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Wikis, Blogs & Podcasts

Wikis, Blogs & Podcasts. Teaching and Learning with Web-Based Technologies. Objectives . Explore reasons why Web-based technologies can help faculty teach and students learn. Look at challenges and concerns. Examine basics of wikis, blogs and podcasts. Collect some relevant Web resources.

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Wikis, Blogs & Podcasts

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  1. Wikis, Blogs & Podcasts • Teaching and Learning with Web-Based Technologies

  2. Objectives • Explore reasons why Web-based technologies can help faculty teach and students learn. • Look at challenges and concerns. • Examine basics of wikis, blogs and podcasts. • Collect some relevant Web resources.

  3. Challenges and Concerns • Start small! • Warn students about safety! • Warn students about plagiarism! • Discuss ads!

  4. Pedagogical Reasons for Considering • Content creation (right brainers will rule!). • Publishing (visible/audible to others). • Collaborative space. • “Real-World” applications. • READ/READ became • READ/WRITE became • READ/WRITE/COLLABORATE.

  5. Left Brain LogicalSequentialRationalAnalyticalObjective Looks at parts Right Brain RandomIntuitiveHolisticSynthesizingSubjectiveLooks at wholes Brainers

  6. Discussion • Do you think teaching styles and learning styles should be different for left brainers versus right brainers? If so, how?

  7. We Are The Web! • Web 2.0 • Web 3.0 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE • Evaluate video

  8. Wikis • A collaborative Web site where users can • Post data • Edit data • Track changes • Compare version • Do group work • Learn collaborative skills • Make wiki private or public

  9. Wikipedia • Not credible? • Starting point?

  10. Wiki Structures • One class with single wiki with many pages. • One class with several wikis. • One class with each student having individual wiki. • One faculty member with single wiki. • One college department with single wiki. • . . . Endless!!

  11. Wiki Applications • Google group wiki page • Google docs • https://docs.google.com • WikiSpaces • http://www.wikispaces.com/ • PBWiki • http://pbwiki.com/ • MANY others! • www.wikimatrix.org

  12. The Wiki Prayer Please grant me the serenity to accept the pages I cannot edit, The courage to edit the pages I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm0452.asp

  13. Blogs • Web logs • Demonstrates evidence of evolving thinking over time • Group or individual • Searchable • Automatic updates/subscriptions

  14. Blog Set Up • Live Journal: http://www.livejournal.com • Blogger: http://blogger.com • Blogspot: http://www.blogspot.com • Technorati: http://technorati.com/ (mega blog—searches over 71 million bogs by topic, tag or post. • Demo: http://mnperkins.blogspot.com/

  15. RSS • Content comes to YOU! • Really Simple Syndication • Saves time! • Aggregators: • Bloglines: www.bloglines.com • Google Reader: www.google.com/reader • Newsgator: www.newsgator.com • Comparison of the 3: http://labnol.blogspot.com/2005/10/newsgator-vs-bloglines-vs-google.html

  16. RSS (cont.) • Demo: Google blog to Google Reader • Only works if read regularly. • START SMALL! • RSS: A Quick Start for Educators http://weblogg-ed.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/RSSFAQ4.pdf • Demo: Add Richardson’s All Events calendar to Reader. • Yahoo News Feeds: http://news.yahoo.com/rss

  17. Podcasts • Recording that is compressed in digital form (MP3 file) • Distributed over Internet • Available by subscription using RSS feed • Automatically synchronized to MP3 player

  18. Steps in Creating Podcasts • Record, Edit, Publish • Use recording microphone and MP3 software • Audacity • http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

  19. Higher Ed Uses • Instructor-created • Lectures • Homework • External resources • iTunes podcasts • Guest speaker • User-created • Oral presentations • Interviews • Field notes

  20. Discussion • What new tools have you discovered and how are you using them in teaching?

  21. Sample Podcasts • Subscribe. • http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu/ • http://www.pbs.org/merrow/podcast/index.html • Demo: iTunesU • Need to download Apple’s iTunes software first!

  22. Summary: Challenges & Concerns • Getting yourself started—START SMALL! • Getting the students started: • Scaffold assignments • Share explicit reasons why you’re using these tools. • Time/management requirements.

  23. Summary (cont.) • Webquest? • http://webquest.org/index.php • Inquiry-based activity that involves students in using web-based resources and tools to transform their learning into meaningful understandings and real-world projects. • Rubric • http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestrubric.html(10/29/07)

  24. Managing ALL This! • Social Bookmarking Web site http://del.icio.us/ • Store your bookmarks/favorites online. • Demo: http://del.icio.us/yshafer • Note icon on IE browser.

  25. Other References • Pink, Daniel H. (2006). A Whole New Mind: Why Right Brainers Will Rule the Future • Kruse, Kevin. The Magic of Learner Motivation: The ARCS Model, www.e-learningguru.com/articles/art3_5.htm(10/29/07)

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