1 / 23

Building Online Learning Communities

Building Online Learning Communities. Thursday February 14, 2008 Nicole Muth. Check Out My Blog. This presentation can be found on my blog at http://lutherlearn.info/wp/nmuth/ . What in the World is Web 2.0?. What is a Blog or Weblog?.

clive
Download Presentation

Building Online Learning Communities

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Building Online Learning Communities Thursday February 14, 2008 Nicole Muth

  2. Check Out My Blog • This presentation can be found on my blog at http://lutherlearn.info/wp/nmuth/.

  3. What in the World is Web 2.0?

  4. What is a Blog or Weblog? • A blog is a “easily created, easily updateable website that allows an author(s) to publish instantly to the Internet from any Internet connection.” (Richardson, 2006) • A blog gives you the ability to create links between your ideas and supporting resources on the web. • Blogs connect readers enabling them to comment on and question content published in the blog.

  5. What Can Blogs Be Used For?Administrative Uses • To discuss issues before or after meetings. • To share what is happening in your school. • To connect with others to share ideas and discuss issues. • To share links to relevant information. • To create school web pages.

  6. How to Create a Blog • Sign up for a blog with one of the blog hosting services. • Click on the “Create a Blog” tab. Choose a name and blog address and check for availability. Choose a template. • Start publishing. Add pictures, videos, links, etc…

  7. Examples of Administrator Blogs • News from the Principal • Web 2.0 and Administrators • Rober S. Hyer Elementary- Principal's Blog • Scott McLeod Dangerously Irrelevant

  8. Free Blog Sources • 21classes.com • Wordpress • Edublogs • Tutorial on Blogging in WordPress • For more information and resources on blogging in education see Weblogs in Education.

  9. What is a Wiki? • wiki wiki– Hawaiian for quick • A wiki is a quick, easy way to write and publish content which anyone can edit anytime. You can set privacy guidelines so only invited members can edit. Also you can revert back to previous versions of wiki pages if you want to undo an edit.

  10. The Power of a Wiki • Wikis in Plain English • Example – Wikipedia • Tsunami – Christmas 2004 • New Zealand Police Act • "Q. How many Wiki people does it take to change a lightbulb?""A. One, but anyone can change it back."Langreiter.com

  11. How Do I Make a Wiki? • Following are two great tutorials on making a wiki and the many ways you can use wikis in educational settings. • Take the Wiki Walk from Teacher’s First • See also Wiki: Collaborative Writing in Education

  12. What Can Wikis Be Used For?Administrative Uses • Can be used by committees to keep track of their work. • Collection of “Best Practices” • Curriculum • Procedure Manual • Web Page • Presentation Tool

  13. Wiki Examples • The Teaching Hacks Wiki • California Open Source Textbook Project (COSTP) • South African High School Curriculum • Wikibooks • Southfield Public Schools High School Retreat • Fayetteville High School • Arbor Heights Elementary School • Cool Lessons Consulting

  14. Free Wiki Sites • Seedwiki

  15. RSS Feeds and Aggregators • Aggregators allow you to subscribe to the feed of a blog, newsgroup, podcast, etc… and view updates to the feeds you subscribe to. • An aggregator can also search for new content that is posted to the internet. • Your feeds can be updated if you are getting too many or too few posts.

  16. Setting up an Aggregator • Bloglines is a free aggregator which allows you to view your feeds on-line from any computer. • Step by step tutorials on RSS feeds: • RSS: The Quick Start Guide for Educators by Will Richardson • RSS- A Four Part Series by James Gates and Kurt Paccio

  17. Finding Blogs and Other RSS Feeds • Livemocha.com Education Blog List • 2007 Weblogawards Best Education Blog • Top 100 Education Blogs • RSS Compendium • Technorati.com • Google Blogsearch

  18. Social Bookmarking • Allows you to save all your favorite sites on-line under keywords or tags you create. • Instantly connects you to all other members who have saved the same sites or used the same keywords or tags. • Allows you to view other sites these people have saved to help you find more relevant sites. • Furl • Del.icio.us

  19. Setting Up a Social Bookmarking Site • A Wiki on Social Bookmarking • RSS- A Four Part Series by James Gates and Kurt Paccio has a good step by step tutorial on social bookmarking using del.icio.us in Parts 3 and 4. • Furl Furled and Furling by Jim Wenzloff

  20. Administrators Who Use Social Bookmarking • Tim Lauer • Susan Brooks-Young • Chris Lehmann • John Evans

  21. Pod Casts • Pod Casts are audio and/or video programs which can be listened to or viewed on your computer or downloaded to your IPod or mp3 player. • EdTechTalk • Podcasts for Educators, Schools, and Colleges • The Education Podcast Network

  22. Sharing and Accessing Digital Photography Photo Sharing in Education Photo sharing sites allow you to store, share, and edit your digital photos on-line. You can also see photos others have shared and use many of them if you link back to the site you found them. Flickr Photo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrichard/381312648/

  23. Internet Safety • The following sites provide access to free educational materials for teaching students how to safely surf the web. • I-Safe • Web Wise Kids • Photo copied from http://www.flickr.com/photos/realce/58014127/

More Related