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eInformation
23 October 2006
Papers and exams
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Exams can be reviewed in my office
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Short paper rewrites are done
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Grade information is in last Wednesday’s
presentation (I will add range and average)
… and sitting on my desk at home
Speaker and movie write-ups
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I want to copy them before I return them
Missing a significant number …
Democratization of information
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Who can publish a web page?
What do you need?
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Content to post (whatever you want)
An editor (Wordpad works)
A server on the web (free hosting)
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Ohmynews International
 "citizen reporters" contribute news stories,
opinion pieces and photo essays
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And now there are blogs, wikis, …
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Covered in presentations
Blogs
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What is a blog?
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Where can you find blogs?
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blogger.com explanation
Technorati
Search.blogger.com
LOTS of best blog lists
Where can you create blogs?
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blogger.com
livejournal.com
Again, lots of them
Blogs and the established media
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Yes, they use them
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typically treated like columns
Washington Post
New York Times
Does it do good?
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Foley emails were sent to ABC News blog
Wikis
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What are they?
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Everyone knows about Wikipedia
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Originally intended as a collaborative tool
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Do you know what else Wikipedia supports?
Many, many private ones
Other wikis?
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Wikipedia’s list
How Do People Get News?
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Pew Statistics
How do people read the news online?
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Primarily text!
Eyetrack study