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!
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
ITEC 2010
Here are some goodies I learned about from the ITEC 2010 conference.
Vicki Davis - Keynote speaker's website
Doug Johnson - Keynote speaker
ITEC wiki with handouts from presenters
Iowa City Van Allen - Smartboard teachers
Ning network - social network
Classroom Tools -a bunch of different idea
Comments4kids - a way to read a comment on other students work
Edumodo - secure, free social learning network
Class Chats - connecting to classrooms around the world
A site to schedule meetings
Netvibes -create a dashboard about any topic
Leslie Fisher - web 2.0 presentation
So COOL! Real time collaboration! Everyone is a different color!!!!
Web 2.0, Mastercard, and more
Photo peach - create a slide show with text and have a quiz at the end!
Great idea maybe for solar system unit
Soshiku- a online way for kids to keep track of homework
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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