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Additional Resources

• ReadWriteWeb
  http://www.readwriteweb.com/
   
• Chocolate & Zucchini Blog
  http://chocolateandzucchini.com/  
   
• Top Blogs for June 5, 2008
  http://www.blogpulse.com/08_06_05/topWeblogGroup.html
   
• The Best Medical Blogs from Forbes.com
  http://www.forbes.com/2003/10/02/cx_mh_medblogslide.html?thisSpeed=15000
   
• Insensible Gains
  Medical Education Blog
  http://insensiblegains.com/
   
• Medgadget.com - Internet Journal of Emerging Medical Technologies
  http://www.medgadget.com/
   
• Healthcare 100
  http://www.edrugsearch.com/top100/
   
• Open Thinking Wiki Page on Blogging
  http://couros.wikispaces.com/Blogging
   
• Photography's Photoblogging Future
  http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/2006/12/photographys_ph.html
  
  
   

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Class 1 Assignments  

Reading Assignment:

Please review at least some of the additional resources listed above as well as some of the following online articles:

• What is Web 2.0?
  http://www.mikestopforth.com/2006/08/05/what-is-web-20/
   
• What Comes After Web 2.0?
  http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/17845/ 
   
• What are blogs, and how did they become so popular?
  http://ask.yahoo.com/20021115.html
   
• The Use of Blogs, Wikis and RSS in Education: A Conversation of Possibilities
  http://eprints.qut.edu.au/archive/00005398/01/5398.pdf
   
• Family Medicine Meets the Blogosphere -requires free online registration
  http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/557348
   
• How Web 2.0 is Changing Medicine
  http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7582/1283
   
• 10 Tips for How to Use Web 2.0 in Medicine
  http://scienceroll.com/2007/06/08/10-tips-for-how-to-use-web-20-in-medicine/  
   

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Hands-On Assignment:

• For this week's assignment, conduct some research on the web to see if you can find at least one example of how a blog is successfully being used in a health-care related area and another one that demonstrates an unsuccessful use of a blog. Once you have selected the blogs, go to the CUIN 7376m blog at http://cuin7376m.blogspot.com/ and post your comments under the Class One Assignment. In your posting, you should discuss the following:
   
  • Who created and is maintaining the blog?
  • What is its purpose and who is the intended audience?
  • Who is participating in the blog?
  • Do you think the information is accurate? Why or why not?
  • What do you think are some of the characteristics of the blog that make it successful or not successful?
  • Are there any characteristics of the blog that you feel could be used in your health-care related area? Please elaborate.
  • Is there anything else you would like to add about the blog (or blogs) you found?