Wild West Wiki L & L Schedule

Wild West Wiki & Blog Lunch and Learn Schedule

Day 1:
Show Nixon vs. Kennedy Debate video as teachers get their lunch.
What is a blog? (show an example)

What is a wiki? (show and example)

What is the difference?

What is the purpose of using blogs and Wikis with students?
How can I use this in my teaching?

Accept invitation, if you haven’t already.

Post a comment to this blog answering the question: What ideas do you have?

Day 2:
Show How To Create a Blog on Bloger video as teachers get their lunches.
Explaine the resources found on the sidebar of our Wild West blog
Hina Patel will showcase her __________
Karen Malinowski will showcase her __________________
Questions for our presenters?
Post comments on blog.

Day 3:
Video on how to create a Wiki while teachers are getting their lunch.
Mr. Orna will showcase his Ning
Ms. G. Stavroulias will showcase her Feeders are Readers _________.
Ms Browne or Ms. Monegato or Ms. Asmus will showcase our Class Assignments Wiki.
Questions for presenters?
Post comments to blog.

Day 4:
Show a “How to Create a Wiki” video while the teachers get their sandwiches.
Reinforce the reasons for using Wiki in your curriculum.
Show them where they can find Assessments and Rubrics for grading their blogs and Wikis.
Show them how to sign up a class.
Tell them that using blogs and wikis can be identified in curriculum mapping as meeting the common core standards.

Day 5:

Show videos Wikis in Plain English and Blogs in Plain English as teachers get their lunch.
Ask the teachers to start a Wiki or Blog.

Bloom's Digital Taxonomy

http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/home

Rationale for Blogging by Anne Davis

from Edublogs:

http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/01/17/rationale-for-educational-blogging/

Planning for the Lunch and Learns

With the idea of organizing our Lunch and Learn –Wikis and Blogs, Denise and I used our “Reference Interview” format to identify our purpose, objectives, and skills. Hopefully this information will help us successful design our five day lunch and learn. Following is what we came up with:

Purpose: Starting a conversation on using blogs and wikis in the classroom.

Objectives:

1. Teachers will be able to compare and contrast Blogs and Wikis.

2. Teachers will be able to create their own blogs and wikis.

3. Teachers’ knowledge of how wikis and blogs are being used by Leyden faculty as well as educators across the nation will be increased significantly.

Skills:

1. Identify a blog and a wiki.

2. Create blogs and wikis.

3. Use blogs and wikis in their curriculums

Please consider this document a conversation starter. Denise and I spent 10 minutes knocking it out so it is clearly a work in progress

Carolyn

Will Richardson's Blog

on Blogs:

http://weblogg-ed.com/category/blogging/

on Wikis:

http://weblogg-ed.com/category/wikis/

Blogs vs. Wikis

How are teachers viewing the blog posts? Can they view all the posts by searching for a students entries?

Examples of how Educators are Using Wikis

This web site provides some interesting examples of how educators are using Wikis. Some wikis are very simple and others are elaborate. I particularly like the Wiki set up for use by a Film Club. Coaches and club sponsors may be looking for an easy way to communicate with and track their members.

http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis

Ten Ways To Use Your Edublog

Focused on education, this video may have possibilities for our presentation.

Everything Wiki - Wiki Directory

http://wiki.wetpaint.com/

Blogging Directories

Technorati: the real-time search engine for the blagosphere, with their directory:

http://technorati.com/blogs/directory/

http://www.blogsitelist.com/

http://www.bloggapedia.com/blog-directory.php

http://www.bloggeries.com/

These might be a good way to showcase blogs across the disciplines

And of course, the Google search, blogs only

Blogs and Wikis in the Classroom

This is a whole workshop from EdTechies on this topic. Very well organized, with great weblinks and resources. Wow!!

http://edtechie.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/blogs-wikis-in-the-classroom/

Wissahickon School District Wiki

http://etoolbox.wikispaces.com/

Carolyn found this wikispace - great layout, uploaded a Glogster also.

Teaching Technology through Blogs and Wikis

http://teaching-technology.wikispaces.com/Teaching+Writing+Through+Blogs+and+Wikis

Kevin Johnson, and Instructional Technology teacher in North Carolina, and a member of the Discovery Education Network, has put together a digital presentation/lesson plan that he uses. Worth a look...

SIRS Knowledge Source: Search Results

SIRS Knowledge Source: Search Results (Article from SIRS on Gang Violence) Teachers can post an article (with ease) from our databases onto a blog. Students can react to the article, discuss key points and post articles as well.

Support Blogging Wiki - Educational Blogging

http://supportblogging.com/Educational+Blogging

This is a great 'starter' or introduction to our topic. It defines Blogs, describes their purpose in the classroom, and how it is meaningful to students.

Cool Cat Teacher Blog

Discusses the difference between Blogs and Wikis and the different ways they are used in the classroom.

http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-students-compare-and-contrast-wikis.html

School 2.0

http://school2.wikispaces.com/home

Solomon, Gwen, and Lynne Schrum. Web 2.0 : how-to for educators. Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education, 2010. Print.

Why is a wiki a useful tool?
Class assignments that include elements of project-based learning, collaboration, authentic work, and an audience can help students develop and refine higher level thinking skills. Wikis are good tools for such assignments.

The possibilities for classroom uses include group collaboration and problem solving, peer editing during the writing process, and electronic portfolios. Students produce a shared document online by writing, editing and revising it in their own class, across a grade, school, district or with others. They can work from anywhere, which means they are able to contribute 24/7 rather than being limited to the school day or class period. If they are creating work that others will use to learn about the topic, both the task and the audience are authentic.

Students read and build on each other’s work in these collaborative oline environments because they can do research, analyze what they’ve read, and synthesize it into useful knowledge before contributing their work.

Berger, Pam, and Sally Trexler. Choosing Web 2.0 tools for learning and teaching in a digital world. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Libraries Unlimited, 2010.

Blogs

Seven ways that blogs support student learning

1. Supports critical thinking, encouraging students to think an reflect prior to writing
2. Motivates and engages students
3. Provides an opportunity to improve literacy skills
4. Offers an authentic audience, encourages students to write responsibly
5. Provides a forum for feedback, collaboration, and discussion
6. Involves students in a community of learners
7. Helps student develop their voice and provides equity

(p. 105)

Berger, Pam, and Sally Trexler. Choosing Web 2.0 tools for learning and teaching in a digital world. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Libraries Unlimited, 2010.

Tips for Educators

1. Preselect a wiki service based on your project criteria
2. Develop guidelines for student participation. Include requirements respecting the work of others, citing sources, fact checking, constructive criticism(when peer reviewing), using discussion space to provide rationale for editing another’s work, language, spell checking, organization, and visual appeal.
3. Create/Find a “Cheat Sheet” or a video tutorial to demonstrate how to edit, import files, insert widgets, use discussion space, create new pages, link(internal and external), and save.
4. Pose leading or essential questions for students
5. Delineate student roles(author or editor), if applicable to the project.
6. Send a letter home to parents describing the purpose of the wiki, with the URL, and students’ learning objectives so parents understand how this tool supports learning.
7. Develop an evaluation rubric, with students, for assessing the wiki design and content.

(p. 100)

Berger, Pam, and Sally Trexler. Choosing Web 2.0 tools for learning and teaching in a digital world. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Libraries Unlimited, 2010.

Wikis

Ten Ways Wikis Support Learning

1. Supports planning, collaboration, and critical thinking skills
2. Facilitates inquiry
3. Encourages personal accountability
4. Provides practice in peer editing and reviewing
5. Empowers through shared authorship
6. Encourages responsible writing
7. Deters plagiarism by showing process
8. Engages and motivates students
9. Supports constructivist learning
10. Provides practice in validating information

(p.99)

Some Helpful Websites

http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/barrios/blogs/index.html

http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2009/02/05/top-100-creative-writing-blogs/

http://tmchale.blogspot.com/2005/11/using-blogs-for-writing-instruction.html

http://digitalwriting.pbworks.com/w/page/17812828/UsingDigitalWriting

WHY SHOULD I USE A BLOG IN THE CLASSROOM? As an educational tool, blogs may be integrated in a mulit-faceted manner to accomodate ALL learners. Blogs can serve at least 4 basic functions. 1. CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT: You can use a blog to inform students of classroom requirements, post handouts, homework assignments or act as a question and answer board. 2. COLLABORATION: Students and teachers can work to further develop writing or other skills with the advantage of an instant audience. Students can benefit from peer review. A class of older students can help a class of younger students develop more confidence in their writing skills. Students can engage in cooperative learning that requires them to relay research findings, ideas or suggestions. 3. DISCUSSIONS: Students can discuss ideas OUTSIDE of the classroom. Every student has an EQUAL chance to share thoughts and opinions. Students have time to react to ideas and reflect. 4. STUDENT PORTOLIOS: Since older entries are archieved, developing skills and progress may be analyzed with ease. As students realize their work is published, they are typically more motivated to produce better writing. Students and teachers may peer edit on a developing work and offer advice for future reference. (http://teaching/ today.com)

Blogs in Plain English

Wikis in Plain English