This document provides information on using blogs, wikis, and social bookmarking tools in education. It begins by outlining different uses of blogs, such as for individual journaling, class websites, and showcasing student work. Examples are given of popular blogging platforms suitable for both students and teachers. Wikis are then discussed and compared to blogs, noting that wikis allow for collaborative work and data sharing, while blogs are more individual. Popular wiki platforms are listed and examples given of their use in classroom projects and websites. Finally, social bookmarking is explained as a way to collaboratively tag and organize web resources, with suggestions for how it can be used to share curriculum resources among students and teachers.

1. Blogs, Wikis, Social Bookmarks

2. Thoughts on Web Blogging! http://polleverywhere.com

3. Web Blogging Individual journaling, class websites, homework help, class publication of “best” work

4. One Experiment

5. Popular Blogs in Ed http://blogger.com http://typepad.com http://wordpress.com Geared at Younger Kids http://edublogs.com http://kidblog.com http://gaggle.net

6. Examples of Blogging in K-6 Class Webiste Blogs http://mrsmagyar.blogspot.com/ http://www.classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337 Project Blogs http://innovativeimpact.blogspot.com/2010/01/arctic-animal-adventure.html http://wainauguration.org/

7. Wikis

8. Wikis in Plain English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

9. Wiki Vs. Blog Wiki Collaborative Process Data Gathering and Sharing Blog Individual Final/Product Journaling

10. Experiment with Wikis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sGbnMRmtbg&feature=related

11. Examples of Wikis K-12 Project Based http://askmrsmartin.wikispaces.com/ http://brookhavenreads.pbworks.com/ Class Websites http://b-7bobcats.wikispaces.com/08-09 http://klreynolds.pbworks.com/ http://elementaryspanish.wikispaces.com/

12. More Examples! Examples of Wikis in Educationhttp://webwizards.wikispaces.com/Wiki+this+Way (Many examples!)http://parentworkshop.wikispaces.com/Web+Safety-Education+Links (Parent Workshop)http://mrlambmath.wikispaces.com/quadratics (Algebra)http://huronchemistry433-434.pbworks.com/ (Chemistry)http://mcbridewcperiodone.pbworks.com/ (History)http://clusterw.wikispaces.com/ (History)http://khsaplit.pbworks.com/ (English)http://www.ahistoryteacher.com/apwhreview/index.php?title=Holocaust_Wiki_Project (History)http://pc40s.pbworks.com/ (Pre-Calculus)http://saintmichael.wikispaces.com/2008-2009-newsletter (Computer Class)

13. Popular Wikis http://pbwiki.com http://wikispaces.com

14. Evaluate Wikis Try both wiki sites http://wikispaces.com http://pbworks.com Create a new account Insert a new page Insert a picture

15. Social Bookmarking

16. What is Social Bookmarking? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeBmvDpVbWc

17. Ideas for Using Social Bookmarking in Learning List web resources by class. Students go to the the bookmarking URL and click on the tag for their class Create pages of links students need for creating a particular project Teach about social bookmarking to students and teachers Help students manage resources for projects and papers Help teachers organize resources for units, projects and topics Access bookmarks from home, school, classrooms, or anywhere Linking from library media center webpage to links for different disciplines, classes, teachers, projects, etc. Create RSS feeds of different tags for the school library media center webpage to keep it current Guide students to most-relevant websites for assignments Sharing great sites and articles with other library media specialists

18. Sharing sites with teachers by tagging them with their names and/or subjects Store and organize bookmarks Collect and share lesson plan ideas Collect and share new curriculum related websites when the curriculum is changing Provide quick bookmarks for specific teachers for specific research projects Create a page of research/report help sites Create bibliographies for student research Check out sites recommended by others with similar interests Contact others who have similar interests to collaborate on ideas, projects, papers, publications, presentations Annotate websites for students and teachers

19. Sites to Evaluate http://delicious.com http://diigo.com