INTRODUCTION TO BLOGS AND WIKIS IN THE CLASSROOM SMR Ultranet Coaches’ Workshop Program 2009.

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INTRODUCTION TO BLOGS AND WIKIS IN THE CLASSROOM SMR Ultranet Coaches’ Workshop Program 2009

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INTRODUCTION TO BLOGS AND WIKIS IN THE CLASSROOM

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What Have You Done So Far?

Have used blogs or wikis with your students

Have used blogs or wikis for personal use

Know what blogs and wikis are but haven’t used them

What are blogs and wikis….??

Share some of the ways that this group has used blogs and wikis.

Add your ideas / examples to the workshop wiki

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What are Blogs and Wikis?

Blogs Wikis

Connect - Blogging Connect - Wikis

A blog, or web log is a kind of website published straight to the internet.

Blogs are two-way (like other web 2.0 tools) as readers are encouraged to contribute by leaving comments / submitting work. 

A wiki is a web space where people can work together to build and publish information and content.

Intro to Wikispaces

Best educational providers:•Global Teacher (Postings by teachers only)•Global Student (Postings by teachers and students - the teacher remains the administrator)

Both created by Connect and the State Library Association of Victoria

Best educational providers:•pbworks•Wikispaces•Wetpaint (often blocked in Netspace schools) SMR Ultranet Coaches

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Blogs – What do they look like?

Blogs that showcase the school and student's work

Examples on Connect Examples on Global Teacher

Examples on Bright Ideas (SLAV) Examples on Netbook Trial wiki

Examples on Hume wiki Hawkesdale P-12 College – school blog

ePotential – search for blogs for professional learning and examples

Berwick Lodge School Blog LEEP - a class blog at Berwick PS

ICT with Berwick LodgersLittle Voices, Little Scholars: March 2009 

Mosgiel Park PS Blog Lisa Hill’s Staff Blog (teacher Mosgiel Park)

Kathy Cassidy – Blogmeister Jane L -- Blogmeister 

Mr. Lund's Fifth Grade Class  A World of WonderSMR Ultranet Coaches

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Wikis – What do they look like?

Examples on Connect E.g. Mansfield P-2 wiki

Examples on the WMR wiki

Examples on Netbook Trial wiki

Primary Web2.0 Tools - Web2.0 tools for 5-8 year olds

ePotential – search for blogs for professional learning and examples

E.g. http://brokenworld.wikispaces.com/A+Broken+World (secondary example)

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Access and Guidelines

Access Using a class blog or wiki is easier to manage than individual

student blogs and wikis Accounts / access granted by teacher as administrator Teacher monitors the student contributions Can be private or public, with different access levels set by

the teacher

Guidelines Connect – Blogging (DEECD) Global Teacher Guidelines Global Student – ‘About Global Student’

Connect – Wikis (DEECD)

Parental permission / student agreements – Web2.0 specific…….

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How To………..

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BlogsIntro video tour and specific “How To…” videos (using Jing Screencasts) http://edublogs.org/videos/

Edublogs Help - http://help.edublogs.org/Lois Smethurst - http://loisath.edublogs.org/beginning-bloggers/

WikisText and video instructions

Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/help+indexPbworks - http://pbworks.com/content/supportcenter

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Creating Class Blogs and Wikis

Use the Educational plans – basic ones are free.

Can be difficult to find the “Create a New Wiki / Blog” link at times! Click the links below to find them…..

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Need to request upgrade to educational AFTER creating the wiki in Wikspaces (even though you set it up as K-12)

For teacher blogs only

For class blogs and student blogs

Go to pbworks-academic pricing

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Creating Student Accounts For Students Without Email Accounts

Blogs

Use dummy student gmail accounts attached to your own teacher gmail account .

Wordpress blog describes how.

Wikis

You can create student wiki accounts without them having their own eMail address

Wikispaces Blog

The Official Blog of PBworks

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A Couple of Teacher Resource Wikis for Help

With Web2.0…...

ICT Toolkit - http://icttoolkit.wikispaces.com/ (Established by NMR Ultranet Coaches)

Susie Vespar - http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/

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Examples of Web 2.0 Tools to Embed

Voicethread

Glogster

Animoto(Use the Educator Versions)

Teacher Tube

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Jonathan Hall

SMR Ultranet Coach

[email protected]

Mobile : 0403 350 484

Thanks also to Lois Smethurst at Berwick Lodge PS for aspects of this presentation.

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Thanks for your participation.

Good luck in using blogs and wikis with your students.