WIKIS AND BLOGS Tools for learning

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WIKIS AND BLOGSTools for learning

• Marg O'Connell
• Canberra Institute of Technology

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WIKIS AND BLOGS Tools for learning
Voices from the field... Why use wikis? Why use
blogs?
How do I get started? What is a wiki? What is a
blog?
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• It is just another web page to some people...

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• It is just another web page to some people...

I get hung up on the technology/the doing and
need to move on to look at the application...
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• It is just another web page to some people...

I get hung up on the technology/the doing and
need to move on to look at the application...
I have just given the marketing class a project
to promote it to students...
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W i k i melting pot
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W i k i melting pot
gt collective knowledge-building gt participation
is key gt develop learners' capability
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B l o g layers of practice
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B l o g layers of practice
gt record a process over time gt see identity
develop gt see relational aspects gt strength
through peer review
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The teacher is no longer the one who teaches,
but one who is . . . taught in dialogue with the
students, who in turn while being taught also
teach
Paolo Freire (1970) Pedagogy of the
Oppressed http//www.marxists.org/subject/educatio
n/freire/pedagogy/ch02.htm
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WIKIS AND BLOGS Tools for learning
Voices from the field... Why use wikis? Why use
blogs?
How do I get started? What is a wiki? What is a
blog?
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WIKIS AND BLOGS - Tools for learning
Contact Marg via her blog edge.edublogs.org via
her wiki margoconnell.wikispaces.com