Ryan Mellor presented on various web publishing tools and how they can be used in education. He found Wikispace and Blogger most useful for inspiring student collaboration through blogging, responding to questions, and peer discussion. He enjoyed creating his own blog and looks forward to helping students create theirs. While exploring various tools, Ryan was inspired by their potential to engage students, though deciphering Wikis was challenging. He believes online learning can benefit self-motivated learners by allowing flexible pacing and interest-guided learning, as was his experience using Moodle. Ryan outlined projects using Wiki Spaces for character lessons, Pulse for organizing readings, a YouTube-featuring blog, and Glogster for multimedia posters.

1. FINAL PRESENTATION: WIKIS, BLOGS, &
WEB PUBLISHING
Ryan Mellor

2. 1. WHICH TOOL HAVE YOU FOUND MOST
USEFUL?
 Learning Blogger and
Wikispace have inspired me
to involve my students in an
online community.
 I am excited to integrate
writing instruction with my
character education units. My
students will be able to
collaboratively blog and
respond to thoughtful,
character building questions.
Furthermore, they will utilize
this web tool for peer
discussion and feedback.

3. 2. EXPLAIN SOME SUCCESSES AND
CHALLENGES YOU HAVE HAD.
 Through exploring the wikis, blogs, RSS, and
other web tools, I have been inspired by the
possibilities to engage my students. I
enjoyed the creative process of building my
own blog– and look forward to helping my
students create theirs.
 My biggest challenge was deciphering the
Wiki and all of its capabilities. I still have a lot
to learn and need to experiment more.

4. 3. WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON MOODLE AND ONLINE LEARNING?
I believe online learning can
be a powerful tool for a self-
motivated individual. Online
learning is differentiated
instruction: you can work at
your own pace and be
guided by personal interest
level and ability. I have
enjoyed being a participant
in the Moodle learning
experience.

5. Project 1: Wiki Spaces

6. PROJECT 1: RATIONALE
 On my wikispace, I created pages for each
character lesson. Students have the
opportunity to read a passage, watch a
video, and talk about it. It is my vision for
students to use the “Talk about It” as a
brainstorm for future writing topics. I am
excited for the possibilities for student
collaboration and feedback.

7. Project 1: Continued

8. Project 2-RSS: Pulse

9. PROJECT 2: RATIONALE
 Pulse is a fantastic tool for organizing all of
my reading materials. I am exploring the
possibilities for my classroom; however, on a
personal and professional level– it has
become a great resource.

10. Project 3-Blog: YouTube Inspirations

11. PROJECT 3: RATIONALE
 I have always enjoyed prompting my
students with engaging videos related to our
lessons. The blog was a great place to
showcase some of my favorite clips. I
learned how to embed video on a blog– and
intend to continue to add to this page. I also
think my students could use a blog for their
own digital writing portfolios.

12. Project 4: Glogster

13. PROJECT 4: RATIONALE
 I not only discovered how to use this tool–
but also how to embed it on my wiki page! I
think my students would enjoy creating these
virtual posters. I particularly appreciated the
capability of adding video and other
multimedia to the glog. The various
templates also could lead to engaging
learning opportunities.