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Web 2.0 Tools Wikis for Education
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Jimmy Wales First 24 hrs. of changes at the London bombings in 2005.
Using Wikis in the Classroom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pR5yogCmkA
Wikis Uses • Take the place of Moodle , Edline Blackboard, or other course management tools • Classroom management • Course work • Calendars • Discussion boards • Videos • Drop boxes • Collaboration
Why use Wikis to Deliver Content? • No prior knowledge needed • Green • Dynamic • Interactive • Not usually vandalized • Allows for discussions in a nonthreatening manner • Maintained from year to year
Wikis for Coursework • Wiki about how to create a virtual field trip using a wiki http://uatim.wikispaces.com/Virtual+Field+Trips+Clickable+Handout • Educational Origami: Virtual Field Trips http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Virtual+Fieldtrips • Wiki about how to create a wiki http://uatim.wikispaces.com/wikiworkshop • UMBC – Eukaryotic Genetics and Molecular Biology – Course content http://www.umbc.edu/bioclass/biol414/index.html
Wikis for Coursework • K12 Learning 2.0: Tools for 21st Century Teaching & Learning http://k12learning20.wikispaces.com/ • Next Steps in Using Technology http://nextstepsinusingtechnology.wikispaces.com/ • Podcasting Workshop http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/podcastingworkshop
Wikis can contain: Text Images Hyperlinks to internal and external resources Sound Similar media objects – An avatar is an example
Widgetize Your Wiki • Voicethread - http://voicethread.com • Diigo (linkrolls, tagrolls) - http://www.diigo.com • Animoto - http://education.animoto.com/ • Bubbl.us - http://bubbl.us • Gcast - http://www.gcast.com • PollDaddy - http://polldaddy.com • Quimble - http://www.quimble.com/ • Moonk - http://www.moonk.com • CoverItLive - http://www.coveritlive.com • Google Docs (forms & spreadsheets, • presentations) - http://docs.google.com • xTimeline - http://www.xtimeline.com • Mnemograph - http://mnemograph.com/ • Dipity - http://www.dipity.com/ • Google MyMaps - http://maps.google.com • TeacherTube - http://teachertube.com/ • Swivel - http://www.swivel.com/ • Glogster - http://www.glogster.com/edu/ • Chart Gizmo - http://www.chartgizmo.com/ • Google Calendar - http://www.google.com/calendar/ • Scrapblog - http://www.scrapblog.com/ • Quizlet (not a widget) - http://quizlet.com/ • StudyStack (not a widget) - http://www.studystack.com/ • FlipBooks - http://www.flip.com/ • Grazr - http://grazr.com/ • Scribd - http://www.scribd.com/ • Chatterous * - http://www.chatterous.com/ • Chatsy * - http://www.chatzy.com/ • SlideShare - http://www.slideshare.com/ • SlideRoll - http://www.slideroll.com/ • SlideRocket - http://sliderocket.com/ • Bitty Browser - http://bitty.com/ * not embeddable, but still really useful for private, secure chat rooms
Demonstrations • Wikispaces • Google Sites
Editing in Wikispaces http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdT_XzkmPss
Google Sites Tutorials From Radford University • Google Sites #1: How to Create a New Site • Google Sites #2: How to Edit and Add Media to your Google Site • Google Sites #3: How to Change the Appearance of Your Site • Google Sites #4: How to Share Your Site
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