The document discusses blogs and wikis as tools for learning. It explains that blogs are good for ongoing discussions and sharing ideas with readers, while wikis allow for collaborative building of knowledge on a topic through contributions and edits by multiple users. Specific wikis like pbworks are highlighted for their easy setup and collaborative features. Challenges of blogs and wikis for schools are mentioned, such as ensuring safe environments and promoting learning outcomes.
3. Lord,
Heavenly Father, remind us each day of
the gift of perspective.
We hold the power to choose how we view life
and all that it offers.
Help us to remain positive and hopeful
for our future
And more importantly our children’s futures.
AMEN
15. Wiki
Provide places for groups to build ideas together
On-line collaboration tool
Information can change over time
3 Dimensional - can hyperlink to other sources
- contribute ideas/edit
- comment
Can contain a body of knowledge that one or more people have
constructed and share
Wikis are good for long-lived content.
Information on the wiki can be stored into folders
Portal for learning
16. Blogs
Are good for running conversations and discussions
Provide audience with a voice - invite a response
The knowledge is usually constructed by one person
2 Dimensional - can hyperlink to other sources
- comment/discuss
Entries appear in reverse chronological order- can not be
contained in folders
Usually journal style - a form of self-expression
A way to create community with your audience/readers on specific
topics
18. Features of Pb works
http://pbworks.com/
60 second setup
Tags and Folders
Search across pages to see what you are looking for
Collaborative page editing
Document management & file sharing
Ad free
Easily invite others to collaborate
Automatic notifications by RSS and email
Users with appropriate permissions can leave comments on your wiki pages
Access Controls
Page and Folder-Level Access
Automatic Backups
19. Great templates
Ad Free Education Sites
Move/Delete Comments
Questionable Language Report
Photo Galleries
Video Galleries
Customizable Page Templates
Layout Zones
Spell Check ( available through Firefox and Flock)
20. Great templates
Ad Free Education Sites
Move/Delete Comments
Questionable Language Report
Photo Galleries
Video Galleries
Customizable Page Templates
Layout Zones
Spell Check ( available through Firefox and Flock)
Not as intuitive / slightly more difficult to navigate
30. BLOGS
Register and create a blog
Build content into your blog
-Images
31. BLOGS
Register and create a blog
Build content into your blog
-Images
-Mp3 (music files)
32. BLOGS
Register and create a blog
Build content into your blog
-Images
-Mp3 (music files)
-Movie files
33. BLOGS
Register and create a blog
Build content into your blog
-Images
-Mp3 (music files)
-Movie files
-Keynote presentations
34. BLOGS
Register and create a blog
Build content into your blog
-Images
-Mp3 (music files)
-Movie files
-Keynote presentations
Consider How you will use Blogs within your classroom
35. BLOGS
Register and create a blog
Build content into your blog
-Images
-Mp3 (music files)
-Movie files
-Keynote presentations
Consider How you will use Blogs within your classroom
Explore links between blogging and the DLTF
42. Challenges
Principals
WHY
WEB
2.0
Parents Staff
43. Challenges
Why use Blogs
Principals
and wikis?
Are these safe
environments for How do they promote
our children? WHY and develop learning
WEB outcomes?
2.0
Parents Staff
basically all we could do with web 1.0 was retrieve info and email people
web 2 offers a higher level of access and participation on the internet. It used to be purely for the experts and you had to know HTML now You dont have to be a IT genius to create a webapge or a blog. Its something Were not really utilising this within our classroom to its full potential yet.
Why blog? pedagogy behind Blogging??????
Powerful thing about blogging- it is connected writing, writing for a purpose, clear intention -writing for an audience - it also supports literacy development R - Reading/Researching information sources- Representing sharing and their knowledge in a variety of creative ways and Reflecting on their learnings -students are more likely to processing their thoughts through comments and feedback
the ability to post comments and to both give and receive feedback- promotes self-assessment and reflection- students can reflect on their work and think of ways they could possibly improve.
Promotes metacognition- encourages students to THINK- not just in general terms but to reflect on their own thoughts and to then be able to articulate .....
Why blog? pedagogy behind Blogging??????
Powerful thing about blogging- it is connected writing, writing for a purpose, clear intention -writing for an audience - it also supports literacy development R - Reading/Researching information sources- Representing sharing and their knowledge in a variety of creative ways and Reflecting on their learnings -students are more likely to processing their thoughts through comments and feedback
the ability to post comments and to both give and receive feedback- promotes self-assessment and reflection- students can reflect on their work and think of ways they could possibly improve.
Promotes metacognition- encourages students to THINK- not just in general terms but to reflect on their own thoughts and to then be able to articulate .....
Why blog? pedagogy behind Blogging??????
Powerful thing about blogging- it is connected writing, writing for a purpose, clear intention -writing for an audience - it also supports literacy development R - Reading/Researching information sources- Representing sharing and their knowledge in a variety of creative ways and Reflecting on their learnings -students are more likely to processing their thoughts through comments and feedback
the ability to post comments and to both give and receive feedback- promotes self-assessment and reflection- students can reflect on their work and think of ways they could possibly improve.
Promotes metacognition- encourages students to THINK- not just in general terms but to reflect on their own thoughts and to then be able to articulate .....
Why blog? pedagogy behind Blogging??????
Powerful thing about blogging- it is connected writing, writing for a purpose, clear intention -writing for an audience - it also supports literacy development R - Reading/Researching information sources- Representing sharing and their knowledge in a variety of creative ways and Reflecting on their learnings -students are more likely to processing their thoughts through comments and feedback
the ability to post comments and to both give and receive feedback- promotes self-assessment and reflection- students can reflect on their work and think of ways they could possibly improve.
Promotes metacognition- encourages students to THINK- not just in general terms but to reflect on their own thoughts and to then be able to articulate .....
Why blog? pedagogy behind Blogging??????
Powerful thing about blogging- it is connected writing, writing for a purpose, clear intention -writing for an audience - it also supports literacy development R - Reading/Researching information sources- Representing sharing and their knowledge in a variety of creative ways and Reflecting on their learnings -students are more likely to processing their thoughts through comments and feedback
the ability to post comments and to both give and receive feedback- promotes self-assessment and reflection- students can reflect on their work and think of ways they could possibly improve.
Promotes metacognition- encourages students to THINK- not just in general terms but to reflect on their own thoughts and to then be able to articulate .....
Why blog? pedagogy behind Blogging??????
Powerful thing about blogging- it is connected writing, writing for a purpose, clear intention -writing for an audience - it also supports literacy development R - Reading/Researching information sources- Representing sharing and their knowledge in a variety of creative ways and Reflecting on their learnings -students are more likely to processing their thoughts through comments and feedback
the ability to post comments and to both give and receive feedback- promotes self-assessment and reflection- students can reflect on their work and think of ways they could possibly improve.
Promotes metacognition- encourages students to THINK- not just in general terms but to reflect on their own thoughts and to then be able to articulate .....
Why blog? pedagogy behind Blogging??????
Powerful thing about blogging- it is connected writing, writing for a purpose, clear intention -writing for an audience - it also supports literacy development R - Reading/Researching information sources- Representing sharing and their knowledge in a variety of creative ways and Reflecting on their learnings -students are more likely to processing their thoughts through comments and feedback
the ability to post comments and to both give and receive feedback- promotes self-assessment and reflection- students can reflect on their work and think of ways they could possibly improve.
Promotes metacognition- encourages students to THINK- not just in general terms but to reflect on their own thoughts and to then be able to articulate .....
Why blog? pedagogy behind Blogging??????
Powerful thing about blogging- it is connected writing, writing for a purpose, clear intention -writing for an audience - it also supports literacy development R - Reading/Researching information sources- Representing sharing and their knowledge in a variety of creative ways and Reflecting on their learnings -students are more likely to processing their thoughts through comments and feedback
the ability to post comments and to both give and receive feedback- promotes self-assessment and reflection- students can reflect on their work and think of ways they could possibly improve.
Promotes metacognition- encourages students to THINK- not just in general terms but to reflect on their own thoughts and to then be able to articulate .....
Why blog? pedagogy behind Blogging??????
Powerful thing about blogging- it is connected writing, writing for a purpose, clear intention -writing for an audience - it also supports literacy development R - Reading/Researching information sources- Representing sharing and their knowledge in a variety of creative ways and Reflecting on their learnings -students are more likely to processing their thoughts through comments and feedback
the ability to post comments and to both give and receive feedback- promotes self-assessment and reflection- students can reflect on their work and think of ways they could possibly improve.
Promotes metacognition- encourages students to THINK- not just in general terms but to reflect on their own thoughts and to then be able to articulate .....
Why blog? pedagogy behind Blogging??????
Powerful thing about blogging- it is connected writing, writing for a purpose, clear intention -writing for an audience - it also supports literacy development R - Reading/Researching information sources- Representing sharing and their knowledge in a variety of creative ways and Reflecting on their learnings -students are more likely to processing their thoughts through comments and feedback
the ability to post comments and to both give and receive feedback- promotes self-assessment and reflection- students can reflect on their work and think of ways they could possibly improve.
Promotes metacognition- encourages students to THINK- not just in general terms but to reflect on their own thoughts and to then be able to articulate .....
Why blog? pedagogy behind Blogging??????
Powerful thing about blogging- it is connected writing, writing for a purpose, clear intention -writing for an audience - it also supports literacy development R - Reading/Researching information sources- Representing sharing and their knowledge in a variety of creative ways and Reflecting on their learnings -students are more likely to processing their thoughts through comments and feedback
the ability to post comments and to both give and receive feedback- promotes self-assessment and reflection- students can reflect on their work and think of ways they could possibly improve.
Promotes metacognition- encourages students to THINK- not just in general terms but to reflect on their own thoughts and to then be able to articulate .....
Why blog? pedagogy behind Blogging??????
Powerful thing about blogging- it is connected writing, writing for a purpose, clear intention -writing for an audience - it also supports literacy development R - Reading/Researching information sources- Representing sharing and their knowledge in a variety of creative ways and Reflecting on their learnings -students are more likely to processing their thoughts through comments and feedback
the ability to post comments and to both give and receive feedback- promotes self-assessment and reflection- students can reflect on their work and think of ways they could possibly improve.
Promotes metacognition- encourages students to THINK- not just in general terms but to reflect on their own thoughts and to then be able to articulate .....
it also supports student centred learning- allowing the students to participate more fully in their learning to negotiate, collaborate and play a part in choosing which direction the learning will take.
...that the next generation of players become active innovators rather than passive consumers of technology
it also supports student centred learning- allowing the students to participate more fully in their learning to negotiate, collaborate and play a part in choosing which direction the learning will take.
...that the next generation of players become active innovators rather than passive consumers of technology
it also supports student centred learning- allowing the students to participate more fully in their learning to negotiate, collaborate and play a part in choosing which direction the learning will take.
...that the next generation of players become active innovators rather than passive consumers of technology
it also supports student centred learning- allowing the students to participate more fully in their learning to negotiate, collaborate and play a part in choosing which direction the learning will take.
...that the next generation of players become active innovators rather than passive consumers of technology
it also supports student centred learning- allowing the students to participate more fully in their learning to negotiate, collaborate and play a part in choosing which direction the learning will take.
...that the next generation of players become active innovators rather than passive consumers of technology
