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? Engage students, provide or tap into additional resources. Collaborating, risk-free, cost-free field trips. Cost effective resource.
2. How can wikis be used to engage staff and students? Curriculum development, teacher collaboration. Immediate response and feedback. No time restraints.
3. What social, legal, or ethical issues might arise with use of wikis? Student safety, legal issues that need to follow district policies. Using other identities. Accuracy of information.
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? Engaging students, additional resources-links, collaboration.
2. How can blogs be used to engage staff and students? Communication updates available 7 days a week, available without time restraints. Honest communication, feedback from students who are less likely to speak in class.
3. What social, legal, or ethical issues might arise with use of blogs? Student safety, legal issues that need to follow district policies. Using other identities. Accuracy of information.
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? When student is absent, language classes, question and answer for parents (native language).
2. How can podcasts be used to engage staff and students? Same answers as above, Could be linked to visual.
3. What social, legal, or ethical issues might arise with use of podcasts? Accuracy and district policies.
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? A group project where students are working together and even a child who is absent from illness can join in.
2. How can webtop applications be used to engage staff and students? Multiple users editing at once.
3. What social, legal, or ethical issues might arise with use of webtop applications? District polices, sources, accuracy, copywrite issues.
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