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Module 3

Module 3. News Engine, Blogs, Wikis, and RSS feeds. Instructional Technology. SharpSchool Module 3 Agenda. Introduction Connections Map 21 st Century Skills Using the news engine on your website. Create a blog page Adding a RSS feed to your webpage. News Engine.

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Module 3

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  1. Module 3 News Engine, Blogs, Wikis, and RSS feeds Instructional Technology

  2. SharpSchool Module 3 Agenda • Introduction • Connections Map • 21st Century Skills • Using the news engine on your website. • Create a blog page • Adding a RSS feed to your webpage

  3. News Engine • Keeps students and parents informed of what is going on in your classroom. • Assignments , special classroom events, etc. • Places a portal from your announcement page to your home page.

  4. Classroom Activity Add a news event to your website

  5. Blogs vs. Wikis • Blog vs. Wiki Debate Video

  6. Blogs • A blog (a contraction of the term weblog) is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. • Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. • "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. • As of December 2007, blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 112 million blogs. • Wikipedia.com

  7. Blogs • An informative way of communicating with the world. • An Online Journal where you share your thoughts, opinions and ideas on a topic. • A blog can be used for classroom topics, projects, debates, and discussions as a tool to enhance your classroom online.

  8. Blog examples: http://carver.tulsaschools.org/blog/One.aspx?portalId=4092570 http://whitney.tulsaschools.org/blog/One.aspx?portalId=2840077 Art Teacher: http://zarrow.tulsaschools.org/blog/One.aspx?portalId=4977934 It’s all in how you promote and integrate your blog—determines participation. Clear expectations!

  9. Why Use Your Blog WITHIN SharpSchool as Opposed to Blogger, etc.? • More control • More secure • Blog available only to those you allow • More control over comments

  10. Discuss Turn to your neighbor and share how you plan to use blogs on your website.

  11. Class Activity Add a blog page to your class website

  12. Wikis • "Wiki" is a Hawaiian word for "fast" • A webpage where anyone can edit, create, or change the information on it • Wikipedia is a “Wiki” website

  13. Wiki Examples • http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/ • http://itcboisestate.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/10-best-practices-for-using-wikis-in-education/

  14. Wiki on SharpSchool Coming soon! They are available but you have to use HTML coding. Will soon be available using the basic editor.

  15. RSS feeds • “Really Simple Syndication” • A subscription to the latest information from different places • You receive them all at once: they come to you!

  16. RSS feeds News You Blogs

  17. RSS feeds News You Blogs

  18. RSS Feeds and SharpSchool • Adding an RSS feed to your class website can give parents and students constant updates from websites that can help them be successful in your classroom.

  19. Classroom Activity • Adding a RSS feed to your site: Nedra Weinreich of the SpareChange Blog

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