The Read/Write Web: Blogs, Wikis and MySpace. What Should a Teacher Do?

1. The Read/Write Web: Blogs, Wikis and MySpace. What Should a Teacher Do? Janine Lim Links at www.janinelim.com Email: janine@janinelim.com www.avln.org

2. Overview • Teachers Reading Blogs • Teachers Writing Blogs • Students Reading Blogs & RSS Feeds • Students Writing Blogs & Making Podcasts • Wikis • Teaching Safety & Responsible Use www.avln.org

3. “It’s Not Your Father’s Internet” • “read/write web” • blogs • wikis • del.icio.us • flickr • podcasting www.avln.org

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7. Cool Cat Teacher Blog • A good teacher never makes excuses. A good teacher always makes the best of a situation. A good teacher pursues excellence. I will be excellent as I learn from NECC.The same teachers and technology administrators who learn from NECC virtually are probably also the same ones that teach incredible things on older technology. "Excuse" is not in our vocabulary. "Do it," is. www.avln.org

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9. Benefits to You You're in a new community, learning from other educators, gaining new friends around the world & receiving support from resources around the world. www.avln.org

10. EdTech Blogs to Read • www.nadtdecblog.org • davidwarlick.com/2cents • weblogg-ed.com • www.techsavvyed.net • remc11.wordpress.com www.avln.org

11. Finding Blogs to Read • Will Richardson’s Ed Blog Listhttp://bloglines.com/public/wrichard • http://educational.blogs.com/ • Google Blogsearchhttp://blogsearch.google.com/ www.avln.org

12. PAIR-SHARE What blogs would you like to read? What could you learn from reading blogs? www.avln.org

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14. Writing on Wordpress.com www.avln.org

15. Why Blog? / Benefits • Recording my learning • The power of reflection • Sharing my learning www.avln.org

16. Blogging as Learning • Modeling: the teacher “puts his/her mind on display” • Coaching: teachers observe students performance of a task, offering feedback • Scaffolding: helping a student complete a task slightly more difficult than the student is capable of completing on his/her own. • Articulating: drawing students out dialogically, helping to convert tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge • Reflecting: debriefing, replaying and discussion after an activity • Exploring: students tackle new areas on their own -Christopher Sessums, http://elgg.net/csessums/weblog/10943.html www.avln.org

17. Students Reading Blogs • Current Events • Environmental Issues • Science Ethical Issues • Health & Healthcare Issues www.avln.org

18. RSS / Aggregator / News Feeds www.avln.org

19. Student Blogs Journals vs. Blogs www.avln.org

20. Roles of Blogs in Education • Weblogs are a personal writing space. Easy, sharable, automatically archived. • Weblogs are easily linked and cross-linked to form learning communities. The school logs projects are examples. The school logs also enable a teacher to evaluate a student’s thinking, by reading explanations and assignments. • Weblogs can become digital portfolios of students’ assignments and achievements. • Weblogs are a novice’s web authoring tool. • Accumulated weblogs become a content management system. • Via digital storytelling, weblogs play a role in professional development. - Jay Cross - http://www.weblogg-ed.com/why-weblogs www.avln.org

21. Students Caring About Work • “You took the blog down,” he said. “You can’t do that.” “You have to put it back up,” he said. • “Can’t we take our old posts with us?” • “It seems awfully quiet without our other stuff.” • “I’m proud of my comments. Do I have to leave them behind?” • “No one will know what who we are and what we’ve done!” • “What about the old posts?” http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/caring-about-the-content/ www.avln.org

22. Jim Stovall: The Ultimate Gift www.avln.org

23. Benefits to Blogging • Motivation. Paper is worthless, it goes in the trash when the year is over. Thinking of MySpace…kids are motivated to publish information • Writing Skills. The audience has increased and kids are thinking more about what they’re writing and reflecting upon. • Reading Skills. Writing begins with reading • Connective Learning. • Learning by Community Building. -Will Richardson, weblogg-ed.com www.avln.org

24. Education Blog Sites • Gaggle.net Blogs • Edublogs www.avln.org

25. Podcasting…. Imagine… • World Language teachers creating audio files (MP3s) for students to listen to… • Emailing the link to the students… • Archiving the audio files on their blogs… • Students in other schools listening & responding in writing in the language… • Kids listening to language audio files on their own MP3 players… • Kids creating shows in Spanish… http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/my-world-lanuages-teachers-are-getting-it/ www.avln.org

26. Class Podcast Examples • Room 208 & David Warlick • News shows • Weekly “what did we learn” reports • Scottish Craft Class Created podcasts to describe the process of creating a project • Scottish History podcast of how children were sent away from the cities during World War II. www.avln.org

27. My Dream • Kids using online tools to share their faith • www.myspace.com/youthfest2006 www.avln.org

28. PAIR-SHARE What application do you see in your classroom for students writing blogs or making podcasts? www.avln.org

29. Blogs vs. Wikis Web logs are great vehicles for an interactive exchange of ideas between a handful of people, but blogs are not as effective when a large number of people want to collaborate, contribute, and easily find information on a given topic. That's when you need a wiki. -Tim Stahmer www.avln.org

30. What is a Wiki? • A collaborative web tool for two or more people to work on a document • Wiki-wiki" means "hurry quick" in Hawaiian. www.avln.org

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32. Wikipedia “According to the web traffic rankings site Alexa.com, Wikipedia ranks second in popularity among all reference sites, trailing only Yahoo and ahead of popular resources such as MapQuest and Encyclopedia Britannica Online. What's more, Wikipedia is the 37th most visited web site overall.” Jan. 25, 2006, eSchool News http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/PFshowstory.cfm?ArticleID=6069 www.avln.org

33. Response to Wikipedia • Don’t just use Google. • Don’t just use Wikipedia. • Bibliography: 50% print and 50% web. Compare them! www.avln.org

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38. Using Wikis • Peer editing & feedback • Group work • Collaboration across distance & time www.avln.org

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40. wikispaces www.avln.org

41. PAIR-SHARE How will you handle student use of Wikipedia in your classroom? What other uses do you see of wikis in your classroom? www.avln.org

42. MySpace www.avln.org

43. The New Permanent Record Steve Dembo: http://www.teach42.com/2006/05/12/audio-from-the-new-permanent-record/ www.avln.org

44. Kids’ Safety • We have a responsibility to teach our students how to behave online. • Where do they learn how to interact [appropriately?] online? • Where do they get online when blocked at school? Steve Dembo, Discovery Education www.avln.org

45. Kids’ Safety • Kids can spraypaint anywhere on the Internet. • Are these tools evil in themselves or just being used inappropriately? • Be proactive. Get your own account to protect yourself & gain firsthand experience. • Ask your students about it! • Assume everyone is going to see everything. • Nothing is private. An alias only has minimal protection. Deleted isn't gone. www.avln.org

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47. State Gender Age IM name Email City Photos Phone number Street address Last name 10 Personal Items Not to Share Online -Steve Dembo, Discovery Education www.avln.org

48. Privacy • Separate public photos from private • Restrict MySpace and Xanga accounts to invitation only • Use LiveJournal privacy features -Steve Dembo, Discovery Education www.avln.org

49. Questions Students Should Ask • Can I share this with my parents or teacher? • Would I want a college recruiter or job interviewer to see this? • Could this allow someone to find me and put me in danger? -Steve Dembo, Discovery Education www.avln.org

50. Balance • Good academic stuff should be online. But not personal information. • Having a positive online presence is not a bad thing. www.avln.org