Blogs Wiki PD session
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(weblogs) & class web sites (wikis) Why? Literacy focus Encourage reading, discussion, reflective thinking Improve writing quality (authentic audience, peer feedback) Connect with ideas expressed in other students’ writing Promote “ethical publishing” (“netiquette”) Students can work at own pace, from school or home Usability - Easy as MS Word - little technical knowledge needed Students can subscribe to sites using built-in RSS feed Engage through use of multimedia (suit range of learning styles) Marks stored on Moodle
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- 1. Online journals (weblogs) & class web sites (wikis)
- Why? Literacy focus
- Encourage reading, discussion, reflective thinking
- Improve writing quality (authentic audience, peer feedback)
- Connect with ideas expressed in other students writing
- Promote ethical publishing (netiquette)
- Students can work at own pace, from school or home
- Usability - Easy as MS Word - little technical knowledge needed
- Students can subscribe to sites using built-in RSS feed
- Engage through use of multimedia (suit range of learning styles)
- Marks stored on Moodle
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- Online journals (blogs): * Individual writing journal * Whole class journal * Post prep tasks * Assignment submission * Exam/assessment resourc e
- Group Website (wiki): * Online textbook * Course materials/assessment * Lesson summaries * Collaborative notes * Research projects * Group editing enables projects with other schools, eg. 1001 Tales w/China& Serbia * Parents can see students work
- 3. Links
- Free web-based wikis without advertising
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- Wikispaces: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers
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- Free web-based blogs for education (Australian company)
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- Edublogs: http://edublogs.org
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