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

. Web 2.0

Web 2.0 is……………….. Interactive and Collaborative Blogs Wikis Flickr YouTube, TeacherTube Social Networking sites SlideShare SharePoint

Interactive and Collaborative

Blogs

Wikis

Flickr

YouTube, TeacherTube

Social Networking sites

SlideShare

SharePoint

Web 2.0 Interaction

Interaction

Navigate around a blog Layout Post -latest entry Pages -subdivide your blog Blogroll -other sites you read Comments -reaction etc Share -social bookmarks (eg Del.ici.ous) Widgets extra facilities

Layout

Post -latest entry

Pages -subdivide your blog

Blogroll -other sites you read

Comments -reaction etc

Share -social bookmarks (eg Del.ici.ous)

Widgets extra facilities

Using a blog- learning Encourage independent learning Additional way of revising (eg rerun powerpoints, provide links to podcasts for aural learning, give feedback via comments) Work can displayed-models of good practice-or work in progress

Encourage independent learning

Additional way of revising (eg rerun powerpoints, provide links to podcasts for aural learning, give feedback via comments)

Work can displayed-models of good practice-or 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 are two-way 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! Take a look at some of these photos of one of my favorite places, the Boyce Thompson Arboretum: http:// phoenix.about.com/od/gardensandzoos/ss/boyce.htm

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! Take a look at some of these photos of one of my favorite places, the Boyce Thompson Arboretum: http:// phoenix.about.com/od/gardensandzoos/ss/boyce.htm

Feedback “ Feedback is an essential part of formative assessment” Comment posted on JMcD’s blog: “ 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 is an essential part of formative assessment”

So, who’s looking?

Wiki collaborative learning

Wikis- shared online workspaces .

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So, what’s a wiki??

Share your PowerPoint

PhotoShare- Very Powerful!

Putting pupil work on line