District #70 Fall Institute Day

October 5, 2007

Erin Wyatt

Using del.icio.us and Google Reader to Stay Organized, Fight Information Overload and Keep Learning

Erin Wyatt

Philosophy:

Read/Write Web

User Generated Content - Participatory

Harnessing the Collective Intelligence

Rich User Experience

Portable

Tools:

RSS

Social Bookmarking

Blogs

Wikis

What is Web 2.0?

Erin Wyatt

Social Bookmarking

Allows bookmarks to become: Portable Searchable Sharable

Erin Wyatt

Social Bookmarking in Plain EnglishCommon Craft Video

QuickTime™ and aH.264 decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

LeFever, 2007

Erin Wyatthttp://del.icio.us/ejdw

Bundles TagsSite List Other Users

Erin Wyatt

To add this page to del.icio.us, click tag if you have installed the buttons.

Erin Wyatt

Erin Wyatt

TAGGING - common feature of 2.0

Keywords allow for organization and searchability

Erin Wyatt

Getting Started with del.icio.us1. Go to http://del.icio.us

2. Click register

Erin Wyatt

Erin Wyatt

Erin Wyatt

Erin Wyatt

RSS Feeds and Readers

RSS = Real Simple Syndication

New information is delivered to YOU. You subscribe to a feed. Use a reader to collect information.

Erin Wyatt

http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english

RSS in Plain EnglishCommon Craft Video

Erin Wyatt

My subscriptions

Folders

http://www.google.com/reader

RSS Subscription Icon

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blogs.html

Subscribing to a feed:

Click on the RSS icon.

A new screen will appear.

Here’s how it looks.

Erin Wyatt

Choosing Blogs for Subscription

Edublogs We Love from Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/whats-next-2007-best-blogs

2006 Edublog Award Winners http://incsub.org/awards/2006/the-edublog-awards-2006-winners/

2006 Webblog Awards - Best of Education http://2006.weblogawards.org/2006/12/best_educational_blog.php

Blog Search Engines

Technorati Google Blog Search

Erin Wyatt

Subscribe to this Blog

http://highlandlcblog.blogspot.com/

Erin Wyatt

References/Work CitedDel.icio.us. Screen Shots.4 Oct. 2007 <http://del.icio.us>.Google Reader. Screen Shots. 4 Oct 2007

<http://www.google.com/reader/view/#overview-page>.“Harnessing the Power." Online image. 27 Sept 2007. Glass Giant.com. 27 Sept.

2007 <http://www.glassgiant.com/cereal_box/>.LeFever, Lee. RSS in Plain English. 23 Apr. 2007 Common Craft. 4 Oct. 2007

<http://www.commoncraft.com/show>. LeFever, Lee. Social Bookmarking in Plain English. 7 Aug. 2007. Common Craft.

4 Oct. 2007 <http://www.commoncraft.com/show>.