Wikis and Blogs and Education Oh, My! Information for this PowerPoint was collected from various Internet sources, including Curiki and Robin Sutherland

Its All About Communication Online media is controlled by the masses Our students are part of the masses Students feel empowered and motivated to participate Students will participate with or without us Communication is good Empowerment is good Guidance is good

Online media is controlled by the masses

Our students are part of the masses

Students feel empowered and motivated to participate

Students will participate with or without us

Communication is good

Empowerment is good

Guidance is good

Why Should I Care? Because your students do It is one of the major ways 21 st century learners communicate It gets your students writing It gives your students an authentic audience Promotes cooperative learning Here’s Why . . .

Because your students do

It is one of the major ways 21 st century learners communicate

It gets your students writing

It gives your students an authentic audience

Promotes cooperative learning

Here’s Why . . .

Blog vs. Wikis Usually single author Reverse chronological order Usually personal External links Browser-based input Usually many authors Structure determined by content Usually objective Internal and external links Browser-based input

Usually single author

Reverse chronological order

Usually personal

External links

Browser-based input

Usually many authors

Structure determined by content

Usually objective

Internal and external links

Browser-based input

What is a Blog? Short for Web log Used for online journaling WYSIWYG interface Dynamic Interactive A public website

Short for Web log

Used for online journaling

WYSIWYG interface

Dynamic

Interactive

A public website

Sample Blogs http://www.gifteddebate.blogspot.com http://www.wsdtechie.blogspot.com http://sschaferthegiver.blogspot.com/ http://thegiver-gatheringblue.blogspot.com/ http: //stefhite . edublogs .org http://lisaslingo.blogspot.com/

http://www.gifteddebate.blogspot.com

http://www.wsdtechie.blogspot.com

http://sschaferthegiver.blogspot.com/

http://thegiver-gatheringblue.blogspot.com/

http: //stefhite . edublogs .org

http://lisaslingo.blogspot.com/

Blog Tools http://www.weblogg-ed.com/ http://blogsearch.google.com/ http://www.technorati.com/

http://www.weblogg-ed.com/

http://blogsearch.google.com/

http://www.technorati.com/

Let’s Create a Blog Go to http://Blogger.com Create an account Name your blog Pick a template

Go to http://Blogger.com

Create an account

Name your blog

Pick a template

What is a Wiki? Abbreviation for What I Know Is A Web-based encyclopedia A piece of server software A website that allows users to add and edit content An encyclopedia truly written by The People of the world

Abbreviation for What I Know Is

A Web-based encyclopedia

A piece of server software

A website that allows users to add and edit content

An encyclopedia truly written by The People of the world

Wikipedia

Wiki in Plain English http://youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

Sample Wikis http://Wmstech.wikispaces.com http://mapki.com/index.php?title=Map_Projects http://www.budtheteacher.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page http://100thday.wetpaint.com/?t=anon

http://Wmstech.wikispaces.com

http://mapki.com/index.php?title=Map_Projects

http://www.budtheteacher.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

http://100thday.wetpaint.com/?t=anon

Wiki Tools http://pbwiki.com/ http://www.seedwiki.com/ http://www.wikispaces.com/ http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers http://wetpaint.com http://www.qwika.com/

http://pbwiki.com/

http://www.seedwiki.com/

http://www.wikispaces.com/

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

http://wetpaint.com

http://www.qwika.com/

How do I keep track of all this? RSS Feed Aggregator http://www.reader.google.com

RSS Feed

Aggregator

http://www.reader.google.com

What are some other Web 2.0 tools? Voicethread Student produced voicethread on Ireland Fifth grade poetry Slideshare Bubbleshare

Voicethread

Student produced voicethread on Ireland

Fifth grade poetry

Slideshare

Bubbleshare