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Wikis, Blogs, Aggregators and Office 2.0 - democratising the student learning process. Mike Leishman Newman College. Pre-Web 2.0, all of my students work was stored internally on our network and was only available to my students only during school time unless they “checked it out”.
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Wikis, Blogs, Aggregators and Office 2.0 - democratising the student learning process Mike Leishman Newman College
Pre-Web 2.0, all of my students work was stored internally on our network and was only available to my students only during school time unless they “checked it out”. http://opensourceculture.blogspot.com/2006/12/web-20-poster.html
Free Web2.0 tools enable students to do their work anywhere and anytime. They can easily collaborate on projects and share what they have learnt and created. Teachers can still monitor what students do and have access to their work (with permission) http://www.mikestopforth.com/2006/08/05/what-is-web-20/
Simple Web pages Collaboration Tool Usually free! Can be open to the public or private WHO'S USING IT: Teachers and students sharing notes and ideas, collaborating on shared projects, creating curriculum. Wikis
pbwikihttp://pbwiki.com/ wetpaint http://www.wetpaint.com jotspot http://www.jotspot.com Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com
My wikis and those that I manage http://my.pbwiki.com
Student Wikis Course summary - http://humanbiol.pbwiki.com/ Excursion reporting - http://perthzooprimates.pbwiki.com/ Student summaries - http://humanbiology12.pbwiki.com/ Group Collaboration - http://9science.pbwiki.com/ Science Courses by Jessica Ryan
Applied Information Technology - http://aitcos.pbwiki.com/ Computer Science - http://cscos.pbwiki.com/ Kidsprogramming - http://kidsprogramming.pbwiki.com/ My Wikis Tutorials - http://www.atomiclearning.co.uk/pbwiki
Blogs • On Line web diary or log • Information Tool • Usually free! • Can be open to the public or private • WHO'S USING IT: Teachers and students sharing ideas, diarizing projects, providing information to each other, seeking help and advise from outside of their normal sphere of contacts.
Latest news Favourite Videos RSS feeds to student blogs and podcasts Toys Aggregators
Specific Office applications Word Processing Presentation Spreadsheet Database On-line storage Available from any internet connected computer Office 2.0
Greater flexibility More collaboration More sharing More engaging Anywhere, anytime Benefits to Students
Student’s work may be distributed over multiple systems Digital immigrants - out of comfort zone Some students don’t like this arena Need to get permission from students to view work Plagiarism / shared product Submission of work Issues for Teachers
Mike Leishman Manager ICT Newman College mleishman@iinet.net.au http://www.mikeleishman.id.au