BLOGS, WIKIS, AND PODCASTS in the classroom

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BLOGS, WIKIS, AND PODCASTS in the classroom

• Web 2.0 what is it, and why should I care?

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INTRODUCTION

• Jennifer Elliot Le Clainche ja.leclainche_at_eabjm.ne
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• EABJMParis www.eabjm.org
• My purposeto share best practices and exchange
  ideas about how best to use Web 2.0 tools in
  schools.

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Overview

• Definitions Web 2.0/social technologies in
  general specific tools
• Inspiration from award winning examples of
• Blogs / Wikis / Podcasting in education
• Examples of other Web 2.0 tools being used in
  schools social bookmarking (Del.icio.us), RSS
• Your Web 2.0 project Possibilities and
  Obstacles
• Links, resources, etc.

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What are Web 2.0 tools?

• Definition Web 2.0 tools enable multiple users
  to share data, connect and interact online.
• Some examples are blogs, wikis, podcasts, photo
  sharing sites, social bookmarking utilities, RSS
  feeds, online forums, and social networking sites
  like Facebook or tools like Ning.

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Impact on education

• Shift from students as receivers of knowledge to
  a two way collaborative process
• Students contributing, creating content
• Provocative post Is it ok to be a
  technologically illiterate teacher?
• http//thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2007/09/is-it-oka
  y-to-be-technologically.html

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Blogs

• Blogs, or weblogs, are social tech tools that
  enable you to publish content on the web, without
  being tech savvy
• Duck Diaries http//duckdiaries.edublogs.org/2006
  /04/28/more-kindergarten-artwork/
• Will Richardsons Weblogg-ed http//weblogg-ed.co
  m/about//
• english_at_kkc http//ncowie.wordpress.com/
• EABJM Blog de la bibliothèquewww.eabjmcdi.blogspo
  t.com
• www.eabjmlecturereading.blogspot.com
• Edublogs blog hosting platform for use in
  education (no ads.)
• The Tempered Radicalaward winning teacher blog
  http//teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_rad
  ical/

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Uses for blogs in the classroom

• Communications tool, homework or assignment
  postings, informing your students or their
  parents
• Student book reviews, creative writing, poetry
  (List poetry, english_at_kks)
• Check your security settings!

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Wikis

• Social tech tools that are collaborative, where
  the content can be modified by all users (may be
  moderated).
• High School Online Collaborative Writing
• http//schools.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
• Princeton Public Library Booklovers Wiki
• http//booklovers.pbwiki.com/Princeton20Public20
  Library

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Wiki pros and cons

• Great for group projects, creative writing
• Must be on the lookout for vandalism, content
  quality
• Technology is a little trickier than blogs
• Wikimatrix for choosing best wiki programme
• http//www.wikimatrix.org/

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Podcasting

• Audio recording delivered to listeners via the
  Web on a subscription or feed basis
• Portable Radio.ca http//portableradio.edublogs.or
  g/

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Podcasting

• Resources on using podcasting in schools
• i-Pod Educators, a Ning for teachers.
  http//ipodeducators.ning.com/

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Social bookmarking sites

• Del.icio.us is a site that allows you to post
  your bookmarks, index them using tags, and share
  them with other users or networks. My Yahoo and
  Furl
• Students could do group Internet research,
  sharing their bookmarks.

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Photo sharing sites

• Many schools use sites like Flickr or Picasa
  (Google) to post photos or scanned images.
  Example classroom art displays
• EABJM Literary festival on Picasa
• http//picasaweb.google.fr/EABJMCDI/2007FETELITTER
  AIRE
• Flickr Classroom displays http//www.flickr.com/g
  roups/classrmdisplays/
• Security issues anonymity, parental
  authorisations, etc.

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RSS to stay  au courant 

• RSS real simple syndication
• Updates new content from your students blogs in
  one place.
• Like a subscription service for blogs and
  podcasts
• Requires an aggregator like Bloglines,
  Pageflakes, or My Yahoo

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Social networking sites

• Digication RISD artist portfolios, online
  learning community http//risd.digication.com/home
  _guest.digi?sid2cid0tid0pid0
• Ning and EduNing
• Classroom 2.0.

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Obstacles

• You may be short on resources, expertise and tech
  support to create and implement Web 2.0 projects.
• Time it can be very time consuming
• Too much information!!  engulfing technology 
  Keeping abreast of new developments can be
  overwhelming, temptation to run and hide.

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Is this all just hype or is there something
substantial here?

• Blog fatigue? Just a fad?
• Web 2.0 offers great potential for empowering our
  students, making them content creators, authors,
  online publishers. It can offer educators a
  meaningful way of connecting with our students.

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Where to begin?

• Strategies for introducing Web 2.0 in your
  classroom
• Start small dont be too ambitious
• Choose one technology that you find interesting
  and that you think might be workable for you.
• Dont wait until you feel like an expert, just do
  it!

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Resources

• Book Blogs, Wikis and Podcasts, and other
  powerful web tools for Classrooms, by Will
  Richardson, Corwin Press, 2007
• PBS Teachers learning now http//www.pbs.org/teac
  hers/learning.now/info/
• Blogs The Tempered Radical
• All sites named today tagged on Del.icio.us with
   ELSA 

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