Hyperlinking is a 21st Century skill that I hope to instill in my students. It is always frustrating to read a blog, website, or wiki that refers to great articles or information, but fails to provide the link.
I wonder when our educational assessments will catch up to 21st Century skills. Should a standardized test have a blog post and a multiple choice question that asks which word or phrase should act as the hyperlink? I have found that this is a skill that I am still trying to master. I sometimes hyperlink whole phrases, as I did in my last post. Is this necessary? I wonder who will develop the hyperlink rules for the blogosphere. I have found a few postings for hyperlink rules, but I am not sure the web 2.0 culture has really defined these rules officially.
I recently read a blog post at The Edublogger that explains how to use html code to create a hyperlink in comments. I am glad to know that piece of information, and I plan to demonstrate the value and use of including hyperlinks in blog and wiki comments to my classes next week.
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Erik
// Feb 27, 2009 at 3:05 am
Thank you for the backlink. More people should think about their hyperlinking. I wonder however what would be the main advantage of officially defined rules, moreover how can a mark-up rule be made official on the web?
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Sue Waters
// Feb 27, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Glad my post on writing links in comments helped. To be honest I still struggle when deciding which words to link to when writing posts. There is definitely a balance between linking and over linking.
Just in case you were interested in why I wrote that post. I had written a post on Interlinking! Is it your idea of fun? and several of my readers asked me to explain how to write links in comments.
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