Wikis, Blogs, & Web Publishing

By: Tracy ShawApril 2010

Using Wikis

- A Wiki is a way for users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. School Use: • Great way for students working in groups to contribute

information on one site • Teachers can collaborate with other teachers and share

ideas without having seperate web pages

My Wiki: http://teacherconnection.wikispaces.com/ Negative: Creating a wiki can be very time consuming

RSS ( Real Simple Syndication)

• Subscribe to a web page to read new content as it is made available

• Saves time because the

news comes right to you • Easy to set up

Types of things to Subscribe to:

• wikis• blogs

• podcasts• newsfeeds

My RSS Choice:

• igoogle

Blogs

• A place to express your thoughts, feelings, or ideas in a journal like style

Educational Use:• Great way for kids to share opinions about books• Gives students a way to practice their writing skills without

just a pencil and paper• Encourages sharing and commenting on the opinions of

others

My Blog:

http://tracy0315.blogspot.com/

Other Web Publishing Tools

These are the ones I can't wait to try out in my classroom: • Animoto• Glogster• Xtranormal • Jog the Web

My Glogster Project: http://tmef23.glogster.com/recycle/

My Personal Experience

• I found the wiki page to be the most challenging to work with. I had a difficult time deciding what I wanted to create a page about. I also felt that it took a long time to arrange the page and enter the content.

• I enjoyed playing around with igoogle and think this is

something that I will use everyday. I enjoyed how I could make different tabs for both professional and personal use.

• Glogster is a fantastic way to incorporate technology into the

classroom. I feel students of all ages will enjoy making posters/projects using this tool. Not only is it fun and easy to use, it is an environmental friendly way for students to complete an assignment!

My Personal Experience Continued...

• I LOVE online learning. I enjoy being able to work at my own pace and starting and completing assignments when I am able.

• I found Moodle very easy to use. I really like how organized

everything is. I enjoy checking the forums to see what my other classmates have been working on.