Blogs, slideshare and wiki’s

Blogs, slideshare and wikis

What on earth are they and how they can raise pupil engagement and achievement?

Blogs, slideshare and wiki’s

Key principles

• Easy to use, Simple• My favourite price (free)• Doesn't take up a lot of time• Effective

Blogs, slideshare and wiki’s

What are they?

www.blogger.com

www.slideshare.net

Blogs, slideshare and wiki’s

Create entries that the whole world

can read

Readers can interact with

what you write by leaving

comments

Provide links to help and content

Blogs, slideshare and wiki’s

Task set by teacher online.

Pupils respond in the lesson

Blogs, slideshare and wiki’s

Pupils upload their PowerPoint

presentations to slideshare. Visible to

the world.

Blogs, slideshare and wiki’s

www.slideshare.net

Upload PowerPoint presentations. Pupils and teacher can see

and comment on shows. AfL

Blogs, slideshare and wiki’s

www.4shared.com

A virtual hard drive. Teacher can upload

documents for students to download

Blogs, slideshare and wiki’s

Other ideas

Used for:

• Coursework support• Revision• Providing extension work for more able students• Leaving cover work• Rants• CPD opportunities, especially with ICT

Blogs, slideshare and wiki’s

Blogs, slideshare and wiki’s

• Visit set up blog – leave a comment use blogger to create own account if enough time.

http://blogsatpriory.blogspot.com/

Click on the comments text

to leave a comment.

Could you use these ideas?What could you use these ideas for?What further training would be useful?

Blogs, slideshare and wiki’s

Blogs, slideshare and wiki’s

What next?

• Talk and think about whether you could use this technology – have a plan of action before starting

• Get online and play around with the technology

• Let me know if I can help you or your department further

Blogs, slideshare and wiki’s

• A copy of this presentation will be made available at:

• http://daviderogers.blogpsot.com • Lego blogger picture from Flickr user

minifig.