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BLOGS AND WIKIS IN THE CLASSROOM. Noble North Neighbourhood START Program 9 th June 2009. What Have You Done So Far?. Have used blogs or wikis with your students Have used blogs or wikis for personal use Know what blogs and wikis are but haven’t used them What are blogs and wikis….??
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BLOGS AND WIKIS IN THE CLASSROOM Noble North Neighbourhood START Program 9th June 2009
What Have You Done So Far? • Have used blogs or wikis with your students • Have used blogs or wikis for personal use • Know what blogs and wikis are but haven’t used them • What are blogs and wikis….?? • Share some of the ways that this group has used blogs and wikis. • Add your ideas / examples to the NNN wiki
Blogs – What do they look like? Blogs that showcase the school and student's work • Examples on Connect Examples on Global Teacher • Examples on Hume wikiHawkesdale P-12 College – school blog • ePotential – search for blogs for professional learning and examples • Berwick Lodge School BlogLEEP- a class blog at Berwick PS • Kathy Cassidy – BlogmeisterJane L -- Blogmeister • Mr. Lund's Fifth Grade ClassA World of Wonder • Little Voices, Little Scholars: March 2009
Wikis – What do they look like? • Examples on Connect • E.g. Mansfield P-2 wiki • Examples on the WMR wiki • Primary Web2.0 Tools - Web2.0 tools for 5-8 year olds • ePotential – search for blogs for professional learning and examples • E.g. http://brokenworld.wikispaces.com/A+Broken+World (secondary example)
Access and Guidelines Access • Using a class blog or wiki is easier to manage than individual student blogs and wikis • Accounts / access granted by teacher as administrator • Teacher monitors the student contributions • Can be private or public, with different access levels set by the teacher Guidelines • Connect – Blogging (DEECD) • Global Teacher Guidelines • Global Student – ‘About Global Student’ • Connect – Wikis (DEECD) • Parental permission / student agreements – Web2.0 specific…….
Web 2.0 Tools to Embed Voicethread Glogster Animoto (Use the Educator Version)
Thanks for your participation. • Good luck in using blogs and wikis with your students. Jonathan Hall SMR Ultranet Coach hall.jonathan.m@edumail.vic.gov.au 0403 350 484 Thanks also to Lois Smethurst at Berwick Lodge PS for aspects of this presentation.