Blogs, Wikis, and Websites

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Blogs, Wikis, and Websites

• (In my classroom?)

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Its All About Communication

• Online media is controlled by the masses
• Our students are part of the masses
• Students feel empowered and motivated to
  participate
• Students will participate with or without us
• Communication is good
• Empowerment is good
• Guidance is good

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Educational Value

• Writing makes you think Doug Reeves
• Writing alone can increase student achievement
• A cross-curricular endeavor

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What is a Blog?

• Short for Web log
• Used for online journaling
• WYSIWYG interface
• Dynamic
• Interactive
• A public website

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Who is Blogging?
Campaign Essentials Politics and the Media.
Discovery Times Channel (2004). Retrieved
December 13, 2005, from unitedstreaming
http//www.unitedstreaming.com/
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Why Should I Care?

• Because your students do
• It is one of the major ways 21st century learners
  communicate
• It gets your students writing
• It gives your students an authentic audience
• Promotes cooperative learning

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• You cant edit the world. You need to learn to
  work within the world
• -Mark Evans

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Resources

• Blogging Sites
• www.blogger.com
• Xanga (Blocked)
• My Space (Blocked)
• Blogging Information
• Blogging ABC Book
• Blogging Research
• Blogging 101
• Learning Blogger

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Classroom Use

• Classroom use
• ePortfolios
• Journaling
• Group Discussion
• Expert Correspondence
• Teacher Use
• Collaboration
• Teacher Mentors
• Reflection

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Lets Get Started

• Go to www.blogger.com
• Click CREATE YOUR BLOG NOW
• Fill out form
• Add your thoughts
• Visit 21st Century Teacher and COMMUNICATE!

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• Imagine a public park with a wall set aside for
  mural artists. Anyone could show up at any time
  and start painting, adding to existing images,
  filling blank space, or whitewashing as much as
  they like. A wiki is an analogous public space,
  but it's on the web.

Wiki 101 (Really Strategies Newsletter Issue
10). Retrieved December 13, 2005,
http//www.reallysi.com/newsletter10_3.htm
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What is a Wiki?

• Abbreviation for What I Know Is
• A Web-based encyclopedia
• A piece of server software
• A website that allows users to add and edit
  content
• An encyclopedia truly written by The People of
  the world

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Resources

• Wiki 101
• Really Strategies
• What is Wiki?
• Wikipedia
• http//wiki.usd259.org

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Youre the Expert

• Go to http//www.wikipedia.org
• Click English
• Remember your claim to fame?
• Type it in the search box
• Read the definition
• Click the edit this page tab
• Edit the definition

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What About Websites?

• They are all websites
• Static sites are useful too
• Think.com
• Teachers.usd259.net
• Blackboard