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? allows collaborative learning, creativity, visual stimulations, multitasking environments, global perspectives
2. How can wikis be used to engage staff and students? allows for group discussions without time and space issues, promotes the 3 R's, makes it easier to address the 3 R's, technology makes it easier to connect with staff and students
3. What social, legal, or ethical issues might arise with use of wikis? religious issues, free media which allows for people to access from home and post inappropriate material,
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 academics? Create a timeline for instruction and learning. Interactive process between teachers, students and parents.
2. How can blogs be used to engage staff and students? open forum for discussion
3. What social, legal, or ethical issues might arise with use of blogs? inappropriate posts and conduct, copyright issues, privacy
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? reading fluency and punctuation, writing, organization, form of publishing work, differentiate product
2. How can podcasts be used to engage staff and students? parents have access to student work, authentic learning, time-saving communication tool, engaging of all student modalities
3. What social, legal, or ethical issues might arise with use of podcasts? inappropriate use, communication disorders, privacy issues
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.) Proof reading and editing student work
2. How can webtop applications be used to engage staff and students? (List answers here.) no spacial limitations. Student work can easily be transfered, easily shared information.
3. What social, legal, or ethical issues might arise with use of webtop applications? (Type answer here.)
Protection of information. Ethical concerns
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