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This wiki page was created for a presentation introducing weblogs, social software, etc... to students.

= Open, Connected & Social =
Blogs, wikis, social software, open content, and "Web 2.0"

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''[http://flickr.com/photos/kk/5064908/ Photo by Kris Krug]''

== Weblogs ==

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI Weblogs in Plain English] video by [http://commoncraft.com/blogs CommonCraft]

=== What is a weblog? ===

* a personal content management system
* a tool to foster and grow collaboration
* an easy way for individuals (and groups) to publish content without technical knowledge or experience
* conventional weblogs are hybrids of online journals and magazines - from one person's (or a small group's) perspective
* [http://careo.elearning.ubc.ca/wiki?BlogShop/IntroductionToWeblogs Brian Lamb's Intro to Weblogs]

=== How does it differ from discussion boards? ===

[[Image:6875502_3577f6aece_o.gif|thumb|Map of the Flickr Blogosphere - relations between individual content publishers in a larger organic network]]

* Discussion boards are usually without a unifying direction - low signal:noise ratio
* Weblogs typically have a specific direction or focus (an individual's perspective and experience), and others are welcome to participate - high signal:noise ratio
* Weblogs form rich, deeply linked networks between trusted sources (individuals and groups)

=== What good is a weblog? ===

* entertainment [http://boingboing.net BoingBoing.net]
* news (and newsiness) [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ Huffington Post]
* outboard brain [http://www.darcynorman.net/ D'Arcy Norman's weblog]
* project communication [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_blog Project Blogging]
* social networking [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites Wikipedia list of social networking websites]
* communities of practice [[AnthropologyCommunity|Anthropology community resources]]
* conference sharing [http://www.technorati.com/tag/wwdc WWDC posts on Technorati]

= Personal Knowledge Management =

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''[http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/65551301/ Photo by D'Arcy Norman]''

== Outboard Brain ==

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''[http://flickr.com/photos/aigarius/288091449/ Photo by Aigarius]''

= How most people handle it =
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''[http://flickr.com/photos/victoriapeckham/164175205/ Photo by Victoria Peckham]''

== Files ==
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''[http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/478725601/ Photo by D'Arcy Norman]''

== Books and assorted media ==
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''[http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/478706218/ Photo by D'Arcy Norman]''

== Why? ==
* archival
* flexible(ish)
* hard to search
* hard to share

= How Web 2.0 handles it =

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== Tags ==
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== Networks ==
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''[http://www.flickr.com/photos/toby_maloy/102413554/ Photo by Toby Maloy]''

== Why? ==
* archival, but also fresh
* flexible
* easy to search
* easy to share (and collaborate, and build upon)

== How? ==

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[http://www.flickr.com/photos/merlin/2829260360/ Image by Merlin Mann]

== Open, Connected & Social ==

[http://openconnectedsocial.learningparty.net/ http://www.darcynorman.net/files/images/OpenConnectedSocial_screengrab.png]

A presentation, in four parts, on the topics of creating and using content openly, reusing existing resources, and connecting content and people in a decentralized, flexible model. Your tour guides for this ride are [http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/brian Brian Lamb] from [http://www.ubc.ca UBC], [http://www.bavatuesdays.com Jim Groom] from [http://www.umw.edu/ University of Mary Washington], [http://darcynorman.net/ D'Arcy Norman] from the [http://www.ucalgary.ca University of Calgary], and [http://www.cogdogblog.com Alan Levine] from the [http://www.nmc.org New Media Consortium].

= Collaborative Knowledge Management =

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''[http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/65551345/ Photo by D'Arcy Norman]''

== blogs ==
dynamic networks formed within the "blogosphere"

* get your own blog at any number of free services
** [http://ucalgaryblogs.ca UCalgaryBlogs.ca]
** [http://wordpress.com WordPress.com]
** [http://www.edublogs.org EduBlogs.org]
** [http://www.blogger.com Blogger.com]
** and many, many more!

== wikis ==
collaboratively edited web pages (and entire sites)

* [http://www.profetic.org/dossiers/dossier_imprimer.php3?id_rubrique=110 Wiki in the Classroom rubrick]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects Wikipedia: School and University Projects]
* use existing wikis
** [http://en.wikipedia.org wikipedia.org]
** [http://wiki.ucalgary.ca wiki.ucalgary.ca]
* get your own wiki
** [http://pbwiki.com/ PBWiki]
** [http://www.wetpaint.com/ WetPaint]

== shared services ==
the whole is greater than the sum of its parts...

* [http://del.icio.us del.icio.us] (bookmarks)
* [http://www.flickr.com Flickr] (photos and images)
* [http://www.youtube.com YouTube] (videos)

= Social Connections =

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''[http://flickr.com/photos/antmoose/91814895/ Photo by antmoose]''

== Find your network(s) ==
* [http://www.technorati.com Technorati] - use it to find your own networks for potential collaboration
* [http://www.digg.com digg.com] - find and rate resources
* web stats - follow referrals
** [http://www.statcounter.com StatCounter.com]
** [http://www.google.com/analytics Google Analytics]
* [http://www.facebook.com Facebook] - find colleagues and friends from the real world
* [http://www.twitter.com Twitter] - follow friends and colleagues across the internets

== The Power of Positive Narcissism ==
Link to blogs/wikis that you like, use and trust. They will likely find the link and if they like, use and trust your blog, they may reciprocate.

= Examples from UCalgary =
* [http://ucalgaryblogs.ca UCalgaryBlogs.ca] (individual, class/course, project blogs and websites)
* [http://wiki.ucalgary.ca wiki.ucalgary.ca]
* [http://www.facebook.com/networks/?nk=16778423 UCalgary on Facebook]
* [http://www.flickr.com/groups/ucalgary UCalgary on Flickr]

= Examples from other institutions =
* [http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/ UBC Blogs] and [http://wiki.elearning.ubc.ca/SocialSoftwareUBC UBC wiki]
* [http://umwblogs.org/ University of Mary Washington]
* [http://blogs.princeton.edu/ Princeton]
* [http://wiki.case.edu/ Case WRU]
* [http://stanford.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Stanford]
* [http://blog.educause.edu/ EDUCAUSE blogs]

= Questions? =