Web2.0: Teaching Writing to the Net

GenerationBy Jessica McBride & Nathalie Ettzevoglou

Today’s Agenda

Who we are?

Presentation overview

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WEB 2.0 TOOLS ENCOURAGES COLLABORATION

JESSIE’S BLOGGING EXPERIENCEhttp://f3270w.wordpress.com/

Why Blog?

to encourage authentic

academic ownership and responsibility

popularity of blogs

features

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PROS OF BLOGGING

• Student interaction outside of class

• Instructor’s ability to monitor/ participate without completely controlling the discussion

• Public forum where members from outside of the class could participate (i.e. more meaningful than discussions posted on a course management system like Blackboard where ONLY the class would see it.

• Available widgets (will discuss these in a moment)

• Ease of use for both instructors and students, even if they had no experience with blogs.

Example of student work on Jessie’s blog:

Our Experience

• pros• cons

Click icon to add picture

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How to use wordpress.com?

sign up

set up

privacy

features

Discussion!

How could blogging work for you?

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NATHALIE’S WETPAINT EXPERIENCE

http://frenchlit.wetpaint.com

What is a Wiki?

“What I Know Is…”

“Old fashioned” way of editing = file sharing or email.

- difficult to understand how a document has evolved over time - can only view different versions through many files.

“New and improved” way of editing = wikis!

“A wiki is a website that uses wiki software, allowing the easy creation and editing of any number of web pages.”

Often used to create a collaborative website for a specific purpose/goal/interest.

PROS OF WETPAINT• FREE!

•PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SITE

•ENTIRELY STUDENT CENTERED

•ALL REVISIONS ARE STORED W/ TIME, DATE, AND LIST OF SPECIFICS

•1-2-3 SIMPLE SITE CREATION = USER FRIENDLY

•REMOVE ADVERTISEMENT

•CLICK & TYPE PAGE EDITING MUCH LIKE A WORD DOCUMENT

•EASY PHOTO/VIDEO INTEGRATION

•SPELL CHECK

•MENU OF POPULAR WIDGETS

Our Experience

pros

cons

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Ex. Of student wiki page.

How to use wetpaint.com?

• sign up

• set up

• privacy

• features

Monitoring your wiki

•As public or private as you desire•Lockable pages•Move/delete pages•Rename/restore pages•Move/delete comments•Site statistics

Discussion!HOW COULD WIKIS WORK FOR YOU?

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OUR NINGwww.frenchbookclub.ning.com

Why Ning?•What is Ning?

•Pastiche of blogs and facebook

•Interconnected networks

•features

Forum

Our Experience•pros

•cons

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Our Ning Statistics

Where in the world has our

Ning been

visited?

How to use Ning?• sign up

• set up

• privacy

• features 

Discussion!How could Ning work for you?

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Thank you!Here’s our contact

info.

Nathalie Ettzevoglou: nettzevo@gmail.com

Jessica McBride: mcbride.jessica@gmail.com