Blogs, Wikis, Facebook, and More

1. Blogs, Wikis, Facebook, and More Instructional Uses for the Classroom Reenay R. H. Rogers University of West Alabama

4. Blog “a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer” Merriam-Webster Online

5. How can a classroom teacher use a blog? • Communicate with parents and students • Presentation format for projects • Storage for content information • Resource for professional growth

6. Classroom Blogs • http://mscassidysclass.edublogs.org/ • http://huzzah.edublogs.org/ • Get Started with EduBlog! • http://edublogs.org/curriculum-corner-class-blogs/

7. Dr. Rogers’ Physics Class Blog • http://titanphysics.blogspot.com/ Physics student posted their reports. Classmates then posted their comments. • Required writing one large post each term • Required weekly reading of classmates’ posts

8. Teacher Professional Growth • Special Ed Blog http://digitalanthology.blogspot.com/ • Technology Tips http://thespian70.blogspot.com/ • Science Blog http://www.sciencefix.com/ • Library Media Specialists http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/

9. Wiki “a web site that allows anyone to add, delete, or revise content by using a web browser” (Dictionary.com) http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2011/05/top-10-sites-for-creating-wiki.html

10. Who should use wikis? • Wikis are for everyone! • Students • Teachers • Administrators • Athletic Teams • Clubs • Anyone who wants to publish or share information on the Web

11. Where do you find wikis? Wikispaces www.wikispaces.com

12. Where do you find wikis? PBWorks www.pbworks.com

13. Where do you find wikis? • Google Sites https://sites.google.com/

14. Where do you find wikis? • WET PAINT- Educational Wikis http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/

15. Example Wikis • http://aetcrogerssam.wikispaces.com/ • http://physics-trebuchet.wikispaces.com/home • http://syphilistuskegeestudy.wikispaces.com/Tuskegee+Syphilis+Study+Introduction • http://patriots-in-motion.wikispaces.com/home • https://sites.google.com/site/holyspiritsoccer/

16. Facebook for the Classroom??? • Great for class projects • Gets students to use a familiar social tool to present school work • Super communication tool • Communicate with parents and teachers with a private group • Easy to update • Parents/students check frequently

17. “FAKEBOOKS” • Choose a scientist of historical importance. • Create a “FakeBook page for this scientist. http://www.classtools.net/fb/home/page • Example: http://www.classtools.net/FB/1532-gRVvvA

18. Thomas Edison Birthday February 11, 1847* Hometown Milan, Ohio* Relationship Status Married to Mina Miller Sex Male Thomas Edison Thomas Edison Currently trying to improve the telegraph transmitter…I’ve just realized that the tape of the machine gives off a noise resembling spoken words when you play it at a high speed. Interesting… Thomas Edison I am going to try create a phonograph using a metal cylinder with tin foil wrapped around it.. Bio As a child, I liked spending my time reading at the local library. I was homeschooled for a few years before I got my first job selling newspapers. In 1868 I began my career as an inventor in Boston. Henry Ford How are you going to get your machine to work? Thomas Edison Well the machine will play cylinders rather than discs and have two needles; one for recording and one for playback The idea is that when you speak into a mouthpiece, the sound vibrations will be dented onto the cylinder by the recording needle in a vertical hollow pattern. Friends (1,346) Alexander Graham Bell Henry Ford Sounds promising. Keep us updated. Albert Einstein John KruesI Hey Tom. I’m almost done building the phonograph from your sketches. You can come test it soon! Nikola Tesla

19. Thomas Edison Birthday February 11, 1847* Hometown Milan, Ohio* Relationship Status Married to Mina Miller Sex Male Thomas Edison John Kruesl Hey Tom. I’m almost done building the phonograph from your sketches. You can come test it soon! Thomas Edison IT WORKS! My phonograph just played back “Mary had a little lamb!” I would say it’s been a pretty good day. Bio As a child, I liked spending my time reading at the local library. I was homeschooled for a few years before I got my first job selling newspapers. In 1868 I began my career as an inventor in Boston. Thomas Edison I’ve just been invited to the White House to demonstrate my phonograph to President Rutherford B. Hayes. Thomas Edison Tired of using candles to see? Well I am working on improving incandescent light, and who knows, maybe we will all have electric power soon! Friends (1,346) Alexander Graham Bell J.P. Morgan Mr. Edison I would like to fund your inventions and talk about the prospect of an electric company. Albert Einstein Thomas Edison After performing over 1000 experiments and endless search, I’ve finally found the perfect filament. I have created a light bulb using carbonized filaments from cotton thread. Nikola Tesla

20. Thomas Edison Birthday February 11, 1847* Hometown Milan, Ohio* Relationship Status Married to Mina Miller Sex Male Thomas Edison Thomas Edison After performing over 1000 experiments and endless search, I’ve finally found the perfect filament. I have created a light bulb using carbonized filaments from cotton thread. It is super practical for home use! Thomas Edison People of lower Manhattan, get ready for the world’s first electric light power station. Bio As a child, I liked spending my time reading at the local library. I was homeschooled for a few years before I got my first job selling newspapers. In 1868 I began my career as an inventor in Boston. Juliette Gordon Low Can’t wait to get electricity! Thomas Edison Next Project: I am going to do for the eye what the phonograph does to the ear. Get ready for motion pictures! Wohoo Friends (1,346) Alexander Graham Bell Thomas Edison My Kinetoscope is going to record and reproduce objects in motion! Albert Einstein Nikola Tesla

21. Thomas Edison Me By Thomas Edison (Albums) * Updated 1 week ago My beautiful wife, Mina Edison, with whom I have three great children. Me with one of my most beloved inventions, the phonograph. Me when I was little. The light bulb! The Phonograph!

22. Facebook for Communication

23. Top 10 Ways to Use Twitter • Tweet Assignments/Due Dates • Provide a classroom news feed to keep parents informed • Follow current issues in the news • Track career interests/engage with professionals • Foreign language teachers can have students use their skills to translate feeds from other nations

24. Top 10 Ways to Use Twitter 6. Connect with other classrooms around the world 7. Live Tweet a book or movie review 8. Create a progressive poem 9. Have students tweet lesson summaries 10. Create a fictional historical character and tweet as if you were that person http://www.teachhub.com/50-ways-use-twitter-classroom

25. Network with Twitter • Use Twitter to collaborate or learn from educators around the world • Subscribe to the #educhat: • Twitter for Librarians: http://oedb.org/ilibrarian/a-guide-to-twitter-in-libraries/ • Twitter Guide for Teachers: http://www.edudemic.com/2010/06/the-ultimate-twitter-guidebook/

26. Instagram What is Instagram? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N92MQ9o4Fe0

27. 5 Ways to Instagram From a private classroom account 1. Showcase student work 2. Memorialize field trip experiences 3. Document your daily activities or special events

28. Activities that do not necessarily need a private account 4. Have students photograph and post pictures of animals, plants, or other nature projects. 5. Students could post photos of math concepts such as angles, geometric shapes, etc. Instagram Article

29. Vine • What is Vine? • A mobile app for creating short videos • Owned by Twitter

30. Vine in the Classroom • What could you possibly do with a 6 second video clip? • Create “How To” Video Clips • Video the steps in a science lab • Impersonate a historical figure • Use as a “hook” to introduce a topic • You are only limited by your imagination! How to Vine! http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414713,00.asp

31. Other… • Edmodo- allows teachers to collaborate, send notes, post assignments, conduct polls, etc. in a safe environment http://www.edmodo.com/ • I-Tunes U- access thousands of lectures or create your own course http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/ • TwitPic- Create a picture scavenger hunt http://twitpic.com/

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33. GaETC 2013 Reenay R. H. Rogers The University of West Alabama rrogers@uwa.edu (205) 652-5423