1.WIKIS, BLOGS AND PODCASTS IN CLASS Megan Poore

2. GUIDING QUESTION How can we engage with students learning more meaningfully and personally that is, in ways that hook into theireveryday experiencesand that build on theircurrent knowledgeusing technology? 3.

Web 2.0

2. Blogs, podcasts, wikis

• Overview

• Examples

• Benefits

• Uses

• Considerations

• Resources

COVERAGE 4.

Web 2.0 is not a software package

It is theread-write web

WEB 2.0 5. OReilly (2005: online) WEB 2.0 WEB 1.0 WEB 2.0 Ofoto Flickr Mp3.com Napster Britannica Online Wikipedia Personal websites Blogging Publishing Participation Content mgt systs. Wikis Directories (taxonomy) Tagging (folksonomy) Stickiness Syndication Software as package Software as service 6.

Social networking

Wikis

MySpace, Facebook

Blogs

Podcasting

Tagging, RSS

WEB 2.0 7. BLOGGING 8.

Website

Can be personal orprofessional

Single or multipleauthors

Newest materialshown at the top

WHAT IS A BLOG? 9.

Canincludelinks, photos, video, audio, graphics

Posts aretagged

Posts arearchived

Readers can makecomments

WHAT IS A BLOG? 10. BLOGGING EXAMPLES http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=31112 http://classblogmeister.com/blog http://mrdarnell.edublogs.org/ Mr. Darnells English Class 11. Extreme Biology BLOGGING EXAMPLES http://www.missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/ http://psstudenttalk.wordpress.com/ Mr Voigts StudentDiscussion Board 12.

Connectionwith others

Engage thecommunity

BLOGGING BENEFITS:CONNECTION 13.

Audience

Createconnections

Developinglinks/networkswith others

Readersin the wider world

BLOGGING BENEFITS:NETWORKS 14. Richardson (2006: 40-2)

Providetipsfor other teachers

Reflect onpractice

Shareideas

Explore important issues in theprofession

BLOGGING BY ANDFOR TEACHERS 15. Possible topics/uses BLOGGING BY ANDFOR TEACHERS Professional issues Resource sharing DiscoveriesPedagogy Classroom issues Curriculum Reflections on practice Educational policy Tips and tools School issues Networking Community announcements 16.

Communicate latestinfo

Portalfor whats available

Addlinks

Provideadvice

Point toassignment info

Communicate withparents

BLOGGINGFOR STUDENTS 17. Richardson (2006: 40-2) and UHCL (n.d.:online)

Postclass-relatedinfo

Instructionaltips

Assignmentreview

Assignmentsubmission

Post prompts forreflectionon class topics

BLOGGINGFOR STUDENTS 18.

Comment onnewsitems

Comment oncurrent issues

Discuss thelearning journey

Discussworkshopactivities

Writing journals

E-portfolios

Richardson (2006: 40-2) and UHCL (n.d.:online)BLOGGING BYSTUDENTS: IDEAS 19.

Blogs forindividualstudents

Blogs forgroupsof students

But ... What are youraims ?

BLOGGING BYSTUDENTS: IDEAS 20.

Beclearabout why you will use a blog over other things

Use blogs for what they are good for

Useprovenblogging tools

Blogging is not for everyone

Farmer 2005: online BLOGGINGCONSIDERATIONS 21.

Audience

Publicdomain?

Creative Commons

Freedom ofexpression

Defamation,libel

BLOGGINGCONSIDERATIONS 22.

Privacy , access,security

Safeinternet use and behaviour

Protectyour real name, e-mail account, personal info

BLOGGINGCONSIDERATIONS 23.

Institutional policy &guidelines

Safelearning environment

BLOGGINGCONSIDERATIONS 24. BLOGGINGRESOURCES https://www.blogger.com/start http://wordpress.com/ http://meganpooredemonstration.wordpress.com/ Username: meganpooredemonstration Password: meggelina 25. http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/blog/blogbasics.cfm http://edublogs.org/ http://meganpooredemonstration.wordpress.com/ TF BLOGGINGRESOURCES 26. PODCASTING 27.

Audioavailable on the internet

NOT just downloads or streams

You cansubscribeto a podcast

WHAT ISPODCASTING? 28. PODCASTINGEXAMPLES http://sloanspace.blogspot.com/2006/08/podcast-examples.html http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/index.html Radio For Kids, By Kids 29.

Itsnarrowcasting

Audience reach

No time limitfor episodes

You caneditstuff

Link to blogs

PODCASTING BENEFITS:GENERAL 30.

Reachinto the community

Vision-impaired

Inclusive

Flexible

Listen again

Humanelement of voice

Personalcommunication

PODCASTING BENEFITS: FOR LISTENERS 31.

Listen to a few different podcasts before you start

Keep itshort

Determine youraudience

Make sure you havefresh content

Equipment ??

PODCASTINGCONSIDERATIONS 32.

Watch out for

• Keeping up themomentum

• Timespent on podcasting

• File size

• Release andindemnity

• Podsafemusic

• Qualityaudio

PODCASTINGCONSIDERATIONS 33. PODCASTINGRESOURCES http://odeo.com/ http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ http://www.meganpoore.com/ http://www.webmonkey.com/webmonkey/multimedia/audio_mp3/ 34. http://learninginhand.com/podcasting/index.html learning in hand http://www.poducateme.com/guide/ PODCASTINGRESOURCES 35. WIKIING 36.

A website that allows you tocreate and editweb pages

Allows users tocollaborateon a single page

WHAT IS A WIKI? 37. WIKI EXAMPLES http://acrospire.pbwiki.com/ http://meganpoore.pbwiki.com/ Math 12V Outcomes Portfolio 38. http://goapes.wikispaces.com/ WIKI EXAMPLES http://welkerswikinomics.wetpaint.com/?t=anon http://salutetoseuss.wikispaces.com/ 39.

Easyself-publication

Encourages collaboration andteamwork

Easy set-up and management

Easysharingof info

Facilitatescommunication

WIKI BENEFITS:FOR HUMANS Wet Paint (2007: online) 40.

Easyto use

Centrallocation for document building anddrafting

Document/contentmanagement

Versioncontrol

You will getnotificationsof changes made

WIKI BENEFITS:ADMIN Wet Paint (2007: online) 41.

Resource/researchcollections

Sharing ofinfo

Groupprojects

Posting class/courseguides

WIKIING:IDEAS Wet Paint (2007: online) 42.

Peer review

Group FAQ

Brainstorming

FAQs

Wet Paint (2007: online)WIKIING:IDEAS 43.

Wiki users should have a clearcommon goal

Wikis can build up areas ofredundancy

Trustis all

Need astrong wiki community

Must be valuable on apersonallevel

WIKIINGCONSIDERATIONS Davies(n.d.) 44.

Issues overprovenance

Lack of collaboration andcollegiality

Some can get concerned over whoownswhat ideas

WIKIINGCONSIDERATIONS 45.

Start pages for different topics

e.g., assignment info

Aims and objectives

Instructions

Due date/submission info

Advice, links

Resources

WIKIINGFOR TEACHERS 46. WIKIINGRESOURCES http://www.wetpaint.com/ http://www.jot.com/ http://pbwiki.com/ 47. McGee and Diaz (2007: 38-40) SELECTINGTECHNOLOGY

Know yourorganisation s needs and external image

Know yourstudents

Know yourchallenges

48. McGee and Diaz (2007: 38-40)

Supportwhat you implement

Tech is a means to an end

SELECTINGTECHNOLOGY 49.

Choose a web tool

Write anoutline . Consider

• Audience/studentneeds

• Aims/concept /outcomes

• How you wouldconstructa

• • Workshop? Unit? Individual program?

• Challenges

EXERCISE 50. Davies, Jonathan. n.d. Wiki Brainstorming and Problems with Wiki Based Collaboration. Unpublished Masters thesis, University of York, 2004. Farmer, James. 2005. How you should use blogs in education.http://blogsavvy.net/how-you-should-use-blogs-in-educationAccessed: 2 December 2007. McGee, Patricia A. and Veronica Diaz. 2007. Wikis and Podcasts and Blogs! Oh, My! What is a Faculty Member Supposed to Do? inEDUCAUSE Review , 42 (5): 2841.Richardson, Will. 2006.Blogs, Wiki, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms .Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin Press. Teaching Today. n.d. Blog Basics.http://teachingtoday.glencoe.com/howtoarticles/blog-basicsAccessed: 2 December 2007. REFERENCES 51. UHCL. n.d.Blogs in Education . University of Houston Clear Lake. Accessed 17 Jan 2008. Wet Paint. 2007. Wikis in the Classroom.http://www.wetpaint.com/category/Education--Wikis-In-The-ClassroomAccessed: 2 December 2007. REFERENCES 52. www.meganpoore.com MORE INFO 53. LICENCE