Making the Web Work for You

A web site application that allows visitors to add, remove, edit and change content. Wiki means “fast” in Hawaiian – also W hat I K now I s Many free wikis exist. Some are targeted at education. free, no advertisement wikis for education (teachers, classrooms, etc) increased attachment limit (from 40 to 250) Source: Bruce Burr-Lonnan Wikis

A web site application that allows visitors to add, remove, edit and change content.

Wiki means “fast” in Hawaiian – also W hat I K now I s

Many free wikis exist. Some are targeted at education.

free, no advertisement wikis for education (teachers, classrooms, etc)

increased attachment limit (from 40 to 250)

Wikis

Wiki Possibilities Planning and teaching courses Department meetings Conference proceedings Classroom projects Personal repositories Networking and professional development

Planning and teaching courses

Department meetings

Conference proceedings

Classroom projects

Personal repositories

Networking and professional development

Wiki Wisdom Make it a course requirement! People need to be convinced this is a worthwhile medium

Make it a course requirement!

People need to be convinced this is a worthwhile medium

Tell the web to bring the stuff you’re interested in to you One easy way: Google Reader RSS ( R eally S imple S yndication)

Tell the web to bring the stuff you’re interested in to you

One easy way: Google Reader

Delicious – Acquired by Yahoo http://delicious.com/apharbau Digg – One of the first social bookmark sites StumbleUpon – Acquired by eBay Diigo – Allows users to add sticky notes and highlights to tagged pages. A truly powerful collaborative tool Social Bookmarking

Delicious – Acquired by Yahoo

http://delicious.com/apharbau

Digg – One of the first social bookmark sites

StumbleUpon – Acquired by eBay

Diigo – Allows users to add sticky notes and

highlights to tagged pages. A truly powerful

collaborative tool

There’s More? Uh, yeah. Lots more . VoiceThread (discussion board on steroids) SlideShare (YouTube for presentations) Twitter (what are you doing?) Seesmic (discussions around videos) Jott (voice to text memos) Box (file storage, collaboration)

Uh, yeah. Lots more .

VoiceThread (discussion board on steroids)

SlideShare (YouTube for presentations)

Twitter (what are you doing?)

Seesmic (discussions around videos)

Jott (voice to text memos)

Box (file storage, collaboration)

Install an RSS feed reader and begin using it today Set up an account on a social bookmarking sites. Think about how a wiki could help students build a community of learners/practitioners. Think about incorporating a wiki into your course(s). Visit SlideShare and search for content you can use. Watch a VoiceThread and consider how you could use it in your classroom Enlist peers and students input. Expertise is there, find and leverage it. The community gets stronger with every additional user. Where to begin?

Install an RSS feed reader and begin using it today

Set up an account on a social bookmarking sites.

Think about how a wiki could help students build a community of learners/practitioners. Think about incorporating a wiki into your course(s).

Visit SlideShare and search for content you can use.

Watch a VoiceThread and consider how you could use it in your classroom

Enlist peers and students input. Expertise is there, find and leverage it. The community gets stronger with every additional user.

Last thoughts Each of these applications are free (and no spam). Incorporate some aspect of this into your classes (as a requirement). Explore the applications here and find and share more ways to make the web work for you and your students.

Each of these applications are free (and no spam).

Incorporate some aspect of this into your classes (as a requirement).

Explore the applications here and find and share more ways to make the web work for you and your students.