1. Weblogs 101 for Librarians and Media Specialists Harlene Rosenberg Supervisor of Instructional Media Center Will Richardson Supervisor of Instructional Technology Hunterdon Central Regional High School Flemington, NJ

2. Weblogs 101 A new World Wide Web

3. Weblogs 101 Up until now… Read Only Research

4. Weblogs 101 Today Read AND write Web

5. Weblogs 101 Writing to the Web Weblogs

6. A Weblog is an easily created, easily updateable Website that allows an author (or authors) to publish instantly to the Internet from any Internet connection. Weblogs 101

8. Weblogs don’t require: Knowledge of HTML Knowledge of FTP Webpage creation software Weblogs 101

9. Weblog characteristics: Frequent updates Reverse chronology Personal and informal Hypertext Interactive

10. Weblogs 101 New metaphors: Digital paper Online notebook

11. Some Weblog uses: Online Diaries Weblogs 101

12. Date:2004-06-14 09:20 Subject:prom was the ultimate bomb~ Security:Public ya, it was the best ever. not alot of ppl were there but we all looked good. i looked and felt like a primcess in my big ball gown, it was nice.ashley's hun did not go but we still had fun. i am not fighting anymore and it is very surprising that she talked to me today. ~nikkI~ http://www.livejournal.com/users/chicky_hotluv4u/ Weblogs 101

13. Business Weblogs 101

15. Politics Weblogs 101

17. 10,000,000 by year’s end. Over 50% kept by 13-19 year olds. 50,000 are updated daily. 66.0% not updated in two months. Weblogs 101

19. Weblogs in the classroom Weblogs 101

20. Constructivist—Contribute to the greater body of knowledge Real audiences Collaborative Expansive—Go beyond the classroom walls

21. Online Filing Cabinet Weblogs 101

22. Collaborative learning space Weblogs 101

23. Collaborative learning space Weblogs 101

24. Collaborative learning space

25. Weblogs 101 Classroom Management

26. Discussion group Weblogs 101

27. Elementary classrooms

28. Professional Development Weblogs 101

29. School Website Weblogs 101

30. Knowledge management Weblogs 101

31. Weblogs in Libraries

32. Weblogs 101 Examples: Personalized Different formats Currency of information Linkable to standard Webpages

33. Weblogs 101

34. Springfield Township Weblogs 101

35. Coxsackie-Athens School Library Weblogs 101

37. Galileo School Library

40. Weblogs 101 Keansburg High School Library

43. Weblogs 101 Thatcher Library

44. Weblogs 101 Boswell Library

45. Weblogs 101 Hunterdon Central Library

46. Weblogs 101 Hunterdon Central Book Nook

47. Weblogs 101 Why a Weblog? Easy to add/update information Multiple Authors Password Protected Quick News

48. Weblogs 101 Creating a Weblog Post

60. Weblogs 101 Uploading and Linking Files

78. Weblogs in the Classroom Essential Question: How can Weblogs help me to communicate more effectively?

79. Considerations: Time Privacy and safety Technical support Cost Connectivity Assessment Weblogs in the Classroom

80. Choosing the tool: Served locally or remotely? Open or closed? Interactive or not? Tech support or no? Budget?

81. Weblogs in the Classroom Blogger (www.blogger.com) Free (ads) Large community Commenting Limited Security

82. Weblogs in the Classroom Moveable Type Free Locally hosted More functionality More complexity Many levels of security

83. Weblogs in the Classroom Manila $499 a year Locally hosted Up to 3,000 CMS Many levels of security

84. Weblogs in the Classroom WordPress pMachine Drupal Many more… http://www.lights.com/weblogs/

85. Weblogs 101 Thanks! Harlene Rosenberg hrosenberg@hcrhs.k12.nj.us Will Richardson wrichard@hcrhs.k12.nj.us