Wikis, and BlogsAndrea TamarazioErie 1 BOCESatamarazio@e1b.org

What is aTHE CONTENT AND PURPOSES OF BLOGS VARIES GREATLY FROM LINKS AND COMMENTARY ABOUT OTHER WEB SITES, TO NEWS ABOUT A COMPANY/PERSON/IDEA, TO DIARIES, PHOTOS, POETRY, MINI-ESSAYS, PROJECT UPDATES, EVEN FICTION.

Wikipedias Definition

A BLOG IS A WEB PAGE MADE UP OF USUALLY SHORT, FREQUENTLY UPDATED POSTS THAT ARE ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY.

Common Craft Video

What is a Blog?

More information on blogs vs. forums. This site organizes the similarities and differences between the two topics and also gives definitions for terms that are used.Blogs vs. Forums What are the differences?

Blogs vs. ForumsWhat are the differences?This is a FORUM

Blogs vs. ForumsWhat are the differences?This is a BLOG

Blogging Examples 2ND Grade Class Weblog

Mrs. Rikards 3rd Grade Blog Site

Young Adult Novels Blog

Teaching History Matters

5th Grade Math Blog

CLASSBLOGMEISTER.COM

Things to Think AboutHow much personal information will you put up about each student?How will you assess your students blogs? Will you assess their Blogs?Where will the Blog be done; at home, school, or both?What does the ability to post a comment do for a classroom?

Blogging WebsitesWordpress get a free blog here

EduBlog educational blogging service

KidBlog Safe and Simple blogs for your students

Wikis vs. BlogsA wiki can be a blog,

but

a blog cant be a wiki!

Wikis in EducationAndrea TamarazioErie 1 BOCESatamarazio@e1b.org

Wikis created for WNYRIC CSLO/Model SchoolsErie 1 Online WikiUsers can add/edit pages for CSLO/Model Schools, including instructional resources, technology tool help, and lesson ideas Wikis in Education Article.

What is a wiki?The term "wiki" comes from a Hawaiian word meaning "quick." A wiki is an online resource that is easily editable by any user from any Internet browser. Wikis allow for cross-referencing outside links or other pages in the same wiki. Anyone can edit anyone else's work in a wiki. Wikis can be reverted back to previous edits. Wikis were created by Ward Cunninghamfor the Portland Pattern Repositoryin 1995. Web-based wikis can be created with free server-based software such as MediaWiki.Wikis in Plain English

Walk Through Wikis Step by StepTeacherFirst: Wiki Walk-Through - http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/ This resource includes basic information about wikis, as well as curriculum integration ideas. Implementation issues are also addressed.

Wikispaces - Educational Wikis - http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/

Free Wiki HostingWikispaces (recommended) - http://www.wikispaces.com/Free Wikis for Teachers and Schools full privileges (premium - no advertisements, secure)

pbwiki (recommended) - http://pbworks.com/ Example: http://mrlindsay.pbwiki.com/

Zoho Wiki - http://wiki.zoho.com

Wetpaint - http://www.wetpaint.com/

BluWiki - http://www.bluwiki.org/go/Main_Page

Types of Wikis Examples of EachEncyclopediasOnline Text BooksOnline DictionariesHow-To GuidesBest Practice ResourcesOnline LibrariesNews WikisFan WikisOther Wikis

EncyclopediasExample: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org

Beta: Citizendium - http://www.citizendium.org/

Online Text BooksWikibooks - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_PageWikiversity - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/WikiversityWikijunior - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior

Online DictionariesExample: Wiktionary - http://www.wiktionary.org

How-to GuidesWikihow - http://wiki.ehow.com/Main-Page

Wikibooks - Garage Band Quick Tutorial - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Garageband_Quick_Tutorial

University of Calgary Podcasting - http://wiki.ucalgary.ca/page/Podcasting

Best Practice ResourcesCurriki - http://www.curriki.org/ Library Success - http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_PageBlended Learning in K-12 - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blended_Learning_in_K-12/IntroductionMonroe 1 Model Schools Wiki - http://wiki.monroe.edu/ Sweet Home Admin Wiki - http://sweethomeadminwiki.pbwiki.com/FrontPage

Online LibrariesExample: Wikisource - http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page:English

Video Library - http://www.vidipedia.org/Main_Page

Music Example: Choral Public Domain Library - http://cpdl.org

News WikisExample: Wikinews - http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page

Other WikisQwika (wiki search engine) - http://www.qwika.com/ Wikiquote - http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page Arbor Heights Elementary School Wiki - http://arborheights.wikispaces.com/ Teen Poetry Wiki - http://www.ipl.org/div/teenpoet/ Science Wiki - http://monicabd.wikispaces.com/

Wiki Lesson Ideas and Curriculum Integration ENGLISH:Book reviews and comments Socratic SeminarsLiterature Circles Free writing Writing samples Bibliography Revisions Collaborative writingExample: High School Online Collaborative Writing - http://schools.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Example: Teen Poetry Wiki - http://www.ipl.org/div/teenpoet/ Create and post a story or book idea and have feedback and changes made for creative writing class Essential questions or chapter questions for a novel Vocabulary activity Current events news Updated information for subjects

Wiki Lesson Ideas and Curriculum Integration - Continued

SOCIAL STUDIES: Socratic SeminarsDebatesCurrent events newsResearch Example: Studying Societies at JHK - http://studyingsocietiesatjhk.pbwiki.com/

SCIENCE: Species research Class review

ELEMENTARY: Wikijunior/Wikibooks - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior Wikispaces Another 250,000 Wikis in the Classroom Project - http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K

More wiki hosting .Compare the wiki hosts of your choice with WikiMatrix:

http://www.wikimatrix.org/index.php

Wiki InformationWikis in Online Education - http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/Wikis_in_Online_Education

Wired, March 2005: The Book Stops Here - http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/wiki.html

Marc Bilodeau: Wiki, an Overview - http://www.marcbilodeau.com/research/it/wiki.pdf

For Teachers New to Wikis - http://writingwiki.org/default.aspx/WritingWiki/For%20Teachers%20New%20to%20Wikis.html

eSchool News Online, January 25, 2006 - http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=6069

Weblogg-ed Links: Wikis - http://webloggedlinks.pbwiki.com/Wikis

Issues with Wikis Andy Carvin Presentation Wiki Revolution

Internet encyclopedias go head to head - Wikipedia comes close to Britannica in terms of the accuracy of its science entries, a Nature investigation finds.

Wikipedia: External peer review

Wikipedia and Britannica - The Kids All Right (And Sos the Old Man) eSchoolNews on Citizendium - 2/22/07

Where Flattery, Insult Lives Side by Side (Buffalo News, 3/12/2006) access through Infotrac (New York State Newspapers) on WNYRIC School Library System Catalog or by NYS library card

The Latest on Virginia Tech, From Wikipedia (New York Times, 4/23/2007) - access through Infotrac (New York State Newspapers) on WNYRIC School Library System Catalog or by NYS library card

Contact Information

Andrea Tamarazioatamarazio@e1b.org

Ask participants how many have created a blog or have used a blog before*Show the wikipedia definition and discuss how it relates / varies from what the participates view as a blog*Forum is similar to an electronic bulletin board*Comments are in order from most recent *Show the different examples of blogsYoung Adult Novels Blog is 9th grade students

*This is just a beginning list Young Adult Novel Example was created using WordPressEdublog lists ideas on how to use blogging in the classroom

*With Wikispaces pages can be set to private so the content cannot be edited*Show teachers the Wiki Walk-Through but do not spend a great deal of time on this**Show examples of wikis ***