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Explore the benefits of incorporating blogs, wikis, and microblogging platforms like Twitter/Edmodo into the curriculum to enhance communication, critical thinking, and student engagement in various subjects. Discover ways to use wikis for collaborative projects, authentic assessment, and storytelling. Access valuable resources and expert insights on blending technology into learning resources effectively.
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Blending Blogs into the Curriculum Presented at WPEC December 5, 2013 Toni Sulkowski
What is a blog? • we weB LOG
What is a blog? weB LOG
“Kids can post their writing, projects, thoughts and reflections.”
“Teachers can provide prompts or starters and kids can pick up and run with it.”
What’s a Wiki? • Anyone can create and edit content • A collaborative effort • Constant revisions • Wiki is from the Hawaiian meaning “hurry” or “quick”
Ways to Use Wikis • Group research projects • Authentic assessment of student work • Collaborative story telling • Class Vocabulary dictionary • Project-based learning • Chronology of events • Collaborative experiment reports
Twitter/Edmodo • Microblogging –Writing in brief formats to give information, ask questions, create quick assessments
Resources • Images • http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/clip/journal.html • Twocanview.com critical thinking • http://www.123rf.com/photo_7551869_cut-logs-in-logging-area.html • http://www.changerus.com/Free-Spider-Web-Team-Game.html • http://lans-soapbox.com/2012/06/16/collaborative-writing-and-ffrp/interactions/ • http://www.netrafic.com/blog/your-audience-is-your-priority/
Images, cont. • https://k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com/tlb/how-can-i-help-students-become-collaboration-coordinators-in-my-classroom/ • http://engage.wisc.edu/collaboration/ • http://www.scholarixsolution.com/wp/top-5-collaboration-elearning-tools/ • http://weewebwonders.pbworks.com/w/page/9067396/FrontPage
Resources • http://blog.web20classroom.org/2013/04/soyou-wanna-use-blogs-in-classroom.html • The Basics of Blogging by Frank Buck, NAESP,Vol.85, No.2, November/December 2005, pp.54-55. • Getting Started With Classroom Blogging by Ryan Bretag from TechLearning.com • http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/