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Introducing myself
• Web 2.0 ‘fanatic’ and passionate about integrating the curiculum with technology
• Have taught Grades 1 - 7 and am now the computer teacher at Fishhoek Primary School.
• Life was revolutionised in 2009 by blogging and discovering a whole educational community ‘out there’.
• Winner of Innovative Teacher 2009 in SA. Winning place in Pan African Finals in Mauritius and participated in World Finals in Brazil.
• Textbook writer
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Today’s Outcomes
BLOGS• Introduction to classroom blogs• Blogging platforms • Widgets and gadgets• Inspiring classroom blogs• Blogging projects• Instructional blogs• Keeping it all togetherWIKIS• Classroom wikis• Resource wikisHANDS ON SECTION
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Back Channel Reflectionhttp://todaysmeet.com/Fiona-Blogs-Wikis
Introduce
yourselves and
add thoughts
and ideas to
share with us…
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BLOGS
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What is a blog?
A blog is a “personal or corporate website
that allows users to reflect, share opinions,
and discuss various topics in the form of an
online journal, while readers may comment
on posts. Entries typically appear in reverse
chronological order.”
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blog)
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Blogging platforms
Edublogs: (http://www.edublogs.org)
Blogger: (http://www.blogger.com)
Wordpress blogs: http://www.wordpress.com
Posterous blogs: https://posterous.com/
and many more…..
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What is a classroom
blog?This is a two way connection between a
school-based environment and the world.
It allows the world to peek into the school
environment and see what is happening –
and the class to venture into the world and
learn from other classrooms.
There is sharing of thoughts, ideas, events and
resources.
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Why have a classroom
blog?• The blogging movement is currently
huge in schools around the world
• We are living in the digital age
• It enables a record of events
• One can change your blog into a book’
• Great collaboration tool
• It’s very easy to start and maintain
• It’s usually free
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What can you put on a
classroom blog?• Share news about school
• Share educational games
• Get involved in projects
• Share resources and discoveries
• Upload photos and videos
• Write in many different formats
• Connect with other classrooms
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Putting widgets on a blog
• Widgets are the little side items one puts on a blog to make it more interesting.
• Take a look at widgets my classroom blog
http://fionabeal.edublogs.org
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Types of widgets
• Badges
• Vokis
• Visitors maps
• Counters
• Live traffic feeds
• Contact links
• Twitter widgets
• Other maps
• Google translate
• Blogroll
• Calendar
• Tagcloud
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Inspiring classroom blogs
It is wonderful to peek into a teacher’s classroom via their
classroom blogs.
Examples:
Grade 1: http://mrspatterson.edublogs.org/
Grade 2: http://2kmand2kj.global2.vic.edu.au/
Grade 3: http://yollisclassblog.blogspot.com/
Grade 4: http://www.classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=152060
Grade 5: http://trefz.blogspot.com/
Grade 6: http://partlowpowerhouse.edublogs.org/
Grade 7: http://millwardb.edublogs.org/
Middle School: http://tefltecher.wordpress.com/
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http://2kmand2kj.global2.vic.edu.au/
Kathleen McGleady, a Grade 2 teacher in Australia, always has
very interesting posts.
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http://millwardb.edublogs.org/
Mr Millward is an English Middle School teacher in Canada. He has always
had a very interesting blog.
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http://ourgradefiveclass.blogspot.com
Claire Tyler-Smith from Cape Town uses a lovely background. She also puts her
class’s term programme down the side bar and takes you on a tour of her
classroom. Very interesting posts, lots of photos, and lovely blogs for her
students as well.
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http://trefz.blogspot.com/
Mrs Trefz 5th grade blog (USA) uses interesting slideshows and glogsters.
She shows a safe search engine for students called Sweetsearch.com
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http://year5rc.edublogs.org/
Mrs Miller’s 5th grade blog (Australia) has very interesting posts about what they
learn in class. She shows their novel study on a widget called Shelfari and
makes very interesting use of fotobabbel.com where you can talk about a photo!
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http://rosenglish.blogspot.com/
Rosa’s English blog (Spain I think) has some interesting videos. She has
introduced me to a photo slideshow called Picturetrail.com
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http://mistea.edublogs.org/
What I like about Miss T’s year 5 and 6 blog in New Zealand is her emphasis
on reading and books. This is where I discovered ‘book trailers’.
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http://jmundorf.edublogs.org/
Mr Mundorf has a Grade 5 class in Florida USA. Interesting posts, I enjoyed
reading about the ‘Wonder’ project.
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http://yearsixale.blogspot.com/
Miss Ale in Argentina has always had an inspiring Grade 6 blog with inspiring
posts.
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Edublogs’ classroom
blogs directoryhttp://theedublogger.com/check-out-these-class-blogs/
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USING BLOGS
FOR DOING
PROJECTS
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1. My ‘Bonding through
blogging’ project 2009
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Meet Grade 4/5B
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Making friends, interviewing and writing
up information
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Checking the information and uploading
to blogs
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Teaching the senior citizens to blog
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2. Classroom blogs project at my school
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Blog addresses at
FHPShttp://graderfishhoekprimary.blogspot.com
http://grade1fishhoekprimary.blogspot.com
http://grade2fishhoekprimary.blogspot.com
http://grade3rfishhoekprimary.blogspot.com
http://grade4fishhoekprimary.blogspot.com
http://grade5fishhoekprimary.blogspot.com
http://grade6fishhoekprimary.blogspot.com
http://grade7fishhoekprimary.blogspot.com
http://musicfishhoekprimary.blogspot.com
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3. Using a blog to write a bookhttp://5bwrites.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html
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4. Creative writing
projects
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5. Posterous blogs
Posterous blogs are great because you can email blog
posts with photos and it will create a post with your
email.
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6. Keeping in touch project 2009
Which class: Grade 4-6 computer club
How did I hear about it: I created this idea because
we had quite a few refugee children join our school
and I wanted them to be able to keep in touch with
relatives and friends
Description: The Grade 4&5 bloggers helped me
teach this group to blog
Web 2 and other applications: Edublogs
Audience: Africa
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OTHER USEFUL
THINGS YOU CAN
DO ON A BLOG
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Embed e-books
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Embed videoshttp://musicfishhoekprimary.blogspot.com/2011/06/choir-sings-in-assembly.html
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Blogs hold everything
together
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TECHNOLOGY
RESOURCE
BLOGS
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Useful Technology blogs
There are a number of blogs that supply teachers
with excellent resources and ideas. Here are just a
few!
• http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
• http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/
• http://ilearntechnology.com/
• http://cffmv.blogspot.com
• http://theedublogger.com/
• http://janeknight.typepad.com/
• http://www.speedofcreativity.org/
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Keeping all your blog addresses
together with Google Reader
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WIKIS
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What is a wiki?
• A wiki is an easy to use webpage with an edit button
• No need to learn html
• Invite people to join and they can edit as well
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Wiki Platforms
• http://www.wikispaces.com
• https://my.pbworks.com/
• http://sites.google.com
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Bronwyn Desjardins from Grayston Prephttp://graystonprep-grade6-english.wikispaces.com/
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Weekly planner
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Twitter attached to the site
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http://graystonprep-grade6-ns.wikispaces.com/
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http://graystonprep-grade6-english.wikispaces.com/The+Write+Stuff
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Brenda Hallowes in PEhttp://movingplanets.wikispaces.com/
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Mr Humble’s classroom wiki (England)
http://humbleclass.wikispaces.com
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PROJECTS USING
WIKIS
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http://writingpals.wikispaces.com/
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http://globalnewspaper.wikispaces.com/
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http://paying-it-forward-project.wikispaces.com/
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Karen Stadler’s youblisher project
http://elk-grade6-stories.wikispaces.com
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RESOURCE WIKIS
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Examples of educational wikishttp://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis
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http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Writing+Tools
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Where can I find out about
building and using wikis
Help section
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Useful tutorial video sitesMany teachers have channels with all their videos on them such as:
http://www.youtube.com/user/LearnitN5 . Another interesting group is the
Common Craft videos. On these sites you can learn how to do what you want to do!
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http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/50-ways-to-use-wikis-for-a-more-collaborative-and-interactive-classroom/
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Ways of using a wiki in a classroomhttps://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_164hj4tw6gf
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Examples of educational wikishttp://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis
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A wiki of networking siteshttp://www.educationalnetworking.com/List+of+Networks
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CV on a wiki
http://mashable.com/2011/05/28/online-resume/
A post about the move towards creating online CVs
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Individual wikis – Google sites for CV
http://sites.google.com/site/johannescronje/
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NOW FOR THE
HANDS-ON…
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Handouts
Handouts
• How to create a blog using Edublogs
• How to create a blog using Blogger.com
Shared folder documents
• 11 techy things to do in the new year
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Back Channel Reflectionhttp://todaysmeet.com/Fiona-Blogs-Wikis
Add your closing
thoughts and
perspectives
here…