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Facinating stuff!
Wiki seems to be the next iteration of the chat room/online discussion board.
Curious about auditing.
What about accuracy and content?
Is information reviewed?
Most vandalized versions edited within 2 minutes
1416000+ articles
Universal journalism
- 2 parts to an assignment Find info on wikipedia Prove that it is true/false
Prove the authority!
No more textbooks???
Blogs
Http://2cents.davidwarlick.com
Potential uses...
- Book reports
- Discussions
- Group projects
Can these be monitored? Yes
Potential problems...
- Controlling/monitoring content
- Training
- Buy in
Free! Http://Classblogmeister.com Teacher must register students
Imbee.com
Blogosphere doubles in size every 6 months
Technorati.com
Digital exhaust
Sometime the answers come from something someone said yesterday!
Innocentive.com
The long tail
Lulu.com-free publishing!
Citation machine
Mashup
Hitchhikr.com
The Magic!
RSS
XML code that provides content by subscription
Use an aggregator to compile info from blogs Bloglines.com
Newspaper articles as blogs
Google news
Training the information to find us
Del.icio.us/dwarlick
Holds bookmarks
Setup each teacher with a blog with rss feed.
Creative commons
Personal learning network
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.
This year we will generate 5 exabytes of info.
Prepare our students for a future we cannot adequately describe
Teach our kids how to teach themselves
Part of being litrate is neubh willing and able to ask questions of information.
Protect open communication at all costs
Enhance skills for exposing the truth
Students must be able to employ information.
Must teach students to be producers of information
Express ideas compellingly not only through writing but through multimedia.
Teach ethics
Think more about the information than about the machine.