Wikis+&+Blogs

Wikis & Blogs Course - Christine

Course Title: Web 2.0 Part III: Wikis & Blogs You've heard the buzz about blogs and wikis, but how can they be effectively used in your professional life and classroom? Attend this course and let me show you how. Learn what's involved with blogging and using wikis. Learn how they work, how to use them for your own personal teacher development and how to use them with your students. By attending this course you’ll be introduced to the following online web2.0 applications: wikispaces, pbwiki, blogger and classblogmeister. Prerequisite: Intro to Web2.0

6 - 2.5 hour sessions (perhaps 5 sessions with one 2.5 hour session at home)

Day 5

 * Blog Resources:**
 * [|Support Blogging Wiki]
 * [|Class Blogmeister]: tp://classblogmeister.com/ -//
 * [|ePals]: http://www.epals.com/signup/choose.tpl - The Global Community is free. It allows you to: Collaborate with other members of the ePALS Global Community; Participate in cross-cultural penpal exchanges and language/literacy building activities; Engage in global discussions and project sharing; Built-in instant language translation; Create up to 35 free monitored accounts.
 * [|Gaggle]: - There is a free version and one that is not. There are limitations with the free version, but looks interesting to check out.
 * [|Imbee]: http://www.imbee.com/teacher
 * [|EduBlog]: http://edublogs.org/ - From their site: "Because Edublogs is made by educators for educators we know a lot about how you can effectively use blogs in teaching and learning at all levels. We’re here to provide resources, discussion and suggestions for how you can use Edublogs for education and we’re always adding to them and working on our methods. Thinking of eportfolios, collaborative classwork, online journaling, discussion or problem-based learning or good old social constructivism? So are we!"
 * Wiki Resources**
 * **http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/**
 * **http://www.classroom20.net/Wikis**