Blogs Slideshare A Wikis
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The document discusses how blogs, slideshares, and wikis can raise student engagement and achievement by providing easy to use and free platforms for student work. It describes these tools - blogs allow students to write entries and comment on each other's work, slideshares allows students to upload PowerPoint presentations for others to see and comment on, and wikis provide a shared space. The document suggests teachers can use these tools to provide coursework support, revision materials, and extended learning opportunities for students. It encourages teachers to experiment with the tools and develop plans for integrating them.
Blogs Slideshare A Wikis
- 1. Blogs, slideshare and wikis What on earth are they and how they can raise pupil engagement and achievement?
- 2. Key principles Easy to use, Simple My favourite price (free) Doesn't take up a lot of time Effective
- 3. What are they? www.blogger.com www.slideshare.net
- 4. Create entries that the whole world can read Readers can interact with what you write by leaving comments Provide links to help and content
- 5. Task set by teacher online. Pupils respond in the lesson
- 6. Pupils upload their PowerPoint presentations to slideshare. Visible to the world.
- 7. www.slideshare.net Upload PowerPoint presentations. Pupils and teacher can see and comment on shows. AfL
- 8. www.4shared.com A virtual hard drive. Teacher can upload documents for students to download
- 9. Other ideas Used for: Coursework support Revision Providing extension work for more able students Leaving cover work Rants CPD opportunities, especially with ICT
- 11. Visit set up blog – leave a comment use blogger to create own account if enough time. http://blogsatpriory.blogspot.com/ Click on the comments text to leave a comment. Could you use these ideas? What could you use these ideas for? What further training would be useful?
- 13. What next? Talk and think about whether you could use this technology – have a plan of action before starting Get online and play around with the technology Let me know if I can help you or your department further
- 14. A copy of this presentation will be made available at: http://daviderogers.blogpsot.com Lego blogger picture from Flickr user minifig.