Rss Tagging Collaboration Online

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


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


Example of Google ReaderExample of Google Reader

http://www.google.com/intl/en/googlereader/tour.html


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


Example of Technorati search on writingmatrixExample of Technorati search on writingmatrix

http://technorati.com/search/writingmatrix?authority=n&language=en


Example of PageflakesExample of Pageflakes

Blogging4educators: http://www.pageflakes.com/Blogging4EducatorsWritingmatrix: http://www.pageflakes.com/vancestevens/13487192/


Technorati vs. Del.ici.ousTechnorati vs. Del.ici.ous

Technorati Technorati http://technorati.com Del.icio.us http://del.icio.usDel.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


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


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


Example of Social Bookmarking with del.ciou.usExample of Social Bookmarking with del.ciou.us

http://del.icio.us/vancestevens/multiliteracies


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


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


Introducing: WritingmatrixIntroducing: Writingmatrix

http://writingmatrix.wikispaces.comhttp://writingmatrix.wikispaces.com


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


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


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

Vance Stevens Vance Stevens Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAEPetroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAEhttp:adVancEducation.blogspot.com

February 13, 2008February 13, 2008

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