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07.31.05 (LinkLog)

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07.29.05 (LinkLog)

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How to Use Blogs in Education (or Not)

July 29th, 2005 - 1 Comment
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James Farmer has now posted his thoughts on how not to use blogs as an educational tool as well as how they should be used.

It’s all good stuff, a good portion of which boils down to using the right tool for the right job. I’m quibbling a bit about the use of group blogs. James says not to use them. I think they have a useful place based on my success using them. In order for a group blog to work, I believe a few things need to be true:

  • Students should still be blogging individually to their own blogs. Whether through an automated process based on categories or by having them choose when to re-create/summarize/point on the group blog, it is valuable to help them contextualize the different audiences and approaches needed by the different publication spaces.
  • The group blog should not be the place for “collaborative writing” as it is tradtionally understood. Most particularly, blogs are not suited for many of the kinds of activities a wiki or wiki-like space might be useful for. The reverse– as James points out– is also true.
  • The group blog should not be replicating what might be better facilitated in a different tool, such as a discussion forum.

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07.28.05 (LinkLog)

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The Value of Wikis

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On the Media has an interesting interview with Clay Shirky on the power of wikis in the context of current events and the 7/7 London Bombings. Read the transcript or listen to the interview.

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07.27.05 (LinkLog)

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H20 Playlists

July 27th, 2005 - 1 Comment
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Thanks to a pointer from Brian Del Vecchio, I have just now discovered the H20 Playlist service [see some discussion at MetaFilter and Joho the Blog].

How did I miss this? Real answer: because I haven’t kept up with my regular blog roundup, which includes Brian and Joho the Blog.

At any rate, this is an amazing concept that combines a number of interesting ideas: the basic product is a tagged and folksonomized “playlist” of web links to resources (sites, books), along with comments and reviews/ratings. As lists become tangled together through references you can see how influential a list is, as well as maneuver through all the linked playlists. Perfect for educational enrichment. Now let’s get flickr to play too…

This is fascinating stuff that I will be making immediate use of both practically, and as an example of the direction services are going in integrating services and the ideas of social economy, folksonomy, etc.

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07.26.05 (LinkLog)

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  • KCRW Podcasting :: Includes many shows including “Morning Becomes Eclectic” and Harry Shearer’s “Le Show”– this is the best radio station in the country!

07.25.05 (LinkLog)

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