a place to
review something (papers, ideas, designs) and critique/discuss
them.
BMC annotation example - http://llc1.brynmawr.edu/annotate/
- Other: Those uses that we dont have a category for yet.
BLOG
A blog is similar to a wiki in that a blog can be edited
online without having to use an HTML editor or FTP client. The
focus of a blog (or weblog) is usually the personal expression
of the owner of the blog. The genral audience of the site is usually
allowed to post comments around the owner's writings, but the
owner's writings remain the central theme.
Blogs: Web Journals in Education - project investigates the
use of blogs to promote collaborative, intercultural writing
by secondary school-aged students of English and of French.
http://www.ecml.at/mtp2/BLOGS/html/BLOGS_E_pdesc.htm
Blogging and RSS The "What's It?" and "How
To" of Powerful New Web Tools for Educators
http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan04/richardson.shtml
Weblogg-ed - A WebLog about technology in Education
http://www.weblogg-ed.com/2004/03/21
BMC sample blog - http://llc1.brynmawr.edu/blog/ben/
E-learning Post - a good example of an active blog with an
RSS feed.
http://www.elearningpost.com/index.xml
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