Blogs And Wikis Inservice.Final
- 1. Wikis and Blogs and Education Oh, My! Information for this PowerPoint was collected from various Internet sources, including Curiki and Robin Sutherland
- 2. Its All About Communication Online media is controlled by the masses Our students are part of the masses Students feel empowered and motivated to participate Students will participate with or without us Communication is good Empowerment is good Guidance is good
- 3. Why Should I Care? Because your students do It is one of the major ways 21 st century learners communicate It gets your students writing It gives your students an authentic audience Promotes cooperative learning Here’s Why . . .
- 4. Blog vs. Wikis Usually single author Reverse chronological order Usually personal External links Browser-based input Usually many authors Structure determined by content Usually objective Internal and external links Browser-based input
- 5. What is a Blog? Short for Web log Used for online journaling WYSIWYG interface Dynamic Interactive A public website
- 6. Sample Blogs http://www.gifteddebate.blogspot.com http://www.wsdtechie.blogspot.com http://sschaferthegiver.blogspot.com/ http://thegiver-gatheringblue.blogspot.com/ http: //stefhite . edublogs .org http://lisaslingo.blogspot.com/
- 7. Blog Tools http://www.weblogg-ed.com/ http://blogsearch.google.com/ http://www.technorati.com/
- 8. Let’s Create a Blog Go to http://Blogger.com Create an account Name your blog Pick a template
- 9. What is a Wiki? Abbreviation for What I Know Is A Web-based encyclopedia A piece of server software A website that allows users to add and edit content An encyclopedia truly written by The People of the world
- 10. Wikipedia
- 11. Wiki in Plain English http://youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY
- 12. Sample Wikis http://Wmstech.wikispaces.com http://mapki.com/index.php?title=Map_Projects http://www.budtheteacher.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page http://100thday.wetpaint.com/?t=anon
- 13. Wiki Tools http://pbwiki.com/ http://www.seedwiki.com/ http://www.wikispaces.com/ http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers http://wetpaint.com http://www.qwika.com/
- 14. How do I keep track of all this? RSS Feed Aggregator http://www.reader.google.com
- 15. What are some other Web 2.0 tools? Voicethread Student produced voicethread on Ireland Fifth grade poetry Slideshare Bubbleshare
Editor's Notes
- #2: Are you afraid??? Consider yourself off to see the Wizard of Blogs!