Using Web 2.0:Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts

College KLA MeetingThursday 21st May

2009

In their own words:

About Us

We are students: the ones who come to school every day, raise our hands with safe questions, and keep our heads down. Except, now we have a voice—a strong voice—to share our ideas through a global network.

http://students2oh.org/

DEFINITION – WEB 2.0

Second-generation web where content and applications are created, collaborated on and shared by the web community

A WORD OF ADVICE…

“Web 2.0 are tools, and should be used as just that. I don’t think that it is intended to be challenging. If I were you, I would pick and choose what you like and leave the rest of them behind. I would not fret as much on the ones that don’t work for you.”

http://students2oh.org/

DEFINITION - BLOGS

(“web logs”)

Online journals which are continually updated. Blogs combine text, images, links to other blogs and web pages.

Allow instant publishing

Create a space for dialogue between writer and audience

IN PLAIN ENGLISH

Go to my Vodpod site to watch a great clip called “Blogs in Plain English”, downloaded from Teacher Tube.

Click here:

Robyn Lynch's VideosIf you want more information about getting

a Vodpod site for yourself, drop me an email.

BLOGS – WHAT FOR?

Writing and publishing workSharing reflections on learningOnline discussions and debatingSharing resources Organising group workCommunicating with students – eg posting

assignments and instructionsThese work for teachers/faculties too

SOME EXAMPLES

Callaghan College Transition Blog Boys blogging books TechnoLOTE the Journal of Harriet Tubman – History project 9th Grade English A teacher’s adventures in cyberspace Goodnight Mister Tom – novel study The FlatPlanetProject – online collaboration project across continents Yr 7 Math Collaboration Nation - Social Studies 5th Grade classroom blog Computer Literacy class Reading program blog Yr 11 and 12 Maths Mullumbimby Writers

AND SOME MORE…

U.S. History class – witten by the students Art on the move Urban Music – middle school music class Electronic pencil - 6th grade writing Art Happenings Social Sciences 8th Grade English – student blogs Year 10 English Year 7 Math Booktalk Guerilla Season – a novel study Maths videos online

WHERE CAN I GET ONE?

http://edublogs.org/

http://globalteacher.org.au/wp-signup.php?new=

https://www.blogger.com/start

WHY GLOBALTEACHER?

An Australian campus of Edublog Unlike Blogger, WordPress and other blogging services Global

Teacher provides a managed environment and promotes safe cyber practices.

Teacher Blogs, Student Blogs and Classroom Blogs Lots of support

HOW DO I GET ONE?

1. Go to Global Teacher (note the address - .org)

2. Click here OR

3. Scroll down the page till you get to Admin, then click on Teacher Blogs.

4. Follow the instructions

HERE’S HOW TO SIGN UP:

LIMIT THE ACCESS

ACTIVATE – CHECK YOUR EMAIL

Click on the link in your email to activate your blogLog in using your username and passwordStart blogging

YOUR NEW BLOG

Log in here to edit and customise your blog

THE DASHBOARD – where you do stuff

Add content here

Tools

EXPLORING THE DASHBOARD

http://transition.globalteacher.org.au/

VIDEO TUTORIAL

http://edublogs.org/videos/

HOW DO I GET RID OF IT?

DEFINITIONS - WIKIS

Collaborative website and authoring that allows users to easily add, remove and edit content

IN PLAIN ENGLISH

Go to my Vodpod site to watch a great clip called “Wikis in Plain English”, downloaded from Teacher Tube.

Click here:

Robyn Lynch's VideosIf you want more information about getting

a Vodpod site for yourself, drop me an email.

WIKIS – WHAT FOR?

Creating simple websites with only basic ICT skills

Students can write, revise and submit tasks in response to feedback

Collaborating – group assignments, tasks Sharing resources that everyone can access

and build on Recording and sharing responses, information,

experiences, ideas These work for teachers/faculties too.

SOME EXAMPLES:

Adams News Ah - Bon - French http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/

Examples+of+educational+wikis Bookleads Booktalking with you 5th Grade Class Wiki Westwood Schools – computer technologies Media Class Wiki Digital Literacy

AND SOME MORE…

Callaghan College KLA meetings – a wiki I set up to show how wikis might be used to organise an event.

Ken Steneck's Science class The Scientific Shamrock Year 7 ICT Year 8 History CO-Connections – an elementary school – worth

a look Mrs McDaid's Science class 5th Grade - Written communication

WHERE CAN I GET ONE?

http://www.wetpaint.com/

http://www.wikispaces.com/

HOW DO I GET ONE?

1. Go to http://www.wetpaint.com/

2. Follow the instructions

3. That’s it

George Bush

discovers Wikipedia

HERE’S HOW:

Check out the “In Plain English” clip

LIMIT THE ACCESS

Selecting this option limits who can edit – a DET requirement

Select a style, thenINVITE YOUR COLLABORATORS

CHECK OUT THE HELP:

Click here to remove ads – education sites qualify

HOW DO I GET RID OF IT?

Scroll to the bottom of your Wetpaint pageClick on Contact WetpaintSend an email - include your site URL,

name and the email address associated to your account.

SOME TUTORIALS…

Do a search on TeacherTuber or YouTube for “Wiki tutorials” or “Blog” tutorials – this will return plenty of video clips.

Try also: Teachers First Wiki Walk-Through Help Teachers Cap Chatter Wikispace

WHAT CAN I INCLUDE ON MY BLOG/WIKI? voki characters animoto video shows podcasts stored in podomatic or Gcast presentations created in voicethread presentations uploaded to slideshare videos from TeacherTube an animation from fodey word clouds from wordle a clustr map to find out where all their visitors come from screen captures of websites from jing project (download

the program for free) poetry created at pic lits

HERE’S SOME MORE:

Images with speech bubbles Cartoons and animations created with goanimate Timetoast timelines Scrapblog multimedia scrapbook pages Photo montages with text from tabblo Videos from teachertube Comic strips and storyboards created with pixton Add an oline test from EasyTestmaker Add a Quizmaker quiz

ONLINE COLLABORATION PROJECTS

These sites will link you up with classrooms around the world. You and your students can collaborate on a project with all sorts of interesting people. Global Gateway ePals OzProjects iEARN Collaboration Project Global School

DEFINITION - PODCASTS

Digital audio or video files that is distributed through the internet for playback on a mobile device or personal computer (from the words “iPod” and “broadcast”).

IN PLAIN ENGLISH

Go to my Vodpod site to watch a great clip called “Podcasting in Plain English”, downloaded from Teacher Tube. There is also a clip called “Podcasts in 5 east steps” you may want to watch.

Click here:

Robyn Lynch's Videos If you want more information about getting a

Vodpod site for yourself, drop me an email.

PODCASTS – WHAT FOR?

Sharing reflections on learningSharing resources Sharing resources that everyone can

access Recording and sharing responses,

information, experiences, ideasThese work for teachers/faculties too.

WHERE DO I GET THEM?

Podcasts in the ClassroomEducation podcastsLearning in Hand

WHERE CAN I GET THE TOOLS?JuiceHow to PodcastOther Podcasting Tools and Tutorials

I’M READY FOR THE NEXT STEP…

Try these sites for ideas: Cool tools for schools Web 2.0 Teaching Tools go2web2 Education 2.0 Glogster- create online posters Scholastic's Class Homepage Builder – 3 easy steps Classtools- free, customisable flash templates to

embed into blogs, wikis and websites

A final comment from the blog of

We are the new horizon. We are the future of education. We are Students 2.0.

- http://students2oh.org/