Podcasts, Wikis, and Blogs! Oh My!

Podcasts, Wikis, and Blogs! Oh My! Melissa Gardner KET 2008 Image from www.popsucker.net/images/popsucker/WizardOfOz.jpg

Keeping Up with Technology… http://www.easycall.net/fun/herding-cats.shtml

Pay Attention • http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/t4/images/Podcasts/T4TW_15_4_10_07.m4v

Blogs

What are blogs? • Web-based journal, log, diary • Single author • Short entries or postings • Links to documents, websites, additional information • Opportunity for commenting on entries • A no-restriction form of content

Generally reverse chronological organization • Generally public, but sometimes password accessed • Can contain graphics, audio, or video • Entries are archived and often categorized

Sample Blogs • Grandview Elementary http://www.grandviewlibrary.org/StudentBlogs.aspx • Doug Johnson’s Blue Skunk Blog http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/ • Kathy Schrock’s Educational Blog Listing http://kathyschrock.net/edtechblogs.htm

Joyce Valenza’s Neverending Search Blog (my favorite) http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334.html

Managing Your Blogs • http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english

Creating Your Own Blog • Blogmeister http://www.classblogmeister.com/ • Blogger (from Google) http://www.blogger.com • WordPress http://wordpress.org/

Podcasting

Podcasts • A podcast is like a radio program that you can subscribe to over the Internet • You do not have to use an iPod or MP3 player • To be a “true podcast” the program must be available by syndication. • The subscription aspect of podcasting is made possible by RSS (Really Simple Syndication)

Finding Educational Podcasts • iTunes • Education Podcast Network http://epnweb.org/ • Podcasting Station http://www.podcasting-station.com/showrss.php?category=Educational%20Podcasts%3A%3AK-12%20Education

What Makes a Good Podcast? • Evaluation Guide from Kathy Schrock http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/evalpodcast.html

Creating Your Own Podcast • What you’ll need: • Computer • Microphone • Audacity Software (free download) http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows • Somewhere to post your audio file

Podomatic • Free website • Allows you to upload your audio or video file • It does the RSS feed for you • http://www.podomatic.com/ • Samples of district podcasts: http://www.kenton.kyschools.us/TR/podcasts.html

PodBean • http://www.podbean.com/ • Sample: http://dixie.podbean.com/

Wikis

Wikis • Wikis are online, collaborative environments that allow anyone to add, edit, or delete pages. • Some Wikis require registered membership, and others are private, but many allow anyone with access to the Web to contribute. • The most well-known wiki is Wikipedia

Wiki Prayer by Joyce Valenza May I be granted ... ... the serenity to accept the pages I should not edit, ... the courage to edit the pages I should, ... and the wisdom to know the difference.

Wikis in Plain English • http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english

Library Wikis to Watch • KSMA http://kysma.pbwiki.com/ • Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page • Grandview Library Third Grade Wikis http://www.grandviewlibrary.org/ThirdGradeWikis.aspx • Teacherlibrarian Wiki http://teacherlibrarianwiki.pbwiki.com • Information Fluency Meets Web 2.0 http://informationfluency.wikispaces.com/

Creating Your Own Wiki • Peanut Butter Wiki http://pbwiki.com/edu.html • Wiki Spaces http://www.wikispaces.com/

Social Bookmarking • Del.icio.us • All your bookmarks are in one spot. • Can share with others • Tags allow you to search and sort within your bookmarks

Twitter • What are you doing? • Can work with Facebook • Great way to see what others are doing in the profession.

Building a Plane While It’s Flying http://www.lol.tv/186/building-an-airplane-while-its-flying.html

iGoogle • Customize your Google home page • Get all the information you need in one spot—weather, maps, directions…

Podcasts, Wikis, and Blogs! Oh My!