Online journals (weblogs) & class web sites (wikis) Why? Literacy focus Encourage reading, discussion, reflective thinking Improve writing quality (authentic audience, peer feedback) Connect with ideas expressed in other students’ writing Promote “ethical publishing” (“netiquette”) Students can work at own pace, from school or home Usability - Easy as MS Word - little technical knowledge needed Students can subscribe to sites using built-in RSS feed Engage through use of multimedia (suit range of learning styles) Marks stored on Moodle

Why? Literacy focus

Encourage reading, discussion, reflective thinking

Improve writing quality (authentic audience, peer feedback)

Connect with ideas expressed in other students’ writing

Promote “ethical publishing” (“netiquette”)

Students can work at own pace, from school or home

Usability - Easy as MS Word - little technical knowledge needed

Students can subscribe to sites using built-in RSS feed

Engage through use of multimedia (suit range of learning styles)

Marks stored on Moodle

Online journals (blogs): * Individual writing journal * Whole class “journal” * Post prep tasks * Assignment submission * Exam/assessment resourc e Group Website (wiki): * Online “textbook” * Course materials/assessment * Lesson summaries * Collaborative notes * Research projects * Group editing enables projects with other schools, eg. 1001 Tales w/China& Serbia * Parents can see students’ work What can I use this for? Graphic: http://awd.cl.uh.edu/blog/

Online journals (blogs): * Individual writing journal * Whole class “journal” * Post prep tasks * Assignment submission * Exam/assessment resourc e

Group Website (wiki): * Online “textbook” * Course materials/assessment * Lesson summaries * Collaborative notes * Research projects * Group editing enables projects with other schools, eg. 1001 Tales w/China& Serbia * Parents can see students’ work

Links Free web-based wikis without advertising Wikispaces: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers Free web-based blogs for education (Australian company) Edublogs: http://edublogs.org

Free web-based wikis without advertising

Wikispaces: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers

Free web-based blogs for education (Australian company)

Edublogs: http://edublogs.org