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Wikis and blogs can be an environment without walls. Presented by Jacqui Sharp. Expensive software. Difficult to use. Part of Google Apps for Education. Stored on servers at a Remote location. Diary. Posts. Linear. P rocess of thinking in words Critical and analytical thinking - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Wikis and blogs can be an environment without wallsPresented by Jacqui Sharp
Expensive software
Difficult to use
Part of Google Apps for Education
Stored on servers at a Remote location
Linear
Diary
CommentsLots of themes
Best for showcasing events as they happen
WYSIWYG
Multiple Editors
Process of thinking in wordsCritical and analytical thinkingCreative and intuitive
Posts
Comments
WYSIWYG
Multiple Editors
Multi Pages
Organised
A Web site developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content. Google Web Definition
http://nzslkids.wikispaces.com
http://ilovenzsl.wikispaces.com/Home
Comments
WYSIWYG
Multiple Editors
Multi Pages
Organised
If you have a Gmail account, you can make a Google Site
Easy to edit
Reflect on own
teaching experience
Share ideas for activities
or games
Explore important
teaching and learning issues
Explain teaching insights
Professional Blogs
Communicate with parents
Daily/weekly photos
Class Trips
Provide examples of class work
Class Diary
Class newsletter
Document special events
Classroom Blogs
Junior Blogs
http://room5waiuku2012.blogspot.co.nz/
http://pointviewschoolroom3.blogspot.co.nz/
What you will see on these blogs• Dance videos• Trips• Father’s Day presentations• Reviews of other class presentations• Work done with iPads• What we have learnt from our topic• Celebrating special days• Report on Skyping our buddies
Senior BlogsWhat you will see on these blogs• Students writing turned into web2.0
presentations• Students asking questions• Students commenting on others work• Home learning quizzes
http://mrsmacscyberkids.blogspot.co.nz/2012/09/guess-storybird.html
http://theclasswithoutwalls.blogspot.co.nz/
Student BlogsWhat you will see on this blog• A student who enjoys writing• A student taking pride in their
presentation• Her own thoughts, wonderings and
opinions
http://tarasnotebooks.blogspot.co.nz/
Principal BlogsWhat you will see on this blog• Vision and philosophy of the school• Twitter updates• Discussion about student lead
conferences• 21st century learning at this school
http://sandyjelearningblog.blogspot.co.nz/
School Blogs
http://hingaiapeninsulaschool.blogspot.co.nz/
What you will see on this blog• The journey of a new school being
built from the ground up• Weekly updates of what has been
happening in the school• Celebrations• Open, translucent communication
with parents
Communicate with parents
Post assignments
Link to activities or
games
Class newsletter
Link to internet
resources
Provide examples of class
work
Classroom Wikis
Junior Wikis
http://1forfun.wikispaces.com/home
What you will see on this wiki• Parents calendar• Website game links to
• Letters• Reading• Numeracy
• Photos• Study Ladder• Songs• Homework• Topic Links
Senior WikisWhat you will see on this wiki• Links to other wikis
• Cybersafety• Literacy• Numeracy• Topics
• Learning Tools• Calendar• Timetable• Tutorials
http://theclasswithoutwalls.wikispaces.com/home
Class SitesWhat you will see on this site• WALTS• Learning goals• Resources to support
learning• Audio clips of their music• Movies they have made
of their learning• Calendars• Timetables• Links to other blogs and
sites in the school.
https://sites.google.com/a/hp.school.nz/studio3/
Teacher Wikis
http://rachelboyd.wikispaces.com/home
What you will see on this wiki• Presentations• Resources• Tutorials• Keynotes
From this
To this
Admin Wikis
http://schooladminwiki.wikispaces.com/Home
As a society we are becoming more paperless and translucent through social networking and cloud based
computing, which is resulting in the move to our learners working in
classrooms without walls.
So what does this mean for your learners?
Wikis and Blogs can be an environment without walls
Traditionally, if you wanted to create a website with your own information on it, you would have to pay somebody to do it or buy very expensive software and then learn how to create it yourself or learn HTML programming language. The first two options being very costly ventures, the third very costly time wise. Nowadays you can do it for free and with basic WordProcessing knowledge anybody can put together their own website very quickly. Plus it is online and accessible by anyone, anywhere, anytime. Because of this freedom websites are being developed for all sorts of reasons.
In education, teachers are creating websites to hold their teaching resources (i.e. visual aids explaining learning strategies) and point students to learning sites that are suitable for their needs. In administration, websites are being created for collaborative, communication purposes to reach across all staff and/or to provide information for outside viewers. Students are able to revisit their learning in their own time, using their own devices and do not have to be in the classroom to access their teachers resources. In administration, paper trails are now stored all in one place, able to be accessed for viewing, editing, commenting by all at any time, on any device and anywhere.
ReferencesJacqui Sharp ‘Where to start with Wikis and Blogs’ http://wheretostartwithwikisandblogs.wikispaces.com/
Jacqui Sharp ‘Cool schools wikis and blogs’ http://coolschoolwikisandblogs.wikispaces.com/
http://educationtechnologysolutions.com.au/2012/08/14/how-wikis-can-help-schools-organise-their-content/