Web Connections

Social bookmarking can be more dynamic and helpful by incorporating useful tags, comments, and networking options. Examine the effective use of these tools by reading the analysis of the examples given here:

bookmarkingrubric

When you’re finished with the document, go to your delicious account and edit your current bookmarks using the recommended techniques that are recommended.

Because the focus of the Web Connections course is on communication and using Web 2.0 communications tools, let’s spend some time exploring the quality of our blog posts. Start by looking at this document, which outlines different quality levels of blog content and suggests how to improve blog posts, making them more interesting for both creator and reader.

bloggingrubricv2

As you read through this document, consider the level of your own blog posts so far. Add an entry on your own blog, topic of your choice, that incorporates as many elements as possible to, hopefully, make it a level 4.

Review for me which widgets and which plugins you’ve added to your blogs and found, or think will be, useful. How so?

Are there any you’d like to know more about before adding to your blog?

Check out this article, and the comments people have posted in response.

http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/2008/04/27/heres-my-first-five-tips-for-writing-better-blog-posts-what-are-yours/

As you read, come up with one tip besides the five in the original post that you think will make your blogging most effective. Submit a comment here including your best idea.

This course is an exploration of our contemporary digital, networked, media-saturated world of communications, incorporating blogs, wikis, social networks, podcasting and more. Students will work with digital media and forge connections with a global community of interest in a topic area of their choosing. The first part of the course addresses skills and techniques related to digital communications tools and web publishing, as well as legal and ethical issues related to information sharing in the age of the internet. In the second part, each student will build a cumulative portfolio of web connections, engaging in research, media production and online dialogue related to their chosen topic.