Wikis and blogs can be an environment without wallsPresented by Jacqui Sharp

http://wheretostartwithwikisandblogs.wikispaces.com/

Hypertext Markup Language

Expensive software

Difficult to use

Part of Google Apps for Education

Free online web editors

Stored on servers at a Remote location

Cloud Computing

Linear

Diary

CommentsLots of themes

Best for showcasing events as they happen

WYSIWYG

Multiple Editors

Process of thinking in wordsCritical and analytical thinkingCreative and intuitive

Posts

Comments

WYSIWYG

Multiple Editors

Multi Pages

Organised

A Web site developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content. Google Web Definition

http://nzslkids.wikispaces.com

http://ilovenzsl.wikispaces.com/Home

Comments

WYSIWYG

Multiple Editors

Multi Pages

Organised

If you have a Gmail account, you can make a Google Site

https://sites.google.com/a/hp.school.nz/studio3/

Easy to edit

Reflect on own teaching

experience

Share ideas for activities

or games

Explore important

teaching and learning issues

Explain teaching insights

Professional Blogs

http://coolschoolwikisandblogs.wikispaces.com/Teacher+Blogs

Communicate with parents

Daily/weekly photos

Class Trips

Provide examples of class work

Class Diary

Class newsletter

Document special events

Classroom Blogs

Junior Blogs

http://room5waiuku2012.blogspot.co.nz/

http://pointviewschoolroom3.blogspot.co.nz/

What you will see on these blogs• Dance videos• Trips• Father’s Day presentations• Reviews of other class presentations• Work done with iPads• What we have learnt from our topic• Celebrating special days• Report on Skyping our buddies

Senior BlogsWhat you will see on these blogs• Students writing turned into web2.0

presentations• Students asking questions• Students commenting on others work• Home learning quizzes

http://mrsmacscyberkids.blogspot.co.nz/2012/09/guess-storybird.html

http://theclasswithoutwalls.blogspot.co.nz/

Student BlogsWhat you will see on this blog• A student who enjoys writing• A student taking pride in their

presentation• Her own thoughts, wonderings and

opinions

http://tarasnotebooks.blogspot.co.nz/

Principal BlogsWhat you will see on this blog• Vision and philosophy of the school• Twitter updates• Discussion about student lead

conferences• 21st century learning at this school

http://sandyjelearningblog.blogspot.co.nz/

School Blogs

http://hingaiapeninsulaschool.blogspot.co.nz/

What you will see on this blog• The journey of a new school being

built from the ground up• Weekly updates of what has been

happening in the school• Celebrations• Open, translucent communication

with parents

Communicate with parents

Post assignments

Link to activities or

games

Class newsletter

Link to internet

resources

Provide examples of class work

Classroom Wikis

Junior Wikis

http://1forfun.wikispaces.com/home

What you will see on this wiki• Parents calendar• Website game links to

• Letters• Reading• Numeracy

• Photos• Study Ladder• Songs• Homework• Topic Links

Senior WikisWhat you will see on this wiki• Links to other wikis

• Cybersafety• Literacy• Numeracy• Topics

• Learning Tools• Calendar• Timetable• Tutorials

http://theclasswithoutwalls.wikispaces.com/home

Class SitesWhat you will see on this site• WALTS• Learning goals• Resources to support

learning• Audio clips of their music• Movies they have made

of their learning• Calendars• Timetables• Links to other blogs and

sites in the school.

https://sites.google.com/a/hp.school.nz/studio3/

Teacher Wikis

http://rachelboyd.wikispaces.com/home

What you will see on this wiki• Presentations• Resources• Tutorials• Keynotes

From this

To this

Admin Wikis

http://schooladminwiki.wikispaces.com/Home

As a society we are becoming more paperless and translucent through social networking and cloud based

computing, which is resulting in the move to our learners working in

classrooms without walls.

So what does this mean for your learners?

Wikis and Blogs can be an environment without walls

Traditionally, if you wanted to create a website with your own information on it, you would have to pay somebody to do it or buy very expensive software and then learn how to create it yourself or learn HTML programming language. The first two options being very costly ventures, the third very costly time wise. Nowadays you can do it for free and with basic WordProcessing knowledge anybody can put together their own website very quickly. Plus it is online and accessible by anyone, anywhere, anytime. Because of this freedom websites are being developed for all sorts of reasons.

In education, teachers are creating websites to hold their teaching resources (i.e. visual aids explaining learning strategies) and point students to learning sites that are suitable for their needs. In administration, websites are being created for collaborative, communication purposes to reach across all staff and/or to provide information for outside viewers. Students are able to revisit their learning in their own time, using their own devices and do not have to be in the classroom to access their teachers resources. In administration, paper trails are now stored all in one place, able to be accessed for viewing, editing, commenting by all at any time, on any device and anywhere.

References

Jacqui Sharp ‘Where to start with Wikis and Blogs’ http://wheretostartwithwikisandblogs.wikispaces.com/

Jacqui Sharp ‘Cool schools wikis and blogs’ http://coolschoolwikisandblogs.wikispaces.com/

http://educationtechnologysolutions.com.au/2012/08/14/how-wikis-can-help-schools-organise-their-content/