How to make the most of Twitter | Technology. An American student is arrested in Egypt, and manages to send a brief text with a single word - "ARRESTED" - which is picked up around the world, and leads quickly to his release, helped by a lawyer hired by his university back in the US. In Britain, the prime minister's office decides people should be able to find out what their premier is doing; as of today, more than 2,000 people do. During an interview at the SXSW festival in March, audience dissatisfaction with Sarah Lacy's interviewing style with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg spills over into silent but powerful discourse among the audience: one calls it a "train wreck". People fleeing from fires in California say where they are; that proves more useful and timely than official goverment information. The common factor?
One of the first questions people ask is "what is Twitter for? " That is a key point. First steps Twitter.com obviously. Next steps You can follow Twitter at the website, but that's inefficient. FirefoxTweetbar. What Is a Wiki (and How to Use One for Your Projects) | O'Reilly Media. By Tom Stafford, Matt Webb 07/07/2006 Wiki A wiki is a website where users can add, remove, and edit every page using a web browser. It's so terrifically easy for people to jump in and revise pages that wikis are becoming known as the tool of choice for large, multiple-participant projects. In this Article: Somewhere, in a dimly lit classroom, a library bench, or in a home study, some lucky so-and-so is writing an essay from beginning to end with no notes.
A wiki is a website where every page can be edited in a web browser, by whomever happens to be reading it. Wikis Work for Big Projects This article was written using a wiki, as were most of the 100 hacks in our book, Mind Hacks. Wikipedia builds on transparency, simple linking, and a low barrier to entry for crowds of people to be involved in editing and authoring. What It's Like to Use a Wiki Something we found happening a lot was this: during research, we'd discover lots of little facts. Choosing a Wiki So what should you be looking for?
Teaching and learning online with wikis. Naomi Augar, Ruth Raitman and Wanlei ZhouSchool of Information TechnologyDeakin University Wikis are fully editable websites; any user can read or add content to a wiki site. This functionality means that wikis are an excellent tool for collaboration in an online environment.
This paper presents wikis as a useful tool for facilitating online education. Basic wiki functionality is outlined and different wikis are reviewed to highlight the features that make them a valuable technology for teaching and learning online. Finally, the paper discuses a wiki project underway at Deakin University. This project uses a wiki to host an icebreaker exercise which aims to facilitate ongoing interaction between members of online learning groups. Wiki projects undertaken in America are outlined and future wiki research plans are also discussed.
Introducing wikis Figure 1: The Wikipedia wiki encyclopaedia home page Wikis can be used to facilitate computer supported collaborative learning, CSCL. 'Person of the Year': You - Technology - smh.com.au. Web2.0: a new wave of innovation for teaching and learning?