In today's online world everyone can get published. And everyone can comment on other people's work. Most people engaged in the online world choose to share their work on Weblogs or "blogs". Blogs are easy to create and a great tool for teachers to engage their students. In this assignment you will read several articles on how teachers use blogs in their classroom, you will read and participate in some online blogs, and you will create your own blog for your students. You will also create a blog to use for the rest of class. I will provide you with a couple of blogging websites that I find easy to use and easy for students to access.
Assignment Part 1: Read, Read, and Read!
Choose two of the following articles. Then reflect about what you read on the class blog!!Blogging? It's Elementary My Dear Watson!
Panelists: Blogs are Changing Education
Writing With WebblogsMotivating Students With Webblogs
Assignment Part 2: Watch the Video!
Assignment Part 3: Choose an education blog of interest to you. Read a couple of entries in the blog and comment. Place a link to your comment on the class blog.
Use the Following Links to Get Started:
Top 100 Education Blogs
These are some of my favorite blogs:
Weblogg-ed by Will Richardson
2 Cents Worth by David Warlick
Bit by Bit by Bob Sprankle
A History Teacher by Dan MacDowell
Speaking of History by Eric Langhorst
Assignment Part 4: Create Your Own BlogDevelop a blog using Blogger to share with your classmates. You will post the remainder of your your reflections, and assignments on this blog. You wll also post comments on your classmates' blogs. Remember to make it intereting and accessible for particpants. Play around with the features of the blog. Try to figure out how to add video or photos to make the blog more interesting! Put a link to your blog in the class blog. Comment on one or more of your classmates' blogs. We will continue to use these blogs throughout the duration of the class. If you need help refer to the "How to Blog" lesson.
Blogger
Edublogs
How to Blog
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Week 1: How to Sign Up and Using RSS - "Really Short Syndication"
How to Sign Up:
The sign up processs is really simple.
Step 1: Choose a website that you want to use (My favorites: Pageflakes, Scribd, and Google)
Step 2: Choose a user name - Try to choose a name that is simple to remember and unique. If you find that the name is used by another person add your birthday to the end of the name. That way it will be unique and you will remember it easily.
Step 3: Choose a password that is easy to remember. Some website will email you a password. However, once you login it is easy to change it to something that is familiar to you.
Step 4: Follow the step by step process for signing up on the website. Many "sign-ups" are similar.
Step 5: Check to see if your login is correct.
Step 6: Have Fun!!
P.S. If you don't want to go through this process every time you login try "Open Id". It allows you to use the same password and login name for several websites. Check out the following link for a directory of websites: Open Id Websites
Really Short Syndication
Really Short Syndication or "RSS" is a term that refers to an idea of gathering feeds from all of your favorite websites and bringing them to one "reader" or "agregator" for you to read. It makes it easier than visiting all of the websites individually. By using RSS you can get updates from the website and only click on the links of the stories that you want to read. This lesson will focus on showing you how to set up a "reader" and then how to "subscribe" to some of your favorite websites. This lesson also focuses on how to create a reader that can be viewed by your students for research or class news by using a website called "Pageflakes.com"
Assignment:
1. Watch "RSS in Plain English" Video by Common Craft
2. Read the Blog - Back in Skinny Jeans "How to Explain RSS the Oprah Way"
3. Set up a "reader". Google Reader or Pageflakes
4. Post a blog entry on the class blog answering the questions: "What is RSS? How would you use it in your class?"
5. If you are still confused about the process check out the following set of directions:
The sign up processs is really simple.
Step 1: Choose a website that you want to use (My favorites: Pageflakes, Scribd, and Google)
Step 2: Choose a user name - Try to choose a name that is simple to remember and unique. If you find that the name is used by another person add your birthday to the end of the name. That way it will be unique and you will remember it easily.
Step 3: Choose a password that is easy to remember. Some website will email you a password. However, once you login it is easy to change it to something that is familiar to you.
Step 4: Follow the step by step process for signing up on the website. Many "sign-ups" are similar.
Step 5: Check to see if your login is correct.
Step 6: Have Fun!!
P.S. If you don't want to go through this process every time you login try "Open Id". It allows you to use the same password and login name for several websites. Check out the following link for a directory of websites: Open Id Websites
Really Short Syndication
Really Short Syndication or "RSS" is a term that refers to an idea of gathering feeds from all of your favorite websites and bringing them to one "reader" or "agregator" for you to read. It makes it easier than visiting all of the websites individually. By using RSS you can get updates from the website and only click on the links of the stories that you want to read. This lesson will focus on showing you how to set up a "reader" and then how to "subscribe" to some of your favorite websites. This lesson also focuses on how to create a reader that can be viewed by your students for research or class news by using a website called "Pageflakes.com"
Assignment:
1. Watch "RSS in Plain English" Video by Common Craft
2. Read the Blog - Back in Skinny Jeans "How to Explain RSS the Oprah Way"
3. Set up a "reader". Google Reader or Pageflakes
4. Post a blog entry on the class blog answering the questions: "What is RSS? How would you use it in your class?"
5. If you are still confused about the process check out the following set of directions:
Monday, January 19, 2009
Welcome!!
The internet is no longer a read only resource. It has become a resource for reading, writing, and sharing ideas. This course is designed to focus on personalizing the web to meet your needs and the needs of your students. Using Web 2.0 allows teachers to guide their students through the internet with a purpose. The course is intended to enable teachers to tap into the wealth of technological knowledge that students already have, with an education purpose in mind. Goals:
· Participants will learn basic Web 2.0 vocabulary in order to create a common language for understanding
· Participants will be able to create a personalized website using Page Flakes, RSS feeds, iGoogle, and other online resources
· Participants will be able to upload and share documents, photographs, and videos to the Internet· As time allows, training and discussion will include using RSS feeds, Google features, creating and using wikis, uploading documents to sharing websites, personalizing web browsers, Weblogs, video sharing (You Tube and Teacher Tube), photo sharing, podcasting, among others.
· Participants will be able to understand how to find, and use podcasts for classroom use
· Participants will participate in a Weblog of their choice and create one for use in their classroom
· By reading and discussing current research on Web 2.0 teachers will identify some of the issues surrounding Web 2.0, such as privacy, reasons for integration of Web 2.0, among others
· Participants will demonstrate their understanding of Web 2.0 tools by creating a tool that they can use with their students in the classroom. Due the last day of class.
· Participants will learn basic Web 2.0 vocabulary in order to create a common language for understanding
· Participants will be able to create a personalized website using Page Flakes, RSS feeds, iGoogle, and other online resources
· Participants will be able to upload and share documents, photographs, and videos to the Internet· As time allows, training and discussion will include using RSS feeds, Google features, creating and using wikis, uploading documents to sharing websites, personalizing web browsers, Weblogs, video sharing (You Tube and Teacher Tube), photo sharing, podcasting, among others.
· Participants will be able to understand how to find, and use podcasts for classroom use
· Participants will participate in a Weblog of their choice and create one for use in their classroom
· By reading and discussing current research on Web 2.0 teachers will identify some of the issues surrounding Web 2.0, such as privacy, reasons for integration of Web 2.0, among others
· Participants will demonstrate their understanding of Web 2.0 tools by creating a tool that they can use with their students in the classroom. Due the last day of class.
Welcome to Creating a Paperless Classroom: Using Web 2.0 to Enhance Classroom Instruction
Before we get into the specifics of using Web 2.0 to enhance your classroom there are a couple of things you should know. During this lesson you will learn how to generally sign up for an account, basic web 2.0 vocabulary, and read what other people are saying about using the internet in your classroom. There are some rules and warnings as we move through this course:
1- MOST IMPORTANT- TRY THINGS! You will not break the internet. Click on a link to see what it does. If you mess something up just retrace your steps. Be Brave!
2- You do not have download anything onto your computer unless you want to. I only recomend websites that I have tried and feel comfortable with.
3- You will have to sign up for accounts on several websites. If you do not feel comfortable putting your name out there create a fake email account and use an alias.
4- Also, remember to choose a password that you will remember. When using Web 2.0 tools I use the same password. The same goes for my email, etc. I know that the experts recomend otherwise, but I have never not been able to remember my password.
5- If a website is trying to sell you something don't buy it. There are too many open source tools and products on the web for you to have to buy something.6- Have Fun!
1- MOST IMPORTANT- TRY THINGS! You will not break the internet. Click on a link to see what it does. If you mess something up just retrace your steps. Be Brave!
2- You do not have download anything onto your computer unless you want to. I only recomend websites that I have tried and feel comfortable with.
3- You will have to sign up for accounts on several websites. If you do not feel comfortable putting your name out there create a fake email account and use an alias.
4- Also, remember to choose a password that you will remember. When using Web 2.0 tools I use the same password. The same goes for my email, etc. I know that the experts recomend otherwise, but I have never not been able to remember my password.
5- If a website is trying to sell you something don't buy it. There are too many open source tools and products on the web for you to have to buy something.6- Have Fun!
Please Complete the Following Before We Begin
1. Set up a Google Account -Go to Google.com and find the Sign In link in the upper right corner of the page. Click on the link and follow the instructions to sign up for an account. Please use your school email address for the sign up address.
2. Take the survey on Survey Monkey Click Here to take survey
3. Read one of the following articles
Invasion of Web 2.0
A Day in the Life of Web 2.0 by David Warlick
e-learning 2.0 - how Web technologies are shaping education by Steve O'Hear
4. Check out Classroom 2.0
5. Place a comment on the blog once you have finished the previous two parts of the assignment
Do you think the internet will enhance your teaching? Why or why not? What do you think about the author's image of what Web 2.0 can do for a school? Do you think it is all feasible? What are the pros and cons of using the internet in your classroom. Enter your response into the class forum. Include the title "My Take on Web 2.0".
2. Take the survey on Survey Monkey Click Here to take survey
3. Read one of the following articles
Invasion of Web 2.0
A Day in the Life of Web 2.0 by David Warlick
e-learning 2.0 - how Web technologies are shaping education by Steve O'Hear
4. Check out Classroom 2.0
5. Place a comment on the blog once you have finished the previous two parts of the assignment
Do you think the internet will enhance your teaching? Why or why not? What do you think about the author's image of what Web 2.0 can do for a school? Do you think it is all feasible? What are the pros and cons of using the internet in your classroom. Enter your response into the class forum. Include the title "My Take on Web 2.0".
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