1. www.avln.org The Read/Write Web: Blogs, Wikis and MySpace. What Should a Teacher Do? Janine Lim Links at www.janinelim.com Email: janine@janinelim.com

2. www.avln.org Overview Teachers Reading Blogs Teachers Writing Blogs Students Reading Blogs & RSS Feeds Students Writing Blogs & Making Podcasts Wikis Teaching Safety & Responsible Use

3. www.avln.org “It’s Not Your Father’s Internet” “read/write web” blogs wikis del.icio.us flickr podcasting

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7. Cool Cat Teacher Blog A good teacher never makes excuses. A good teacher always makes the best of a situation. A good teacher pursues excellence. I will be excellent as I learn from NECC. The same teachers and technology administrators who learn from NECC virtually are probably also the same ones that teach incredible things on older technology. "Excuse" is not in our vocabulary. "Do it," is.

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9. Benefits to You You're in a new community, learning from other educators, gaining new friends around the world & receiving support from resources around the world.

10. www.avln.org EdTech Blogs to Read www.nadtdecblog.org davidwarlick.com/2cents weblogg-ed.com www.techsavvyed.net remc11.wordpress.com

11. www.avln.org Finding Blogs to Read Will Richardson’s Ed Blog List http://bloglines.com/public/wrichard http://educational.blogs.com/ Google Blogsearch http://blogsearch.google.com/

12. www.avln.org PAIR-SHARE What blogs would you like to read? What could you learn from reading blogs?

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14. Writing on Wordpress.com

15. www.avln.org Why Blog? / Benefits Recording my learning The power of reflection Sharing my learning

16. www.avln.org Blogging as Learning 1.Modeling: the teacher “puts his/her mind on display” 2.Coaching: teachers observe students performance of a task, offering feedback 3.Scaffolding: helping a student complete a task slightly more difficult than the student is capable of completing on his/her own. 4.Articulating: drawing students out dialogically, helping to convert tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge 5.Reflecting: debriefing, replaying and discussion after an activity 6.Exploring: students tackle new areas on their own -Christopher Sessums, http://elgg.net/csessums/weblog/10943.html

17. www.avln.org Students Reading Blogs Current Events Environmental Issues Science Ethical Issues Health & Healthcare Issues

18. www.avln.org RSS / Aggregator / News Feeds

19. www.avln.org Student Blogs Journals vs. Blogs

20. www.avln.org Roles of Blogs in Education Weblogs are a personal writing space. Easy, sharable, automatically archived. Weblogs are easily linked and cross-linked to form learning communities. The school logs projects are examples. The school logs also enable a teacher to evaluate a student’s thinking, by reading explanations and assignments. Weblogs can become digital portfolios of students’ assignments and achievements. Weblogs are a novice’s web authoring tool. Accumulated weblogs become a content management system. Via digital storytelling, weblogs play a role in professional development. - Jay Cross - http://www.weblogg-ed.com/why-weblogs

21. www.avln.org Students Caring About Work “You took the blog down,” he said. “You can’t do that.” “You have to put it back up,” he said. “Can’t we take our old posts with us?” “It seems awfully quiet without our other stuff.” “I’m proud of my comments. Do I have to leave them behind?” “No one will know what who we are and what we’ve done!” “What about the old posts?” http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/caring-about-the-content /

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23. www.avln.org Benefits to Blogging Motivation. Paper is worthless, it goes in the trash when the year is over. Thinking of MySpace…kids are motivated to publish information Writing Skills. The audience has increased and kids are thinking more about what they’re writing and reflecting upon. Reading Skills. Writing begins with reading Connective Learning. Learning by Community Building. -Will Richardson, weblogg-ed.com

24. www.avln.org Education Blog Sites Gaggle.net Blogs Edublogs

25. www.avln.org Podcasting…. Imagine… World Language teachers creating audio files (MP3s) for students to listen to… Emailing the link to the students… Archiving the audio files on their blogs… Students in other schools listening & responding in writing in the language… Kids listening to language audio files on their own MP3 players… Kids creating shows in Spanish… http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/my-world-lanuages-teachers- are-getting-it/

26. www.avln.org Class Podcast Examples Room 208 & David Warlick News shows Weekly “what did we learn” reports Scottish Craft Class Created podcasts to describe the process of creating a project Scottish History podcast of how children were sent away from the cities during World War II.

27. www.avln.org My Dream Kids using online tools to share their faith www.myspace.com/youthfest2006

28. www.avln.org PAIR-SHARE What application do you see in your classroom for students writing blogs or making podcasts?

29. www.avln.org Blogs vs. Wikis Web logs are great vehicles for an interactive exchange of ideas between a handful of people, but blogs are not as effective when a large number of people want to collaborate, contribute, and easily find information on a given topic. That's when you need a wiki. -Tim Stahmer

30. www.avln.org What is a Wiki? A collaborative web tool for two or more people to work on a document Wiki-wiki" means "hurry quick" in Hawaiian.

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32. Wikipedia “According to the web traffic rankings site Alexa.com, Wikipedia ranks second in popularity among all reference sites, trailing only Yahoo and ahead of popular resources such as MapQuest and Encyclopedia Britannica Online. What's more, Wikipedia is the 37th most visited web site overall.” Jan. 25, 2006, eSchool News http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/PFshowstory.cfm?ArticleID=6069

33. www.avln.org Response to Wikipedia Don’t just use Google. Don’t just use Wikipedia. Bibliography: 50% print and 50% web. Compare them!

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38. Using Wikis Peer editing & feedback Group work Collaboration across distance & time

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41. www.avln.org PAIR-SHARE How will you handle student use of Wikipedia in your classroom? What other uses do you see of wikis in your classroom?

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43. www.avln.org The New Permanent Record Steve Dembo: http://www.teach42.com/2006/05/12/audio-from-the-new-permanent-record/

44. www.avln.org Kids’ Safety We have a responsibility to teach our students how to behave online. Where do they learn how to interact [appropriately?] online? Where do they get online when blocked at school? Steve Dembo, Discovery Education

45. www.avln.org Kids’ Safety Kids can spraypaint anywhere on the Internet. Are these tools evil in themselves or just being used inappropriately? Be proactive. Get your own account to protect yourself & gain firsthand experience. Ask your students about it! Assume everyone is going to see everything. Nothing is private. An alias only has minimal protection. Deleted isn't gone.

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47. www.avln.org 10 Personal Items Not to Share Online State Gender Age IM name Email City Photos Phone number Street address Last name -Steve Dembo, Discovery Education

48. www.avln.org Privacy Separate public photos from private Restrict MySpace and Xanga accounts to invitation only Use LiveJournal privacy features -Steve Dembo, Discovery Education

49. www.avln.org Questions Students Should Ask Can I share this with my parents or teacher? Would I want a college recruiter or job interviewer to see this? Could this allow someone to find me and put me in danger? -Steve Dembo, Discovery Education

50. www.avln.org Balance Good academic stuff should be online. But not personal information. Having a positive online presence is not a bad thing.

51. www.avln.org PAIR-SHARE How will you teach students and parents about the “new permanent record”? How do you currently teach Internet safety?

52. www.avln.org Review Teachers Reading Blogs Teachers Writing Blogs Students Reading Blogs & RSS Feeds Students Writing Blogs & Making Podcasts Wikis Teaching Safety & Responsible Use

53. www.avln.org The Read/Write Web: Blogs, Wikis and MySpace. What Should a Teacher Do? Janine Lim Links at www.janinelim.com Email: janine@janinelim.com