Blogs and wikis Hutchesons’ Grammar School 21 st April 2008 Jane Bulloch Jim McDougall

Hutchesons’ Grammar School

21 st April 2008

Jane Bulloch

Jim McDougall

Blogs- lead to another world

.The world of Web 2.0

What is Web 2.0?

Web 2.0 is Two-Way

Purpose? .

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Features Pages Posts Blogroll Comments social bookmarks (eg Del.ici.ous) Widgets Tags

Pages

Posts

Blogroll

Comments

social bookmarks (eg Del.ici.ous)

Widgets

Tags

Using a blog- learning Independent learning Revising rerun PowerPoints provide links to podcasts for aural learning, give feedback via comments) Display- models of good practice/work in progress

Independent learning

Revising

rerun PowerPoints

provide links to podcasts for aural learning,

give feedback via comments)

Display-

models of good practice/work in progress

Using a blog- teaching Log/diary Posting additional work/extra notes/revision material Encourage pupil participation/dialogue ( Moderated!) Post PowerPoints, using Slide Share Create a gallery of pupil work (use Flickr photoshare facility) Keeping in touch with other teachers

Log/diary

Posting additional work/extra notes/revision material

Encourage pupil participation/dialogue ( Moderated!)

Post PowerPoints, using Slide Share

Create a gallery of pupil work (use Flickr photoshare facility)

Keeping in touch with other teachers

Blogs encourage communication “ Thanks for posting, Megan. If any of your classmates have any questions or observations, let them know they can post here and I will try to stop by and check in. Best regards, Judy Hedding Phoenix, AZ http://phoenix.about.com “

Feedback “ .. an essential part of formative assessment..” Hi Catriona, I wasn’t sure what you meant when you wrote, “any greenery found is artificial.” I assure you that our plants and trees are real, and the desert, too, has plants and trees, albeit different ones than would be found in Glasgow!

“ .. an essential part of formative assessment..”

Hi Catriona, I wasn’t sure what you meant when you wrote, “any greenery found is artificial.” I assure you that our plants and trees are real, and the desert, too, has plants and trees, albeit different ones than would be found in Glasgow!

Share- the key concept

PhotoShare- Very Powerful!

Putting pupil work on line

Share your PowerPoint

Feeds Keep You Up to Date

So, what’s a wiki?? Check this YouTube Post

Wikis- shared online workspaces . Software that allows users to create, edit and organise the content of a website

. Software that allows users to create, edit and organise the content of a website

Wiki collaborative learning

Does anyone read them?

Setting up a blog .

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E-Hutchie? Blogs and wikis are an analogue for how we can use eHutchie