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? Students can learn from each other. Reluctant students can also participate. The students are more apt to be engaged because they are digital natives. The teacher can monitor discussions. Teachers can assess student understanding, etc.
2. How can wikis be used to engage staff and students? Staff can share ideas without having a physical "meeting". Makes collaboration easier.
3. What social, legal, or ethical issues might arise with use of wikis? Plagiarism would be a big issue. Students posting socially rude comments and pictures (cyber-bullying).
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? Blogs would be helpful for reading circles. Good when you do not want students editing each other.
Helpful as a teaching tool for projects with links quickly available.
2. How can blogs be used to engage staff and students?
Available almost anywhere, any place. Digital natives enjoy this format.
3. What social, legal, or ethical issues might arise with use of blogs?
Plagiarism, copyrights.
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?
Reluctant speech-givers could practice their speeches. Work on reading fluency. Listen to textbook sections.
2. How can podcasts be used to engage staff and students?
Once again, the digital natives are engaged since they love anything on the computer.
3. What social, legal, or ethical issues might arise with use of podcasts?
Copyrights, names?, pictures
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? (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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