OLLI Web 2.0 Class- Class 1- BLOGS- Sources and Terms

1. Searching for Blogs that interest you:

a. Technorati- technorati.com

b. Blog Catalog- blogcatalog.com

c. Blog Search Google- blogsearch.google.com

d. Bloglines- bloglines.com

2. Creating a Blog-

a. Wordpress- wordpress.org

b. Blogger- blogger.com

3. Creating a Google Account- google.com/accounts

4. Blogs that were shown-

a. Boing Boing- boingboing.net

b. Daily Kos- dailykos.com

c. 538.com- fivethirtyeight.com

d. Tucson on the Cheap- tucsononthecheap.com

5. Mini-videos we viewed:

a. Blogs in Plain English- www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI

b. Blogger How-to- www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnploFsS_tY

6. Web 2.0 Vocabulary-

a. Post- a written entry in a Blog

b. Thread- posts that are on a related topic; follow from each other

c. Troll- someone who posts controversial or inflammatory messages

d. Lurker- someone who reads messages, but rarely posts

e. Blogosphere- a collective term encompassing all blogs and their interconnections

f. Blogroll- a list of recommended blogs on a blog

g. Links- mentions of websites/other blogs; allows you to click right to them

h. Avatar- a digital representation of a person or thing

i. Usenet- a world-wide distributed discussion system of newsgroups; loosely, a precursor to blogs

j. BBS/Internet Discussion Forums- evolution of an early Internet technology that allowed users to post messages; another precursor to blogs, but still in wide use