Use this page to access links to examples and to record your team's thoughts and questions about each topic.
Working with Wikis
| 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.
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| 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? collaboration, interactive and involvement, create interest in learning
2. How can wikis be used to engage staff and students? yes maybe, inclusive, ; by creating more forums for students to voice their opinions and show us their learning in areas they are very comfortable in.
3. What social, legal, or ethical issues might arise with use of wikis? only when Joe is typing, it puts a lot of "pressure" on the wiki originator/deigner; posting information or pictures that are confidential, and access may be so quick they might not think their responses through.
Additional examples--Learn More!
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| 5. For collaborative committee work. Click on this link to watch an online presentation that demonstrates this idea. |
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6. Wiki in a K-12 Classroom: Resources for educators interested in learning more about this tool.
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| 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. |
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9. wikipedia (Link to online encyclopedia created by users) and wikibooks (Link to online books created by users).
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Educational Blogs
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? As a math teacher I think it would be interesting to see if we can increase student participation of homework by posting a couple solutions to problems on the blog each night.
2. How can blogs be used to engage staff and students? Professional Learning Communities: sharing ideas and resources. Content areas can easily share and comment on lesson ideas.
3. What social, legal, or ethical issues might arise with use of blogs? Personal information, putdowns, negativity. "Letters to the editor w/o signing name." Creating fake IDs to post content.
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? (Type answer here.) subscribe to podcasts that kids can use with dif. lessons, auditory learners thrive with this.
2. How can podcasts be used to engage staff and students? (List answers here.) being visual learners they are comfortable with this and learn from this.
3. What social, legal, or ethical issues might arise with use of podcasts? (Type answer here.) inappropriate material- bad
Webtop Applications
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? Collaboration
2. How can webtop applications be used to engage staff and students? Yes, I can't read the question correctly so I keep answering it wrong. Sorry, we are working on the team upgrade to 8.5. Some of us are real close but others are waaay back there. No worries.
3. What social, legal, or ethical issues might arise with use of webtop applications? Unknown.
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