Creating and Using Wikis and Blogs

Helen Mongan-Rallis and Terrie Shannon, UMD Tech Fest March 31, 2006

Overview of presentation:

1. What are wikis & blogs?
2. Purposes of wikis & blogs
3. What's the difference between a wiki and a blog, and when should you use each?
4. How to contribute to wikis that others have created
5. Creating your own wiki
6. Basics of managing your wiki
7. Resources on wikis & blogs

Links for use in presentation:

Wiki links

1. Guidelines on How to Contribute to and/or Create Your Own Wiki - by Terrie Shannon and Helen Mongan-Rallis
2. Helen and Terrie's Wiki on Wikis (WOW!) - - by Terrie Shannon and Helen Mongan-Rallis
3. UMD Tech Fest Wiki: Use this for practicing editing a UM TWiki (you will need U of MN login to do edit this)
4. Terrie's Practice Peanut Butter Wiki: Use this for practicing editing a public wiki (you will need password "spring" to edit this)
5. Wikipedia: free encyclopedia that anyone can edit
6. Study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica--at least on science - eSchool News Online

Blog links

1. Blogging using University of MN uThink Movable Type - by Helen Mongan-Rallis
2. UThink Blog page: Includes links to start your own UThink Blog
• Example: Helen's uThink Blog
3. Create your own blog using blogger.com : If you want to create a blog outside of UThink Blog
• Helen's Blogger.com blog during summer session 2005
4. Interesting blogs:

• Speaking of History: a podcast and blog maintained by an 8th grade American History teacher in Missouri who attempts to use technology to enhance the curriculum.
• Intuitive Roots: Verbal Visual Literary Meanderings - Mary Wright, UMD Education Department
• Weblogg-Ed: The Read/Write Web in the Classroom.
• Educational Bloggers Network.
• EdWeek Blogboard
• Seton Hill New Media Journalism: An example of a blog for journalism class at Seton Hill