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Wikis and blogs can be an environment without walls

Wikis and blogs can be an environment without walls. Presented by Jacqui Sharp. Expensive software. Difficult to use. Part of Google Apps for Education. Stored on servers at a Remote location. Diary. Posts. Linear. P rocess of thinking in words Critical and analytical thinking

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Wikis and blogs can be an environment without walls

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  1. Wikis and blogs can be an environment without walls Presented by Jacqui Sharp

  2. Expensive software

  3. Difficult to use

  4. Part of Google Apps for Education

  5. Stored on servers at a Remote location

  6. Diary Posts Linear Process of thinking in words Critical and analytical thinking Creative and intuitive WYSIWYG Comments Lots of themes Multiple Editors Best for showcasing events as they happen

  7. Comments Multi Pages http://ilovenzsl.wikispaces.com/Home WYSIWYG Organised Multiple Editors http://nzslkids.wikispaces.com A Web site developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content. Google Web Definition

  8. Comments Multi Pages WYSIWYG Organised Multiple Editors If you have a Gmail account, you can make a Google Site

  9. Easy to edit

  10. Junior Blogs • What you will see on these blogs • Dance videos • Trips • Father’s Day presentations • Reviews of other class presentations • Work done with iPads • What we have learnt from our topic • Celebrating special days • Report on Skyping our buddies http://room5waiuku2012.blogspot.co.nz/ http://pointviewschoolroom3.blogspot.co.nz/

  11. Senior Blogs • What you will see on these blogs • Students writing turned into web2.0presentations • Students asking questions • Students commenting on others work • Home learning quizzes http://mrsmacscyberkids.blogspot.co.nz/2012/09/guess-storybird.html http://theclasswithoutwalls.blogspot.co.nz/

  12. Student Blogs • What you will see on this blog • A student who enjoys writing • A student taking pride in their presentation • Her own thoughts, wonderings and opinions http://tarasnotebooks.blogspot.co.nz/

  13. Principal Blogs • What you will see on this blog • Vision and philosophy of the school • Twitter updates • Discussion about student lead conferences • 21st century learning at this school http://sandyjelearningblog.blogspot.co.nz/

  14. School Blogs • What you will see on this blog • The journey of a new school beingbuilt from the ground up • Weekly updates of what has beenhappening in the school • Celebrations • Open, translucent communication with parents http://hingaiapeninsulaschool.blogspot.co.nz/

  15. Junior Wikis • What you will see on this wiki • Parents calendar • Website game links to • Letters • Reading • Numeracy • Photos • Study Ladder • Songs • Homework • Topic Links http://1forfun.wikispaces.com/home

  16. Senior Wikis • What you will see on this wiki • Links to other wikis • Cybersafety • Literacy • Numeracy • Topics • Learning Tools • Calendar • Timetable • Tutorials http://theclasswithoutwalls.wikispaces.com/home

  17. Class Sites • What you will see on this site • WALTS • Learning goals • Resources to support learning • Audio clips of their music • Movies they have madeof their learning • Calendars • Timetables • Links to other blogs and sites in the school. https://sites.google.com/a/hp.school.nz/studio3/

  18. Teacher Wikis • What you will see on this wiki • Presentations • Resources • Tutorials • Keynotes http://rachelboyd.wikispaces.com/home

  19. Admin Wikis To this From this http://schooladminwiki.wikispaces.com/Home

  20. As a society we are becoming more paperless and translucent through social networking and cloud based computing, which is resulting in the move to our learners working in classrooms without walls. So what does this mean for your learners?

  21. Wikis and Blogs can be an environment without walls • Traditionally, if you wanted to create a website with your own information on it, you would have to pay somebody to do it or buy very expensive software and then learn how to create it yourself or learn HTML programming language. The first two options being very costly ventures, the third very costly time wise. Nowadays you can do it for free and with basic WordProcessing knowledge anybody can put together their own website very quickly. Plus it is online and accessible by anyone, anywhere, anytime. Because of this freedom websites are being developed for all sorts of reasons. • In education, teachers are creating websites to hold their teaching resources (i.e. visual aids explaining learning strategies) and point students to learning sites that are suitable for their needs. In administration, websites are being created for collaborative, communication purposes to reach across all staff and/or to provide information for outside viewers. Students are able to revisit their learning in their own time, using their own devices and do not have to be in the classroom to access their teachers resources. In administration, paper trails are now stored all in one place, able to be accessed for viewing, editing, commenting by all at any time, on any device and anywhere.

  22. References • Jacqui Sharp ‘Where to start with Wikis and Blogs’ http://wheretostartwithwikisandblogs.wikispaces.com/ • Jacqui Sharp ‘Cool schools wikis and blogs’ http://coolschoolwikisandblogs.wikispaces.com/ • http://educationtechnologysolutions.com.au/2012/08/14/how-wikis-can-help-schools-organise-their-content/

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