1. Getting Started with Blogs and WikisLibrary LunchablesJuly 2009

2. Blogs Online, chronological collection of personal commentary and links allows users to post their thoughts and comments to a web site for others to read and respond too frequently updated usually intended for general public consumption Personal diaries to editorials on specific topics

3. Blogs Use for: connect course materials to current events evaluate different perspectives reflective writing/journaling record and share experiences personal reflection about classes, careers or current events citizen journalism

4. Blogs Use for: project blog to keep track of project/dialogue for group work assignment submission and peer review capture and disseminate student- or faculty-generated content post instructional tips for students

5. Blogs Blogs in Plain English (video)http://www.commoncraft.com/blogs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnploFsS_tY (How to create a blog w/ Blogger.com) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnzlOYaeOwU (How to post a video to your blog w/ Blogger.com)

6. Blogs Tools: Journal LX (in Blackboard) Edublogshttp://www.edublogs.org/ Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/ WordPresshttp://wordpress.com/

8. You can use any email address to create a Google account.

9. You can create multiple blogs under one account.https://www.blogger.com/start

10. Once you create a Google account, you can link to other Google services.

11. Take your time naming the blog and its url.

13. Go through all of the settings for each tab.

15. Under the layout tab, you can choose new template.

17. You can always edit published posts.

20. Wikis Use for: Collaborative learning Knowledge construction Critical thinking Contextual application

21. Wikis Use for: data collection collaboration on group projects group research projects brainstorming concept maps/research topics create shared, online resources peer review/editing tool

22. Wikis Use for: project planning test review/study guides build annotated bibliography create a glossary of common terms summarize thoughts on a reading build a questionnaire

23. Wikis Tools: Teams LX (in Blackboard) Wikispaceshttp://www.wikispaces.com/ PB Wikihttp://pbwiki.com/ Zoho Wikihttp://wiki.zoho.com/

24. Wikis Wikis in Plain English (video)http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english http://educatorforum.pbworks.com/headlines/

27. Consider how you name your wiki.

29. http://usermanual.pbworks.com/ and http://pbworks.com/content/supportcenter