It’s a Wiki Wiki World

Beth Lynne Ritter-Guth

Lehigh Carbon Community College

Tools You Will Use

Wikispaces Creates Wiki Why not Wikipedia?

Blogger/Blogspot Blogging Host Why not Xanga?

Camstudio/Camtasia Bloglines Feedburner Site Meter YouTube Archives.org Flickr Skype Yvew

Creating a Wiki

Tools No Downloads Easy to Update Easy to Navigate Easy Linking Simple Design

Examples: College English UsefulChem Digital Divide

Blogs in Education

Easily Updatable Content RSS Feed (Bloglines) Podcasting Vodcasting Screencasting Homework Announcements

Creating a Blog

www.blogger.com Create Space Add Feedreader, Bloglines, Sitemeter

www.feedburner.com www.bloglines.com www.sitemeter.com

Posts Invite Members

Creating a Blog

Know the Laws DOPA (Deleting Online Predators Act)

Impact: No blogs (social software) in schools PA Department of Education

Schools can not maintain content Schools cannot prevent pornography Schools cannot prevent cyberbullying Schools cannot prevent risks Therefore, schools should not blog

Other Tools

YouTube (video) www.youtube.com

Flickr (pictures) www.flickr.com

Archives.org (hosting) http://www.archive.org/index.php

Skype (free long distance communication) www.skype.com

Vyew www.vyew.com

iTunes

Apple V Windows MP3 and MP4

Podcasting Audio v Podio

Vodcasting Video v Vodio

Susan Moyer Vodcast

http://showme.physics.drexel.edu/share/smoyer.mp4

Podcast Lectures

http://showme.physics.drexel.edu/share/may30p1.mp3

Screencasting (Camtasia)

http://showme.physics.drexel.edu/share/commas.html

Gaming in Education

EduFrag Project – Jean-Claude Bradley UnReal Tournament 2004

Commercial Non-Commercial

Chemistry, English, Physics www.edufrag.wikispaces.com www.edufrag.blogspot.com

Afternoon Sessions

Creating Games using EduFrag Dr. Jean-Claude Bradley LCTI Room

Creating Wikis Marc Bonanni LCTI Room

Blogging and Casting Tools Beth Ritter-Guth LCCC Tech Building Rooms 208-211

Thank You!

Questions?