January 26-February 1, 2009: Week 3: Blogging, microblogging, and podcasting

• Content
  • Microblogging
    • Stevens, Vance. (2008). Trial by Twitter: The rise and slide of the year's most viral microblogging platform. TESL-EJ, Volume 12, Number 1:http://tesl-ej.org/ej45/int.html
    • Ruth Reynard, Technology Trends, Microblogging and Relevancy, Campus Technology, Nov 12, 2008, http://campustechnology.com/articles/69158_2/
    • Ben Walker: You're no one if you're not on Twitter, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYP-wBaqQAI
  • Podcasting
    • Graham Attwell, Blogging and podcasting for self directed learners: http://www.slideshare.net/GrahamAttwell/blogging-and-padcasting-for-self-directed-learners-presentation-582752 (let it buffer, then play)
    • Cathy Nelson’s Professional Thoughts: Favorite podcasts, November 18, 2007: http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2007/11/18/favorite-podcasts/
• Synchronous discussion

  • Cristina Costa addresses the group

    See http://goodbyegutenberg.pbwiki.com/EventsSchedule for latest venues and details

• Projects
  • Compile an annotated blogroll (at a wiki or combined blog)
    • Zaid Ali Alsagoff, 25 EduBlogs You Simply Don’t Want to Miss! http://www.slideshare.net/zaid/25-edublogs-you-simply-dont-want-to-miss-presentation/
    • Online Education Database, Top 100 Education Blogs, Published on Wednesday 20th of December, 2006 (but still 'current') http://www.diigo.com/annotated/f535f2c8ff6c1cba6a0b1613eeac67c2
  • Compile a listing of whose microblogs to follow.
  • Begin outline of what to put in an e-portfolio
    • Graham Attwell, E-portfolio Development and Implementation, http://blip.tv/file/300988
    • Dr. Helen Barrett, Electronic Portfolios and Digital Storytelling for lifelong and life wide learning, http://electronicportfolios.org/

• Tools
  • Microblog platforms What is microblogging? Read the definition in WIKIPEDIA
    • Twitter http://twitter.com
    • Pownce http://pownce.com
    • Plurk http://plurk.com
  • Microblog aggregators
    • Twemes: http://twemes.com/evo2009mlit
    • Crowdstatus: (We'll set one up)
  • Podcasting
    • http://podomatic.com
    • Podzinger (speech recognition applied to search)
      • EveryZing: http://www.everyzing.com/
      • About Podzinger: http://websearch.about.com/od/imagesearch/a/podzinger.htm