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Weblogs
AVLM training 2009
Johannes De Gruyter
AVNet-K.U.Leuven
Menu
• What are blogs– Definition– Different parts of a blog
• How to set up your own blog– Making an account in Wordpress– Using a weblog for AVLM
• Blogs in education– For the student, the teacher, the school– Possibilities, advantages, disadvantages
What are blogs?
“An online journal or commentary usually written
by an individual or small group of people”
Typical parts of a weblog
http://ictlogy.net/
Typical parts of a weblog
• Chronological posts (blogposts)
• Categories (fixed labels)– Tree-structure
• Tags (dynamic labels)– Tagcloud
• Comments
• Permalink
• Multimedia enriched– Video
– Images
– Links
• Widgets
What are blogs?
Weblogs are personal or organizational web pagesorganized by dated entries with newer items postedto the top of the site, usually consisting of links, media, commentaries, personal toughts, essays, papers and ongoing discussions.
BEST Symposium Gothenburg June 4, 2007
BEST Symposium Gothenburg June 4, 2007
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Menu
• What are blogs– Definition– Different parts of a blog
• How to set up your own blog– Making an account in Wordpress– Using a weblog for AVLM
• Blogs in education– For the student, the teacher, the school– Possibilities, advantages, disadvantages
A wide range of tools
Student
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Students writing weblogs
• As a tool to stimulate
– Online publishing
– Self-reflection
– Archiving per day - makes learning process visible
– Critical analysis
– Higher-order thinking
– Making a point
– Defending an argument
Personal Knowledge Management
• A personal blog• A thesis blog• A research blog• A blog on a paper• A blog on a course• An internship blog• A student trip blog
– To collect and filter relevant information
– To reveal the learning or working process
– To reflect upon your actions– To engage in a dialogue with
others• Researchers• Students• Teachers• Public
– To archive all you collect, find, have an opinion on
• Tagcloud• A categorisation
– To build a community around your topic
http://japanesestudies.arts.kuleuven.be/onderzoek#onderzoekblogs
Tool for communication and knowledge exchange
• A classroom blog • A blog on a school
subject• A blog on a
schoolproject• A blog by a research
group • A blog by a unit at a
company
– To build and share knowledge on a common topic or project
– To critically reflect on shared knowledge
– To exchange ideas
– (To archive your information)
– (To build a community)
Group work
http://japanesestudies.arts.kuleuven.be/onderzoek#onderzoekblogs
Trainer
© fotodatabank KULeuven
Personal Knowledge Management
• A personal blog• A blog on your course• A research blog• A blog on your
specialties• An exchange or
sabbatical year
– To collect and filter relevant information
– To reveal the learning or working process
– To reflect upon your actions– To engage in a dialogue with
others• Researchers• Students• Teachers• Public
– To archive all you collect, find, have an opinion on
• Tagcloud• A categorisation
– To build a community around your topic
Institution
© fotodatabank KULeuven
BEST Symposium Gothenburg June 4, 2007
RSS
• Rss via web-based rss readers– Bloglines, newsgator
• Rss via desktop rss readers– Feedreader, rssreader, netnewswire (mac)
• Rss via your browser– Firefox, Internet Explorer
• Rss via an email tool– Thunderbird, Rmail, Feedblitz
• Rss via a personal webpage– Netvibes, iGoogle, Plageflakes
www.netvibes.com
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