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? How do we love thee let us count the ways . . . student collaboration, students as the teacher, higher level learning facilitated, holds students accountable for answers, lack of anonymity cr eates need to take the assignment seriously, student-created products eg classroom encyclopedia, allows collaboration from students in multiple places--even students who have been absent that day.Type answer here.)

 

2. How can wikis be used to engage staff and students? See number 1 for absentees;  allows teachers to talk to students after school hours; Committee members can partcipate without physically meeting;

 

3. What social, legal, or ethical issues might arise with use of wikis?   Same copyrighting issues that exist in any on-line project with cut and paste capabilities; inappropriately editing wikis; using inappropriate language and on-line bullying; teacher/managers have to monitor for sabotage; if a wiki is not closed off to a small group, any one on the www can access personally identifying information;  do districts allow this access;  

 

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

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

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

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

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

 

 

Educational Blogs

 

 

Workshop Examples

1. Woodbury White & Gold: Superintendent's blog

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

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

4. AP Calculus 2006-07 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? interactive, sharing, inclusive, good home communication, focus is communication rather than collaboration

 

2. How can blogs be used to engage staff and students? communicating , archiving resources, sharing resources, inputting pictures and video

 

 

3. What social, legal, or ethical issues might arise with use of blogs? Same as wikis.  The owner of the blog needs to stay on top of the communication and interaction.

 

 

 

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4. Meriwether Lewis Elementary School blog.

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

 

 

Simple Podcasting

 

 

Workshop Examples

1. St. Johns County School District: Superintendent's podcast

2. Click here to access a link to Darius and Lillian's podcasting tips (3rd grade students).

3. Click here to access links to Scottycast (middle school).

4. Podamatic: Free podcasting tool.

 

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

 

Questions:

 

1. How can podcasts be used to enrich academic? hear ourselves speak, engaging, sharing, record lessons/notes/guest teachers/encourage creativity, differentiation

 

2. How can podcasts be used to engage staff and students? communication, engage conversation,

 

3. What social, legal, or ethical issues might arise with use of podcasts? same as others, though names need not be revealed, copyrite issues,

 

 

Additional Examples--Learn More!

4. Education Podcast Network: Growing list of podcasts from K-12 students around the country.

5. Podcasting overview by Tony Vincent.

 

 

Webtop Applications

 

 

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? (Type answer here.)

 

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

 

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

 

 

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3. Google Docs & Spreadsheets: Google for Educators

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