PRESENTED BY: MODEANE WALKER PH.D.
BLOGS VS. WIKIS
BLOGS VS. WIKIS
If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow. -John Dewey
BLOGS VS. WIKIS
BLOGS VS. WIKIS
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 http://appl003.lsu.edu/slas/registrar.nsf/$Cont ent/Tutorial+for+Faculty+and+Staff?OpenDocu ment
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The principle goal of education is to create men and woman who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done. -Jean Piaget
BLOGS VS. WIKIS
BLOGS VS. WIKIS
BLOGS VS. WIKIS
BLOGS VS. WIKIS
BLOGS VS. WIKIS
BLOGS VS. WIKIS
BLOGS VS. WIKIS
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Expectations Graded, rubric, optional tool, assessment
Writing style Formal, informal
Requirements Mandatory comments twice a week
Initial reactions, comment after Start Beginning of semester, before final, after midterm
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This is not… MySpace, Facebook
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Ads Trade-off for being free
Here today, gone tomorrow Make sure there is a export option
Free one moment, fee the next Find educational accounts (sometimes free upgrade on storage or full-service)
Search and crawl Accessed through web search engines Controversial topics, maybe not?
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Interactive comment session Instructor posts initial comment, article, narrative, etc. Students posts comments o Reaction comments, number of comments
Post hot-, trending, controversial topic, case study Moderate, moderate, moderate
Each one, teach one Reverse Blog your experience with teaching, in general
Study tools Question blog, quiz hints, mid-term/final exam
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Join forces Connect with a colleague at another university and collaborate between classes Design (web, interior, art) o Post a piece of work and have students critique
State your case‌the great debate! Make a statement without supporting information o Allow students to support or refute but they MUST include references
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Syllabus Convert assigned readings into active links
Vocabulary Story Great for foreign language
A-Z Everything related to your discipline
Brainstorm Great for group projects!
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http://edublogs.org/
https://www.blogger.com/start http://home.spaces.live.com/
http://www.weebly.com/ http://www.typepad.com/
http://www.tumblr.com/ http://wordpress.com/
https://posterous.com/
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https://plans.pbworks.com/signup/edubasic20
http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/
http://www.wikispaces.com/
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The need to know the capital of Florida died when my phone learned the answer. Rather, the students of tomorrow need to be able to think creatively: they will need to learn on their own, adapt to new challenges and innovate on-the-fly. -Anthony Chivetta High school student in Missouri
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Teach the process of writing and thinking Writing is collaborative Wikis provide proof of participation through tracking Effective integration = YOU
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All students know technology I’m the first Wiki = engagement
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Blogs in Plain English http://youtu.be/NN2I1pWXjXI
Wikis in Plain English http://youtu.be/-dnL00TdmLY
Learning Styles Don’t Exist http://edupln.ning.com/video/video/show?id=4241570%3 AVideo%3A22752
David Wiley: Open Teaching Multiplies the Benefit but Not the Effort http://chronicle.com/blogPost/David-Wiley-OpenTeaching/7271
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Group Chemistry http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/10/02/chemist ry
To blog, or not to blog (in the classroom) http://edublognology.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/toblog-or-not-to-blog-in-the-classroom/
Blog Basics http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/blog/blogbasics.cfm
Step by step: Opening doors to a class blog http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/blog/openingdoorsbl og.cfm
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