Blogs, Wikis, & Docs Training
Blogs, Wikis, and Docs Web Resources
Writing @ CLRN
Blog Advice, Tutorials, and Resources
Handouts Posted at: http://brianbridges.pbwiki.com Brian’s Blog: bbridges51.edublogs.org 2007 Edublogs Nominations http://edublogawards.com/2007/ Blogs for Learning http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/ Rules and Agreements EFF Legal Guide for Bloggers http://www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/ EFF Bloggers’ FAQ: Intellectual Property http://www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/faq-ip.php Classroom Rules from Bud the Teacher http://www.budtheteacher.com/wiki/index.php?title =Blogging_Rules Creative Commons Site for creating copyrights http://www.creativecommons.com Some Uses of Blogs in Education http://www.edtechpost.ca/gems/matrix2.gif Will Richardson (blog and RSS Guru) http://www.weblogg-ed.com/ David Warlick http://davidwarlick.com/connectlearning/ Excellence and Imagination (class blog) http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/ Infinite Thinking Machine (blog of web-based writing tools and ideas) http://www.infinitethinking.org/
Organizing Blog Feeds
http://www.clrn.org/presentations/rss/
Free Blogging Sites
EduBlogs http://edublogs.org/ Class Blogmeister (Warlick’s engine) http://classblogmeister.com WordPress (DIY-Install on your server) http://wordpress.org/ CTAP 6 Blogs http://ctap6blogs.org Generate Technorati Tags http://www.hitchhikr.com/make_tags.php CLRN: Blogs, Wikis and Docs
Blogging (RSS) Aggregators
Google Reader http://reader.google.com Create an RSS feed for any site (not yours) http://www.dapper.net/ Google for Educators http://www.google.com/educators/index.html
Promoting Your Blog
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Classroom Blogs
Richardson’s List of Ed Blogs http://supportblogging.com/Links+to+School+Blo ggers English Literature 12 http://dcsenglish.edublogs.org/ Smith’s 9th Honor’s English http://annesmith9h.blogspot.com/ Mrs. Mortiz’s 9th Honor’s English http://moritzhonors0607.blogspot.com/ English 102 Notice how this blog uses separate pages to post the class schedules, assignments, and course info. Separate links are included to each student’s blog. http://rrodrigo3.uniblogs.org/ Sheehy High School English Class http://sheehy.edublogs.org/ Science is Fun (Edublog nominee) http://www.rangerblue.edublogs.org/ Science: Mr. Ardito’s Classes Students post notes or reports as comments to his blog entry that describes the project. http://mrardito.edublogs.org/2007/04/29/happy-feetproject/ Social Studies: Blogging reflections, homework, and assignments http://ssmeetsit.edublogs.org/ smARThistory Using a combined blog and podcast to teach about art history. http://www.smarthistory.org/blog/ Excellence and Imagination (junior high) http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/ Idea: Using a Blog to discuss a book in class The Secret Life of Bees http://central.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/bees/ Sixth Grade Reading and Math (with lots of embedded PowerPoints) http://mrwilliams.edublogs.org/
The Tempered Radical (Edublog winner) http://teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_ra Miss Baker’s Biology Blog (Edublog nominee) dical/ http://www.missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/
Edublog Awards (and nominees) http://edublogawards.com/ Curricular Projects
Global Schoolhouse Writing Projects Collaborative and cooperative writing projects including Newsday. http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsh/ e-Pals Projects (free) http://www.epals.com/projects Collaboratory Project http://collaboratory.nunet.net Wikipedia Fact-checking lesson plan http://google-d-s.blogspot.com/ Kidlink’s Kid Project (oldest collaborative site) http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/ 400 Words Each issue created from theme-based entries from participants http://www.400words.com/
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Wiki Clients
PBwiki http://www.pbwiki.com PBwiki System Page (log into any or all of your wikis) https://my.pbwiki.com * Wikispaces for Educators * http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers Blogs vs Wikis http://michellemeredith.pbwiki.com/ WikiMatrix (Compare Wiki Clients) http://www.wikimatrix.org/
Wiki Examples
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/ District Technology Plan http://techguide.pbwiki.com Citizendium (verified editors) http://en.citizendium.org/
EduCause Wiki Article Teaching Wiki (promotes writing using wikis) http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm0452.asp http://teachingwiki.org/default.aspx/TeachingWiki ?bhcp=1 /Home%20Page.html
Classroom Wikis Examples
Brian’s Practice Wiki http://ctap6techfest.pbwiki.com Wiki Ideas by Subject http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/wikiideas 1.cfm Educational Wikis (articles and examples) http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/ Wiki School Web Page http://arborheights.wikispaces.com/ Flat Classroom Project (collaboration between schools in two countries) http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/ AP World History Wiki (used for classroom projects) http://www.ahistoryteacher.com/~ahistory/apwhre view/index.php?title=Main_Page
Classroom Uses of Wikis http://www.teachinghacks.com/wiki/index.php?title= Wikis Holes – 8th grade discussion of the book. http://stanleyyelnats.wikispaces.com/ Classroom Discussions (nice) http://writ-2510.hss.rpi.edu Illustrate Math Concepts and Problem Solving http://calcap.pbwiki.com/ School Team Wiki http://dvtrack.pbwiki.com/ Provide Math Info and Problem Videos http://math247.jot.com/WikiHome Wiki as Textbook http://www.socialtext.net/cim/ Wiki as Book (Textbooks and more) http://en.wikibooks.org Wiki Textbook: A Broken World http://brokenworld.wikispaces.com Wiki as Course Manager (Edublogs Winner) http://welkerswikinomics.wetpaint.com/ CLRN: Blogs, Wikis and Docs Page 3
Collaborative Writing: Google & Zoho Docs
Google for Educators http://www.google.com/educators/index.html Google Docs Home http://www.google.com/educators/p_docs_spreadsheets.html Zoho Applications Home http://www.zoho.com/ Global Warming Student Speakout http://www.google.com/educators/globalwarming.html Google Docs Blog http://google-d-s.blogspot.com/
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