Wikis, Blogs & Noodles

The latest world of the webTerry Fogarty

“Weaving the web”

• Tim Berners-Lee• Invented WWW

BERNNERS-LEE’S VISION “The WWW as the way collaborative work groups interact”

“Sit in front of a web browser (Internet Explorer) and simply edit the content of a web page, online, in real time”

Wiki

• Berners-Lee’s dream in action• In schools:

– Used by teachers to create Noodles– Used by students for collaborative problem

solving

EDIT a Wiki in real time

Benefits of Wiki technology

• Very, very easy to use• Available anywhere (browser based)

– Develop at home– View at school or from the library

Blog

• Online journal• Latest entry appears at the top• You publish, other folk can read and

leave comments• Or, you could create an Online Forum for

groups of like-minded people

Blog Example

Wiki & Blogs for students

• Use for group activity• Get students to create a personal space

where they use the Discussion Board for the activity journal (blog)

Noodle

• Class/Course website• Publish information for students• Contains school Intellectual Property

(needs to be secure)• Best place to publish – on the school

Intranet with Extranet access for teachers, students and parents

• WATCH THIS SPACE – IT’S COMING!!

Current Noodle Options

• Intranet– MS File System, or – HTML web pages

• Extranet– School server-based Wiki, or– MS File System, or– HTML web pages

• Secured on Internet– Hosted Wiki (Wikispaces.com)– pages.google.com (HTML generated)

Noodle on Intranet

• MS File System

• No wiki at this stage (under investigation)

Beyond Noodles

• Noodles– Learning Content System– Minimal student administration required

• Moodle– Learning Management System

• LAMS– Learning Activity Management System

• Open source HTML-based, integrated Learning Management System developed by classroom teachers

• Require student administration by teachers

• Variety of browser-based learning activities (similar to Noodles)

• Suited to more experienced ICT users

• Open source, HTML-based, fully integrated Learning Activity Management System

• Developed by University academics

• Requires extensive student administration by the teacher

• Has been integrated with Moodle• Main difference is that LAMS

provides for the active observation and management of learning sequences for individual and groups of learners

• Suited to ICT experienced, always-online teachers

Monitor Student Progress

Collaborative Problem SolvingDevelopment Geography –

Rwanda• Year 9 Geography Elective

Students learn to: • profile a country using qualitative and quantitative data• Identify causes of inequalities

• TPHS Prefects CharityStudents learn to: Investigate initiatives and how to contribute to the quality of life of the people

Teacher: Mr Martin OrrockICT: Mr Terry Fogarty

Mindtools

• Free Mindtools used in this MM production included:– Wikispaces wiki-engine (www.wikispaces.com)

– Audacity for sound editing (audacity.sourceforge.net)

– ScreenPrint32 for image capture/editing (provtech.co.uk/software/screenprint32.asp)

– MS Office ClipArt online for animations (office.microsoft.com/clipart)

Some web links

• http://pdict.wikispaces.com/• https://ICTClearingHouse.wikispaces.co

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