wikis

So, I'm playing around with implementing wikis in my class for our next unit.  I feel a bit like I'm in uncharted territory.  I ran into several problems the last time I used wikis.  For example, several times students would override others work by being on the same page at the same time.
This time, I received a free educator account and set up student logins and passwords.  Hopefully this way I can try to track changes easier.  I'm also working to create a wikinetwork of pages so not everyone will be working on the same page.  I'm thinking about expanding on this idea of a network to include not only wikisites, but also my blogger, my school's google site, twitter, and perhaps titanpad for student collaboration.
I'm imagining that the google site is the central resource start place.  Students are already used to going to this site.  From there I want the blogger and wikis to work hand-in-hand.  The blogger to be a place to detail class assignments and the wikis to be a place for students to work and collaborate.  The twitter can be a place to give shout-outs for good work and homework reminders.  I really like the titanpad as a source for students to do some collaborative writing in real time.  We'll see how it works together!

ITEC 2010

Here are some goodies I learned about from the ITEC 2010 conference.

Vicki Davis - Keynote speaker's website

http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/

http://www.coolcatteacher.com/

http://coolcatteacher.wikispaces.com/

http://www.flatclassroomproject.org/

http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/

Doug Johnson - Keynote speaker

http://doug-johnson.com/

http://dougjohnson.wikispaces.com/

ITEC wiki with handouts from presenters

http://itec-ia.wikispaces.com/

Iowa City Van Allen - Smartboard teachers

http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/Schools/vanallen/SMART_Boards.html

Ning network - social network

http://www.ning.com/

Classroom Tools -a bunch of different idea

http://classtools.net/

Comments4kids - a way to read a comment on other students work

http://comments4kids.wikispaces.com/

http://comments4kids.blogspot.com/

Edumodo - secure, free social learning network

http://www.edmodo.com/

Class Chats - connecting to classrooms around the world

http://classchats.com/

A site to schedule meetings

http://timebridge.com/

Netvibes -create a dashboard about any topic

www.netvibes.com

Leslie Fisher - web 2.0 presentation

http://www.lesliefisher.com/

So COOL!  Real time collaboration!  Everyone is a different color!!!!

http://www.typewith.me/

Web 2.0, Mastercard, and more

https://sites.google.com/a/fairfieldsfuture.org/google-apps-for-teachers-and-students/

Photo peach - create a slide show with text and have a quiz at the end!

Great idea maybe for solar system unit

http://photopeach.com/

Soshiku- a online way for kids to keep track of homework

http://soshiku.com/

ITEC 2009

Below are some great sites I learned about at the 2009 ITEC Conference.

http://www.diigo.com/ - good way to collect information from the web

http://tagcrowd.com/ - creating a word cloud from text

http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/curriculum/tech/digital/storybird.htm

storybird - creating children's books through images

http://www.diigo.com/list/kebets/itec-goodies - Beth's ITEC Goodies List

http://futureofeducation.edublogs.org/2009/07/25/can-this-video-get-teachers-started/ - Video on the future of education

http://www.toondoo.com/ - create comic strips

http://activeweb20.wikispaces.com/personallearningnetworks - Wikispace on Personal Learning Networks

http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools - good collection of storytelling tools online

http://blabberize.com/ - an interesting site to create talking pictures, voices can be recorded to any uploaded pics

http://www.xtranormal.com/ - text to movie program

http://www.go2web20.net/ - Misc Web 2.0 applications

http://prezi.com/fcxvvja0ge7_/top-10-tech-tools/ - Top 10 Tech Tools Prezi

From the Media Specialist

Great Websites from the media specialist

1.       http://www.tagxedo.com/  --it creates word clouds in shapes…haven’t played with it a lot…but it looks amazing!!

2.       http://learningscience.org/index.htm  --This website offering free science resources was developed by learningscience.org, an organization dedicated to sharing the emerging tools of science education: real-time data collection, simulations, inquiry based lessons, interactive web lessons, micro-worlds, and imaging. Click on categories including Science Inquiry, Life Science, Earth and Space, The History and Nature of Science, Tools to do Science and more. Read the student and teacher comment page, and add one of your own.

3.       http://www.lessonopoly.org/svef/?q=node/9086 --science and the Olympics

4.       http://wiki.gpaea.k12.ia.us/groups/cornerstone/wiki/7988b/_Top_10__Professional_Reading_List_for_Educators.html - lists of good professional books

5.       http://www.onlinecollege.org/2009/11/11/100-excellent-open-access-journals-for-educators/ --This is a great compilation of free online, open access journals.  Excellent resources in a wide variety of educational curricular areas.

6.        http://www.edheads.org/

7.        http://burcuakyol.com/?p=605 -This is a great blog written by an English teacher in Istanbul, Turkey.  In this post she tells her favorite 10 widgets for her blog.  Great suggestions and professional links to a wide variety of resources.  Interesting…on many levels

8.       http://allmyfaves.com

9.        http://www.teachingdegree.org/2009/07/01/100-terrific-cheat-sheets-for-k-12-teachers/

10.    itec goodies http://www.diigo.com/list/kebets/itec-goodies

11.   http://ow.ly/tOgN

12.    http://k12onlineconference.org/  -- a free online conference with tons of info

13.   http://www.pbwiki.com/ - a free wiki site

One of my daily favorites...

Diigo!
I have signed up for the educator daily updates and look forward to reading through them every day!
Each day, I find something that I have to bookmark, read later, or forward onto colleagues.  I also have the Diigo toolbar added so that I can highlight websites, post notes, or bookmark from any computer.
I have created an educator account for myself, but am not quite sure how to implement it in the classroom yet.  I think it can be a great way for students to share information, I'm just not sure how to teach them how to use it.