wikis,+blogs+&+pod+casts

This page will take you on a tour of the world of wikis, blogs and webpages. Check out the various resources, click the "hotlinks" and think about how and why you would use on of the web tools vs another? How would a student at VAL use a wiki? Blog? or Web page? Would these students use these tools in the workplace?

Check them out. Let me know if you have any questions. Build a personal wiki..you know like taking it out for a test drive. Invite me to be a member.

Most important...enjoy, try it out and work with it some more.

Michael

Resource: Wikispaces ** www.wikispaces.com **
A wiki is a great place for students to collaborate on projects. Students can have their own pages on where they can be an 'expert' on a subject. Students can write book reviews, create a newsletter, or a place to collect links that support your curriculum, a local history page with text + images, a math story problem page (with answers), post student writing and responses, or provide notes on topics under study. Create 26 pages and you have a Word Wall Book. In both of these wiki programs, you can lock and unlock pages, as well as to decide if your wiki is public (anyone can view & edit), protected, or private. Read the rules and fine print and decide how you want to use your classroom wiki.

Tip 1: Both of these wikis have built in widgets that you can add such as YouTube videos, polls, slide shows, rss feeds, music, and more

__**Blogs**__

 * Resource: Edublogs ** **edublogs**.org

__What it is:__ Edublogs is a free educational blog environment. You can easily share work, class notes, and pictures online. You can also creaete private blogs for student use only.

__How to use:__ Teachers can use Edublogs to stay connected with students, parents, and other teachers. Use as a newsletter for parents, share photos and student work, post documents, show off projects, post a message and assign students to comment at least once, assign collaborative group projects online with an easy way to track student progress, or simply post links that support your curriculum for students to use. Students can use Edublogs to communicate ideas, photos, class notes, and improve their writing and typing skills. After a field trip, ask students to comment on one thing they learned. Ask a "deep question" and have students respond. Post a scenario for students to react to. Have students click Comment to give not only the answer to a Math problem, but also a step-by-step description of how they reached their answer.

Tip 1: When setting up your blog, you will want to start out with a strict Moderation setting: under Settings, click Discussion Settings. You can adjust the Moderation to An Administrator must always approve a comment. ==

Webpages==


 * Resource: Weebley ** //http://www.weebly.com//

What it is: Weebly is a free site that allows your to easily build a webpage or website .A website   is a collection of related [|web pages] containing [|images], [|videos] or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one [|web server], accessible via a network such as the [|Internet] or a private [|local area network] through an Internet address also called [|URL].