Use this page to access links to examples and to record your team's thoughts and questions about each topic.

 

 

 

 

 

Workshop Examples

1. As an online space for committees to work collaboratively. For example, this wiki is used by the Travis Unified School District for revising the district's technology plan.

2. As a place for students to work collaboratively. For example, this wiki is used by Canadian AP Calculus students.

3. For online projects such as flatplanet.

4. As a collaborative teaching and learning tool such as Wikids.

5. pbwiki: Tool used to build this wiki.

 

Discuss the ideas that have been presented about wikis. Choose a typist who will summarize team responses as you report out.

 

Questions:

 

1. How can wikis be used to enrich academic content? (Type answer here.)

 

 

2. How can wikis be used to engage staff and students? (Type answer here.)

 

 

3. What social, legal, or ethical issues might arise with use of wikis? (Type answer here.)

 

 

 

 

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6. For collaborative committee work. Click on this link  to watch an online presentation that demonstrates this idea.

7. Wiki in a K-12 Classroom: Resources for educators interested in learning more about this tool.

8. In place of a classroom website. For example, 5th grade Bellingham teacher Elise Mueller's classroom wiki.

9. Here are additional classroom examples from primary grades through high school: Examples of educational wikis.

10. wikipedia (Link to online encyclopedia created by users) and wikibooks (Link to online books created by users).

 

 

Educational Blogs

 

 

Workshop Examples

1. Educational Discourse: Principal's blog

2. Carmack's Critters: Grade 1 classroom blog.

3. The Guerrilla Season Book blog (8th grade).

4. AP Calculus 2007-08 blog (high school).

5. Blogger.com: Tool for creating a blog.

 

 

Discuss the ideas that have been presented about blogs. Choose a typist who will summarize team responses as you report out.

 

Questions:

 

1. How can blogs be used to enrich academic content? (Type answer here.)

 

2. How can blogs be used to engage staff and students? (Type answer here.)

 

3. What social, legal, or ethical issues might arise with use of blogs? (Type answer here.)

 

 

Additional Examples--Learn More!

6. Meriwether Lewis Elementary School blog.

7. Blog list: Online spreadsheet listing blogs written by school principals.

8. Finally! A Vacation! and sjbrooksyoung's blog (Travel blogs for sharing)

 

 

 

 

Webtop Applications: Online word processing and spreadsheets

 

 

 

Workshop Examples

1. Google Docs: Web-based word processing

2. Google Spreadsheets: Web-based spreadsheet

 

Discuss the ideas that have been presented about web-top applications. Choose a typist who will summarize team responses as you report out.

 

Questions:

 

1. How can webtop applications be used to enrich academic contect? (Type answer here.)

 

2. How can webtop applications be used to engage staff and students? (Type answer here.)

 

3. What social, legal, or ethical issues might arise with use of webtop applications? (Type answer here.)

 

 

Additional Examples--Learn More!

3. Google Docs & Spreadsheets: Google for Educators

4. Google Docs & Spreadsheets: Google Advertises Best Students Ideas on Global Warming

 

 

 

Webtop Applications: Sharing presentations

 

 

 

Workshop Examples

1. slideshare: upload PowerPoint files

2. VoiceThread: upload variety of file types and add voice or textcomments

3. animoto: create free 30-second video clips using photos and public domain music

 

Discuss the ideas that have been presented about web-top applications. Choose a typist who will summarize team responses as you report out.

 

Questions:

 

1. How can online presentations be used to enrich academic content? (Type answer here.)

 

2. How can online presentations be used to engage staff and students? (Type answer here.)

 

3. What social, legal, or ethical issues might arise with use of online presentations? (Type answer here.)

 

 

Additional Examples--Learn More!

4. Google Docs: Try creating a Presentation file

5. VoiceThread: Capturing and Sharing Student Voice with an Online Twist

6. Video and Animoto: huffenglish.com

7. Cogdogroo wiki: Fifty Tools (50 Web-based tools you can use to tell a story)