What are Blogs and Wiki's?

What is a blog? A blog is a publishing tool that allows the author to quickly and easily self-publish text, artwork, links to other blogs or sites, and a whole array of other content. Blogs are set up like conventional Web sites, with navigation links, and other standard Web site features. Postings are often short and frequently updated. (http://teachingtoday.com)

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

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

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