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RSS, Tagging, and Collaboration Online. Vance Stevens Petroleum Institute Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 4th Inter-college Conference on Technology and Multiculturalism Presented Online February 13, 2008. RSS and Tagging - Key to p2p collaboration over Internet. Tags allow us to - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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RSS, Tagging, and RSS, Tagging, and Collaboration OnlineCollaboration Online
Vance Stevens Vance Stevens Petroleum InstitutePetroleum Institute
Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
4th Inter-college Conference on 4th Inter-college Conference on Technology and MulticulturalismTechnology and Multiculturalism
Presented Online February 13, 2008Presented Online February 13, 2008
Vance Stevens - Abu Dhabi UAE - Vance Stevens - Abu Dhabi UAE - Feb 13, 2008Feb 13, 2008
RSS and Tagging - Key to p2p RSS and Tagging - Key to p2p collaboration over Internetcollaboration over Internet
Tags allow us to Tags allow us to • Categorize information available through Categorize information available through
distributed networks distributed networks
• Organize in personally meaningful waysOrganize in personally meaningful ways RSS used to RSS used to
• Monitor where web artifacts using productive Monitor where web artifacts using productive tags are accumulating, or being aggregatedtags are accumulating, or being aggregated
• Track when content is added at any number of Track when content is added at any number of web sites and servicesweb sites and services
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RSSRSS
Classic resources:Classic resources:• Will Richardson’s RSS Quick Start Guide for EducatorsWill Richardson’s RSS Quick Start Guide for Educators
http://weblogg-ed.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/RSSFAQ4.pdf
• "RSS in very simple terms" by Lee and Sachi LeFever at http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english
Subscribing to feedsSubscribing to feeds• Locate feed URL Locate feed URL (small orange graphic shown here)(small orange graphic shown here)• Paste URL into an aggregator, such as Paste URL into an aggregator, such as
http://www.bloglines.com or or http://reader.google.com
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Example of Google ReaderExample of Google Reader
http://www.google.com/intl/en/googlereader/tour.html
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AggregationAggregation Google ReaderGoogle Reader Bloglines Bloglines
PageflakesPageflakes TechnoratiTechnorati
In this example:• Use Technorati to locate all blog posts tagged ‘writingmatrix• Create an RSS feed that will update your feedreader with
new addtions to that search
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Example of Technorati search on writingmatrixExample of Technorati search on writingmatrix
http://technorati.com/search/writingmatrix?authority=n&language=en
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Example of PageflakesExample of Pageflakes
Blogging4educators: http://www.pageflakes.com/Blogging4EducatorsWritingmatrix: http://www.pageflakes.com/vancestevens/13487192/
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Technorati vs. Del.ici.ousTechnorati vs. Del.ici.ous
Technorati Technorati http://technorati.com Del.icio.us Del.icio.us http://del.icio.us Both work on tagging, butBoth work on tagging, but
• Technorati scans the blogosphere for tags that Technorati scans the blogosphere for tags that appear in blog postings, which were put there appear in blog postings, which were put there by the person who created the post. by the person who created the post.
• Del.icio.us allows users/viewers of blog posts Del.icio.us allows users/viewers of blog posts and all other web artifacts to classify them and all other web artifacts to classify them according to ad hoc folksonomyaccording to ad hoc folksonomy
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Tags and Folksonomies (vs. Tags and Folksonomies (vs. Taxonomies)Taxonomies)
Dewey DecimalSystem
Top-Down Client-Server
structured information
dissemination network
Precise Predictable Inflexible
Folksonomy
Bottom Up Peer to Peer
Ad hoc information
dissemination network
Sloppy UnpredictableCreative
comprehensive adaptable
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Social NetworkingSocial Networking
Enables nodes in Enables nodes in distibuted learning distibuted learning networks to interact networks to interact
according to how tags according to how tags and other folksonomic and other folksonomic data overlapdata overlap
Source: Bronwyn Stuckeyhttp://www.cpsquare.org/stuckey-etal-AERA-SNA.pdf
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Example of Social Bookmarking with del.ciou.usExample of Social Bookmarking with del.ciou.us
http://del.icio.us/vancestevens/multiliteracies
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Learning environments Learning environments for Social Networkingfor Social Networking
• BlogsBlogs• WikisWikis• PageflakesPageflakes• Moodle, DrupalMoodle, Drupal• Worldbridges Worldbridges
webcastswebcasts• Others?Others?
• FacebookFacebook• TwitterTwitter• NingNing• ElggElgg• Communities Communities
of practice e.g. of practice e.g. Webheads.infoWebheads.info
Promote effective, powerful, Promote effective, powerful, peer to peer social learningpeer to peer social learning
Reduce affective filtersReduce affective filters Some examplesSome examples
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MulticulturalismMulticulturalism
This presentation suggests how This presentation suggests how tagging can betagging can be• used productively by people wishing to used productively by people wishing to
locate one another in order to locate one another in order to Develop friendships Develop friendships And make discoveries about each other's And make discoveries about each other's
• cultural and linguistic backgrounds cultural and linguistic backgrounds • and socio-economic concernsand socio-economic concerns• commonalitiescommonalities
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Introducing: WritingmatrixIntroducing: Writingmatrix
http://writingmatrix.wikispaces.comhttp://writingmatrix.wikispaces.com
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What is Writingmatrix?What is Writingmatrix?
Example of how basing interaction on Example of how basing interaction on tagging has enabled students in tagging has enabled students in various parts of the world to interactvarious parts of the world to interact• a group of 4 teachers, but could be 400a group of 4 teachers, but could be 400
engaged their students in writing using engaged their students in writing using blogs, blogs,
had students tag using the term had students tag using the term writingmatrix writingmatrix
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Writingmatrix: How it worksWritingmatrix: How it works
• RSS to RSS to aggregate aggregate themthem
• Comments to Comments to make contactmake contact
• URL URL trackback and trackback and Del.icio.us to Del.icio.us to foster sense foster sense of audienceof audience
students used students used Technorati tag search to find each other's postsTechnorati tag search to find each other's posts
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Writingmatrix: Find out moreWritingmatrix: Find out more
Latest information with links to numerous Latest information with links to numerous presentations and publications here:presentations and publications here:http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dr22kn2_24dpqdgg&hl=enhttp://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dr22kn2_24dpqdgg&hl=en
View our ‘teaser’ for View our ‘teaser’ for K-12 Online K-12 Online Conference 2007Conference 2007• ““Wanna make new Wanna make new
friends? Tagging, friends? Tagging, man!”man!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHjlCY0BCNo
Last word (literally, posted just as the presentation was starting)
Comment from Ronaldo in Brazil on this blog post:http://advanceducation.blogspot.com/2008/02/all-i-know-about-blogging-and.html
Vance Stevens Vance Stevens Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAEPetroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAEhttp:adVancEducation.blogspot.com
February 13, 2008February 13, 2008
Find any updates to this presentation online here:Find any updates to this presentation online here:http://tinyurl.com/2bwfuyhttp://tinyurl.com/2bwfuy