Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for the Classroom (5)

Social Networking

Good place to start
del.icio.us
http://del.icio.us/

Furl
http://furl.net/

Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/

Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms (4)

Flicker and Podcasts

Places to get started

Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/

ITunes
Click on Podcasts link from the source list on the left.
Click on Podcast Directory from the bottom of the main screen.
Many of the Podcasts are for free.

Blogs, Wikis and Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for the Classroom (3)

RSS: Real Simple Syndication and RSS Aggregators
"The content comes to you instead of you going to get it." (Page 75)


Good place to start:
Bloglines
www.bloglines.com

Google homepages
http://www.google.com/ig?hl=en

Marnie's blogline
http://www.bloglines.com/myblogs

Blogs, Wikis and Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for the Classroom (2)

Wikis
(Hawaiian wiki-wiki means quick)
"A website where anyone can edit anything anytime they want." (Page 59)

Good places to start:
PB Wiki
http://pbwiki.com/

Some fun wikis:

Wikimedia Cookbook
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook

WikiTravel
http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page

LyricWiki
http://lyricwiki.org/Main_Page

Wikis in Schools

High School Online Collaborative Writing
http://schools.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

Hoosier Round Barns
http://hoosierroundbarns.wikispaces.com/

Holocaust Wiki Project (Edublog Award Winner)
http://www.ahistoryteacher.com/~ahistory/apwhreview/index.php?title=Holocaust_Wiki_Project

Blogs, Wikis and Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for the Classroom (1)

Blogs (Weblogs):
Class Portals
Online Filing Cabinets
E-Portfolios
School Websites
Travelogs
Collaborative Space


Good Place to Start:
http://edublogs.org/
https://www.blogger.com/start

School Web site with staff blogs
http://mabryonline.org/

Booktalks
http://nnhsbooktalks.blogspot.com

Literature and Writing
http://weblogs.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/bees/

Research Log for Sophomore Speech - NSHS
http://boomchika.blogspot.com/

Travel Blog
http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/blog-235606.html

Blog Safety: blogging policies and resources Wiki
http://www.budtheteacher.com/wiki/

Assessment Ideas:

• Counting number of posts
• Self assessment of blogging posts
• Rubric
• level of participation
• intellectual depth of posts
• effectiveness of the writing
• level of reflection
• willingness to contribute to & collaborate with others.