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Blogs
A blog (from web log or weblog) is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles (normally in reverse chronological order). Blogs can be hosted by dedicated blog hosting services, or they can be run using blog software on regular web hosting services. Like other media, blogs often focus on a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news. Some blogs function as online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic.
Tutorials:
Beginners Guides: Creating a Weblog
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1530
Blogging For Beginners
http://www.blogbasics.com/blog-tutorial-1-1.php

Blogger
http://www.blogger.com/start
Recommended readings:
A Brief History of Weblogs
http://www.cjr.org/issues/2003/5/blog-jensen.asp?printerfriendly=yes
PolyBlogs
http://polyblogs.rpi.edu/
Creating a Blog from Scratch, Part 2: Advantages and Disadvantages of Popular Blog Software
http://www.dancohen.org/blog/posts/advantages_and_disadvantages_of_popular_blog_software
Using discussion webs to Defvelop an Academic Community of Learners
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7005.pdf
Why Blog?
http://www.thejournal.com/articles/17616
Educational Blogging
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERM0450.pdf
Time to check: Are you using the right blogging tool?
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/050714gardner
Blog software comparison chart
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/images/blog_software_comparison.cfm
Beyond personal webpublishing: An exploratory study of conversational blogging practices
http://csdl2.computer.org/comp/proceedings/hicss/2005/2268/04/22680107a.pdf
The educated blogger: Using Weblogs to promote literacy in the classroom
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_6/huffaker/index.html
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E-Porfolio
In the context of education and learning, an E-portfolio (electronic portfolio or a digital portfolio) is a portfolio based on electronic media and services. It consists of a personal digital record containing information such as a collection of artifacts or evidence demonstrating what one knows and can do.
Tutorials:
The Sakai Community
http://www.sakaiproject.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
eFolio Minnesota
http://www.efoliomn.com/
"At-a-Glance Guides"
http://electronicportfolios.com/ALI/index.html
Developing a Teaching Portfolio
http://depts.washington.edu/cidrweb/PortfolioTools.htm

Preparing A Teaching Portfolio
http://www.utexas.edu/academic/cte/teachfolio.html
What if...? Portfolio Trouble-Shooting
http://www.rmcdenver.com/useguide/assessme/portfoli.htm
Recommended readings:
Builiding an E-dentity for Each Student
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EQM0147.pdf
Digital Portfolios: A Confluence of Portfolio Assessment and Technology
http://www.csubak.edu/~dgeorgi/projects/digital.htm
Directions in Electronic Portfolio Development
http://it.coe.uga.edu/itforum/paper66/paper66.htm
How To Produce A Teaching Portfolio
http://www.city.londonmet.ac.uk/deliberations/portfolios/ICED_workshop/seldin_book.html
The Electronic Portfolio Boom: What's it All About?
http://www.campus-technology.com/article.asp?id=6984
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Podcasting
Podcasting is the method of distributing multimedia files, such
as audio programs or music videos, over the Internet for playback
on mobile devices and personal computers. The distribution format
of a podcast uses either the RSS or Atom syndication formats.
The term podcast, like "radio", can mean both the content and the method of delivery.
Usually the podcast features one type of "show", with new episodes either sporadically
or at planned intervals, such as daily or weekly. Podcasting's essence is about
creating content (audio or video) for an audience that wants to listen or watch
when they want, where they want, and how they want.
Tutorials:
Podcasting Tools
http://www.podcasting-tools.com/
The new podcasting tools
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6450_7-6212319-1.html
Tools for Podcasting
http://www.feedforall.com/tools-for-podcasting.htm
Podcasting Explained
http://www.rss-specifications.com/podcasting-explained.htm
Podcasting Tools and Downloads
http://www.deitel.com/Podcasting/PodcastingResourceCenter_Page4.html
How Podcasting Works
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/podcasting2.htm
Recommended readings:
Implementing Wireless PDA
Technology in the IT Curriculum
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EQM0617.pdf
Smart Classroom: Enhancing Collaborative Learning
Using Pervasive Computing Technology
http://www.public.asu.edu/~bwang/publications/SmartClassroom-2003.pdf
Podcast Pinpointer: A Multimedia Semantic Web Application
http://sw.deri.org/~juan/weblog/podcast.pdf
Seriously, iPods Are Educational
http://chronicle.com/free/v51/i28/28a03001.htm
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Tech News
The
Tech News section of this page focuses
on the latest emerging educational technologies. Educational
technology, the use
of technology in education to improve learning and teaching, is
also known as instructional technology or learning technology.
As these emerging technologies become more
ubiquitous
they will warrant a separate
section on this page.
Whiteboards:
Interactive Whiteboards
http://www.nwnet.org.uk/pages/rev_imp/downloads/interactive_wboards.doc
The Interactive Whiteboard as a Force for Pedagogic
Change
http://www.aace.org/dl/files/ITCE/ITCE200215.pdf
Enhancing Biology Instruction via Multimedia Presentations
http://edcompass.smarttech.com/NR/rdonlyres/B65DEF10-F8F0-40A3-B91A-A892BED75292/0/LeDuff_Jan04.pdf
Why Use an Interactive Whiteboard?
A Baker’s Dozen Reasons!
http://teachers.net/gazette/JAN02/mabell.html
Wireless and Mobile Technologies:
Wireless and mobile technologies to
enhance teaching and learning
http://chan.lst.ncu.edu.tw/paper2/23.pdf
An Introduction to Current Trends and Benefits of
Mobile Wireless Technology Use in Higher Education
http://www.editlib.org/index.cfm/files/paper_6158.pdf?fuseaction=Reader.DownloadFullText&paper_id=6158
Gaming Technology:
Operations and Strategy Learning in Edutainment Interfaces
http://www.it.rit.edu/~may/AACE_2004_Eye.pdf
Teaching Facts with Fun, Online Games
http://www.learningcircuits.org/2006/February/kapp.htm
Teachers' Perceptions of Video Games:
MMOGs and the Future of Preservice Teacher Education
http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=125
Using Games to Promote Girls' Positive Attitudes Toward Technology
http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=209
Instant Messaging
Using Instant Messaging for Collaborative Learning:
A Case Study
http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=170
Instant Messaging – Collaborative Tool or Educator’s
nightmare!
http://www.unb.ca/naweb/proceedings/2003/PaperFarmer.html
Instant Messaging: IM Online! RU?
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERM0562.pdf
Managing the risks and rewards of instant messaging
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DXK/is_13_21/ai_n6169077
Instant Messaging and Interruption:
Influence of Task Type on Performance
https://research.microsoft.com/~cutrell/OzCHI2000.pdf
Instant Messaging Reference in an
Academic Library: A Case Study
http://news.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crljournal/backissues2002b/january02/foley.pdf
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Wikis
The
term wiki is a shortened form of wiki wiki (weekie, weekie) which
is from the native language of Hawaii, where it is commonly used
as an adjective to denote something "quick" or "fast".
Here a wiki is a type of website that allows users to easily add, remove, or
otherwise edit all content, very quickly and easily, sometimes
without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and
operation makes a wiki an effective tool for collaborative writing.
The term Wiki can also refer to the collaborative software itself
(wiki engine) that facilitates the operation of such a website
(see wiki software).
In essence, a wiki is a simplification of the process of creating HTML pages
combined with a system that records each individual change that
occurs over time, so that at any time, a page can be reverted to
any of its previous states.
Most wikis will allow completely unrestricted access so that people are able
to contribute to the site without necessarily having to undergo
a process of 'registration', as had usually been required by various
other types of interactive websites such as Internet forums or
chat sites.
Tutorials:
Wiki Science:How to start a Wiki
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wiki_Science:How_to_start_a_Wiki
WikiWikiWeb
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors
Wikis: A Beginner’s Look
http://meredith.wolfwater.com/cil06/
Seedwiki
http://www.seedwiki.com/

Comparison of wiki software
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_software
WIKIMatrix
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
Recommended readings:
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Why use Qwiki (instead of Wikipedia)?
http://qwiki.caltech.edu/wiki/Why_Use_Qwiki
Making the Case for a Wiki
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue42/tonkin/
English Wikipedia Publishes Millionth Article
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/English_Wikipedia_Publishes_Millionth_Article
Wikipedia Creators Move Into News
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,65819,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1
Wikipedia founder admits to serious quality problems
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/18/wikipedia_quality_problem/
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