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Wikis, and Blogs

Andrea Tamarazio

Erie 1 BOCES

[email protected]

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What is a

• THE CONTENT AND PURPOSES OF BLOGS VARIES GREATLY — FROM LINKS AND COMMENTARY ABOUT OTHER WEB SITES, TO NEWS ABOUT A COMPANY/PERSON/IDEA, TO DIARIES, PHOTOS, POETRY, MINI-ESSAYS, PROJECT UPDATES, EVEN FICTION.

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Wikipedia’s Definition

• A BLOG IS A WEB PAGE MADE UP OF USUALLY SHORT, FREQUENTLY UPDATED POSTS THAT ARE ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY.

Common Craft Video

What is a Blog?

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• More information on blogs vs. forums.

• This site organizes the similarities and differences between the two topics and also gives definitions for terms that are used.

Blogs vs. Forums What are the differences?

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Blogs vs. ForumsWhat are the differences?

This is a FORUM

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Blogs vs. ForumsWhat are the differences?

This is a BLOG

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Blogging Examples• 2ND Grade Class Weblog

• Mrs. Rikard’s 3rd Grade Blog Site

• Young Adult Novels Blog

• Teaching History Matters

• 5th Grade Math Blog

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CLASSBLOGMEISTER.COM

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Things to Think About

• How much personal information will you put up about each student?

• How will you assess your student’s blogs? Will you assess their Blogs?

• Where will the Blog be done; at home, school, or both?

• What does the ability to post a comment do for a classroom?

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Blogging Websites• Wordpress – get a free blog here

• EduBlog – educational blogging service

• KidBlog – Safe and Simple blogs for your students

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Wikis vs. Blogs

• A wiki can be a blog,

but …

a blog can’t be a wiki!

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Wikis in Education

Andrea Tamarazio

Erie 1 BOCES

[email protected]

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Wikis created for WNYRIC CSLO/Model Schools

• Erie 1 Online Wiki• Users can add/edit pages for

CSLO/Model Schools, including instructional resources, technology tool help, and lesson ideas – Wikis in Education Article.

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What is a wiki?• The term "wiki" comes from a Hawaiian word meaning "quick." • A wiki is an online resource that is easily editable by any user

from any Internet browser. • Wikis allow for cross-referencing outside links or other pages

in the same wiki. • Anyone can edit anyone else's work in a wiki. • Wikis can be reverted back to previous edits. • Wikis were created by Ward Cunningham for the

Portland Pattern Repository in 1995. • Web-based wikis can be created with free server-based

software such as MediaWiki.Wikis in Plain English

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Walk Through Wikis – Step by Step

• TeacherFirst: Wiki Walk-Through - http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/ • This resource includes basic information about

wikis, as well as curriculum integration ideas. Implementation issues are also addressed.

• Wikispaces - Educational Wikis - http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/

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Free Wiki Hosting• Wikispaces (recommended) - http://www.wikispaces.com/

• Free Wikis for Teachers and Schools – full privileges (premium - no advertisements, secure)

• pbwiki (recommended) - http://pbworks.com/ • Example: http://mrlindsay.pbwiki.com/

• Zoho Wiki - http://wiki.zoho.com

• Wetpaint - http://www.wetpaint.com/

• BluWiki - http://www.bluwiki.org/go/Main_Page

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Types of Wikis – Examples of Each

• Encyclopedias• Online Text Books• Online Dictionaries• How-To Guides• Best Practice Resources• Online Libraries• News Wikis• Fan Wikis• Other Wikis

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Encyclopedias

• Example: Wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org

• Beta: Citizendium - http://www.citizendium.org/

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Online Text Books

• Wikibooks - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page

• Wikiversity - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikiversity

• Wikijunior - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior

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Online Dictionaries

• Example: Wiktionary - http://www.wiktionary.org

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How-to Guides

•  Wikihow - http://wiki.ehow.com/Main-Page

• Wikibooks - Garage Band Quick Tutorial - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Garageband_Quick_Tutorial 

• University of Calgary – Podcasting - http://wiki.ucalgary.ca/page/Podcasting

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Best Practice Resources• Curriki - http://www.curriki.org/ • Library Success -

http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page• Blended Learning in K-12 -

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blended_Learning_in_K-12/Introduction

• Monroe 1 Model Schools Wiki - http://wiki.monroe.edu/

• Sweet Home Admin Wiki - http://sweethomeadminwiki.pbwiki.com/FrontPage

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Online Libraries• Example: Wikisource -

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page:English 

• Video Library - http://www.vidipedia.org/Main_Page

• Music Example: Choral Public Domain Library - http://cpdl.org

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News Wikis

• Example: Wikinews - http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page

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Other Wikis• Qwika (wiki search engine) -

http://www.qwika.com/ • Wikiquote -

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page   • Arbor Heights Elementary School Wiki -

http://arborheights.wikispaces.com/ • Teen Poetry Wiki -

http://www.ipl.org/div/teenpoet/ • Science Wiki -

http://monicabd.wikispaces.com/

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Wiki Lesson Ideas and Curriculum Integration ENGLISH:

Book reviews and comments Socratic SeminarsLiterature Circles Free writing Writing samples Bibliography Revisions Collaborative writing• Example: High School Online Collaborative Writing -

http://schools.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

• Example: Teen Poetry Wiki - http://www.ipl.org/div/teenpoet/ Create and post a story or book idea and have feedback and

changes made for creative writing class Essential questions or chapter questions for a novel Vocabulary activity Current events news Updated information for subjects

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Wiki Lesson Ideas and Curriculum Integration - Continued

SOCIAL STUDIES: Socratic SeminarsDebatesCurrent events newsResearch – Example: Studying Societies at JHK - http://studyingsocietiesatjhk.pbwiki.com/

  SCIENCE: Species research Class review

  ELEMENTARY: Wikijunior/Wikibooks - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior Wikispaces – Another 250,000 Wikis in the Classroom Project - http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K

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More wiki hosting ….

• Compare the wiki hosts of your choice with WikiMatrix:

http://www.wikimatrix.org/index.php

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Wiki Information• Wikis in Online Education -

http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/Wikis_in_Online_Education

• Wired, March 2005: The Book Stops Here - http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/wiki.html

• Marc Bilodeau: Wiki, an Overview - http://www.marcbilodeau.com/research/it/wiki.pdf 

• For Teachers New to Wikis - http://writingwiki.org/default.aspx/WritingWiki/For%20Teachers%20New%20to%20Wikis.html

• eSchool News Online, January 25, 2006 - http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=6069 

• Weblogg-ed Links: Wikis - http://webloggedlinks.pbwiki.com/Wikis

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Issues with Wikis • Andy Carvin Presentation – Wiki Revolution

• Internet encyclopedias go head to head - Wikipedia comes close to Britannica in terms of the accuracy of its science entries, a Nature investigation finds.

• Wikipedia: External peer review

• Wikipedia and Britannica  - The Kid’s All Right (And So’s the Old Man)

• eSchoolNews on Citizendium - 2/22/07

• Where Flattery, Insult Lives Side by Side (Buffalo News, 3/12/2006) – access through Infotrac (New York State Newspapers) on WNYRIC School Library System Catalog or by NYS library card

• The Latest on Virginia Tech, From Wikipedia (New York Times, 4/23/2007) - access through Infotrac (New York State Newspapers) on WNYRIC School Library System Catalog or by NYS library card

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Contact Information

Andrea [email protected]