Blogs, Wikis, Facebook, and More

Instructional Uses for the Classroom

Reenay R. H. RogersUniversity of West

Alabama

Blog “a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer”

Merriam-Webster Online

How can a classroom teacher use a blog?

Communicate with parents and students

Presentation format for projects Storage for content informationResource for professional growth

Classroom Blogs

http://mscassidysclass.edublogs.org/

http://huzzah.edublogs.org/

Get Started with EduBlog! ◦http://edublogs.org/curriculum-corner

-class-blogs/

Dr. Rogers’ Physics Class Bloghttp://titanphysics.blogspot.com/

Physics student posted their reports. Classmates then posted their comments.Required writing one large post

each termRequired weekly reading of

classmates’ posts

Teacher Professional GrowthSpecial Ed Blog http://digitalanthology.blogspot.com/Technology Tipshttp://thespian70.blogspot.com/Science Bloghttp://www.sciencefix.com/Library Media Specialistshttp://blog.cathyjonelson.com/

Wiki“a web site that allows anyone to add, delete, or revise content by using a web browser” (Dictionary.com)

http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2011/05/top-10-sites-for-creating-wiki.html

Who should use wikis?Wikis are for everyone!

◦Students◦Teachers◦Administrators◦Athletic Teams◦Clubs◦Anyone who wants to publish or

share information on the Web

Where do you find wikis?Wikispaces

www.wikispaces.com

Where do you find wikis?PBWorks

www.pbworks.com

Where do you find wikis?Google Sites

https://sites.google.com/

Where do you find wikis?WET PAINT- Educational Wikis

http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/

Example Wikishttp://aetcrogerssam.wikispaces.com/http://

physics-trebuchet.wikispaces.com/home

http://syphilistuskegeestudy.wikispaces.com/Tuskegee+Syphilis+Study+Introduction

http://patriots-in-motion.wikispaces.com/home

https://sites.google.com/site/holyspiritsoccer/

Facebook for the Classroom???Great for class projects

◦Gets students to use a familiar social tool to present school work

Super communication tool◦Communicate with parents and

teachers with a private group◦Easy to update◦Parents/students check frequently

“FAKEBOOKS”Choose a scientist of historical

importance.Create a “FakeBook page for this

scientist. http://www.classtools.net/fb/home/page

Example: http://www.classtools.net/FB/1532-gRVvvA

Friends (1,346)

Bio

Thomas EdisonCurrently trying to improve the telegraph transmitter…I’ve just realized that the tape of the machine gives off a noise resembling spoken words when you play it at a high speed. Interesting…

Thomas EdisonI am going to try create a phonograph using a metal cylinder with tin foil wrapped around it..

Henry FordHow are you going to get your machine to work?

Thomas EdisonWell the machine will play cylinders rather than discs and have two needles; one for recording and one for playback The idea is that when you speak into a mouthpiece, the sound vibrations will be dented onto the cylinder by the recording needle in a vertical hollow pattern.

Henry FordSounds promising. Keep us updated.

John KruesIHey Tom. I’m almost done building the phonograph from your sketches. You can come test it soon!

As a child, I liked spending my time reading at the local library. I was homeschooled for a few years before I got my first job selling newspapers. In 1868 I began my career as an inventor in Boston.

Birthday February 11, 1847* Hometown Milan, Ohio* Relationship Status Married to Mina Miller Sex Male

Thomas EdisonThomas Edison

Alexander Graham Bell

Albert Einstein

Nikola Tesla

Friends (1,346)

Bio

John KrueslHey Tom. I’m almost done building the phonograph from your sketches. You can come test it soon!

Thomas EdisonIT WORKS! My phonograph just played back “Mary had a little lamb!” I would say it’s been a pretty good day.

Thomas EdisonI’ve just been invited to the White House to demonstrate my phonograph to President Rutherford B. Hayes.

Thomas EdisonTired of using candles to see? Well I am working on improving incandescent light, and who knows, maybe we will all have electric power soon!

J.P. Morgan Mr. Edison I would like to fund your inventions and talk about the prospect of an electric company.

Thomas EdisonAfter performing over 1000 experiments and endless search, I’ve finally found the perfect filament. I have created a light bulb using carbonized filaments from cotton thread.

As a child, I liked spending my time reading at the local library. I was homeschooled for a few years before I got my first job selling newspapers. In 1868 I began my career as an inventor in Boston.

Birthday February 11, 1847* Hometown Milan, Ohio* Relationship Status Married to Mina Miller Sex Male

Thomas EdisonThomas Edison

Alexander Graham Bell

Albert Einstein

Nikola Tesla

Friends (1,346)

Bio

Thomas EdisonAfter performing over 1000 experiments and endless search, I’ve finally found the perfect filament. I have created a light bulb using carbonized filaments from cotton thread. It is super practical for home use!

Thomas EdisonPeople of lower Manhattan, get ready for the world’s first electric light power station.

Juliette Gordon LowCan’t wait to get electricity!

Thomas EdisonNext Project: I am going to do for the eye what the phonograph does to the ear. Get ready for motion pictures! Wohoo

Thomas Edison My Kinetoscope is going to record and reproduce objects in motion!

As a child, I liked spending my time reading at the local library. I was homeschooled for a few years before I got my first job selling newspapers. In 1868 I began my career as an inventor in Boston.

Birthday February 11, 1847* Hometown Milan, Ohio* Relationship Status Married to Mina Miller Sex Male

Thomas EdisonThomas Edison

Alexander Graham Bell

Albert Einstein

Nikola Tesla

Thomas Edison

MeBy Thomas Edison (Albums) * Updated 1 week ago

My beautiful wife, Mina Edison, with whom I have three great children.

The Phonograph!

Me with one of my most beloved inventions, the phonograph.

Me when I was little.

The light bulb!

Facebook for Communication

Top 10 Ways to Use Twitter1. Tweet Assignments/Due Dates2. Provide a classroom news feed to

keep parents informed3. Follow current issues in the news4. Track career interests/engage

with professionals5. Foreign language teachers can

have students use their skills to translate feeds from other nations

Top 10 Ways to Use Twitter6. Connect with other classrooms around the world7. Live Tweet a book or movie review8. Create a progressive poem9. Have students tweet lesson summaries10. Create a fictional historical character and tweet as if you were that person

http://www.teachhub.com/50-ways-use-twitter-classroom

Network with TwitterUse Twitter to collaborate or learn

from educators around the worldSubscribe to the #educhat:Twitter for Librarians:http://oedb.org/ilibrarian/a-guide-to-twitter-in-libraries/Twitter Guide for Teachers:http://www.edudemic.com/2010/06/the-ultimate-twitter-guidebook/

Instagram

What is Instagram?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N92MQ9o4Fe0

5 Ways to InstagramFrom a private classroom account

1. Showcase student work2. Memorialize field trip experiences3. Document your daily activities or special events

Activities that do not necessarily need a private account

4. Have students photograph and post pictures of animals, plants, or other nature projects.5. Students could post photos of math concepts such as angles, geometric shapes, etc.

Instagram Article

VineWhat is Vine?

◦A mobile app for creating short videos

◦Owned by Twitter

Vine in the ClassroomWhat could you possibly do with a 6

second video clip?◦ Create “How To” Video Clips◦ Video the steps in a science lab◦ Impersonate a historical figure◦ Use as a “hook” to introduce a topic◦ You are only limited by your imagination!

How to Vine!http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414713,00.asp

Other…Edmodo- allows teachers to collaborate,

send notes, post assignments, conduct polls, etc. in a safe environment

http://www.edmodo.com/I-Tunes U- access thousands of lectures

or create your own coursehttp://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/TwitPic- Create a picture scavenger hunthttp://twitpic.com/

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GaETC 2013Reenay R. H. RogersThe University of West Alabama rrogers@uwa.edu(205) 652-5423