Engage student collaboration with Blogs, Twitter & Vine

Engage student collaboration with Blogs, Twitter & Vine

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Webinar @ SpringBlogFestival March 14-16, 2014

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cc-by-sa3.0 André J. Spang, Cologne

!http://about.me/andre.spang

about.me

www.kas-koeln.de

ipad projectMy blog about experiences and best practices as the coordinator of this project

!http://ipadkas.wordpress.com

The Blog: • the blog exists for 3 years • is also used to share devices

#EDchatDE

Content: •Links & reviews •poll for new topics •„fan“ stuff •http://edchat.de

The community is the curriculum #rhizomatic learning & #collaboration

• collaboration of LEARNERS

NOT

• Knowledge of one expert

via @DocbobLA (Twitter)

iPad-Project since 2011

BLOGS Twitter

wordpress.com tumblr.com

Teacher & student blogs using

wordpress.com

KAS - KeysTeacherblog for music project class

wordpress: http://kaskeys.wordpress.com

Students create Youtube - How to play

„Tour“ Dates

Photos iPad Notes

„Whiteboard“

wordpress.com

Dashboard • general overview • posts • comments • settings • widgets

Themes • free • paid • individual design • text • pictures • mixed

Posts

edit & publish

YouTube Link

Religion „Reli Rookies“: 6th graders

• Teacher is admin and main author • selected students can post as authors • all students can comment

Religion 9th graders

• Teacher is admin • all students blog as

authors • selected students

maintain the site

http://reli9kas.wordpress.com

English 13th graders

• teacher is admin & main author • students can comment

http://kasgke13zn.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/samuel-t-coleridge-cologne/

There’s always an App for that…

blogging on mobile devices

wordpress app on iOSsimple but powerful

dashboard: add pictures & text on the go

Teacher & student blogs using tumblr.com

http://loveblog-kas.tumblr.com

Student tumblr 9th graders

Students:

• take care of everything

• are admin

• create all posts

• reblog pictures & videos

• answer questions & collaborate

cologneonair.tumblr.comtumblr that supports weekly student produced „TV-Series“

via google+ hangout OnAir (11th graders)

html edit

upload or embed videos

main settings

tumblr on mobile devices

APP: !• all blogs in one view • dashboard • statistics • easy to use

engage me with blogging• collaboration: within class, school, international

• communication: with others, worldwide, comment

• creativity: writing skills, video, design, music, pictures

• think (& write) critical: You are a writer & publisher!

• EXTRA: 21th century literacy & creative commons licenses, OER

sharing is caring!creative commons

• remix, create & share

• learn by doing it

• learn about licenses

• find & explore free sources

Teacher & Students create Open Educational Resources!

Be a MAKER not a Taker

von Jonathasmello CC-BY-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Social Media as

PLN and

Microblog

twitter@tastenspieler!

#lrn21 #EDchatDE #OER #ipadED

The community is the curriculum #rhizomatic learning & #collaboration

twitter advent

calendar 5th graders

• @relikidsmas5ab • 1 account for 25 students • peer teams tweeting each day • students know password • how to: described on blog

Blog of the @relikidsmas5ab

• twitter tutorials

• twitter widget and timeline

• pictures, texts, links that can be tweeted

• schedule and teams

Bonus material ;)

„advent calendar“EXTRA: Website via weebly.com that collects best

tweets, pictures, videos for 24 days.

weebly: DashboardHomepage editor: Nice, easy and tons of features

free and online

why twitter?• get connected

• open and fast

• get in touch with peers: School of Open

• get to the point (140 characters)

• use hashtags #howto?

• netiquette

Vine• short video platform (7s) • connected to twitter • only available as App • iOS and Android • can be viewed mobile or on

the web • free app download in the

Appstore or GooglePlay Store

Micro tutorialsTasks:

• peer groups

• create short tutorials to

• given topics

• tweet the links

• collect the links on a wiki page

Features

• concentrate on main facts

• hashtags

• series: part 1, 2, etc.

• motivating

• learning by teaching

Engage students & meet the 21century skills

Through blogging, twitter & vine you will…

• engage students

• enhance collaboration of peers

• foster communication

• strengthen critical thinking

• encourage creativity

Thank you for participating

be inspired and stay connectedfor more infos and all blogs and sites shown: check my wiki @ http://bit.ly/spingblogfest14

Engage student collaboration with Blogs, Twitter & Vine

!

Webinar @ SpringBlogFestival March 14-16, 2014

!

cc-by-sa3.0 André J. Spang, Cologne

!http://about.me/andre.spang