Web 2.0 Tools

Wikis for Education

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Web 2.0 Tools in Education

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Wikis

First 24 hrs. of changes at the London bombings in 2005.

Jimmy Wales

Wikis in Plain English

Using Wikis in the Classroom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pR5yogCmkA

Wikis Uses

• Take the place of Moodle , Edline Blackboard, or other course management tools

• Classroom management• Course work • Calendars• Discussion boards• Videos• Drop boxes• Collaboration

Why use Wikis to Deliver Content?• No prior knowledge needed• Green• Dynamic• Interactive• Not usually vandalized• Allows for discussions in a

nonthreatening manner• Maintained from year to year

Wikis for Coursework• Wiki about how to create a virtual field

trip using a wikihttp://uatim.wikispaces.com/Virtual+Field+Trips+Clickable+Handout

• Educational Origami: Virtual Field Tripshttp://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Virtual+Fieldtrips

• Wiki about how to create a wikihttp://uatim.wikispaces.com/wikiworkshop

• UMBC – Eukaryotic Genetics and Molecular Biology – Course contenthttp://www.umbc.edu/bioclass/biol414/index.html

Wikis for Coursework

• K12 Learning 2.0: Tools for 21st Century Teaching & Learninghttp://k12learning20.wikispaces.com/

• Next Steps in Using Technology http://nextstepsinusingtechnology.wikispaces.com/

•Podcasting Workshophttp://jdorman.wikispaces.com/podcastingworkshop

Images

Sound

Text

Similar media objects – An avatar is an example

Hyperlinks to internal and external resources

Wikis can contain:

Managing the Wikispaces wiki

Widgetize Your Wiki

• Voicethread - http://voicethread.com• Diigo (linkrolls, tagrolls) -

http://www.diigo.com• Animoto -

http://education.animoto.com/• Bubbl.us - http://bubbl.us• Gcast - http://www.gcast.com• PollDaddy - http://polldaddy.com• Quimble - http://www.quimble.com/• Moonk - http://www.moonk.com• CoverItLive -

http://www.coveritlive.com• Google Docs (forms & spreadsheets,• presentations) -

http://docs.google.com• xTimeline -

http://www.xtimeline.com• Mnemograph -

http://mnemograph.com/• Dipity - http://www.dipity.com/• Google MyMaps -

http://maps.google.com• TeacherTube -

http://teachertube.com/• Swivel - http://www.swivel.com/• Glogster -

http://www.glogster.com/edu/

• Chart Gizmo - http://www.chartgizmo.com/

• Google Calendar - http://www.google.com/calendar/

• Scrapblog - http://www.scrapblog.com/

• Quizlet (not a widget) - http://quizlet.com/

• StudyStack (not a widget) - http://www.studystack.com/

• FlipBooks - http://www.flip.com/• Grazr - http://grazr.com/• Scribd - http://www.scribd.com/• Chatterous * -

http://www.chatterous.com/• Chatsy * - http://www.chatzy.com/• SlideShare -

http://www.slideshare.com/• SlideRoll - http://www.slideroll.com/• SlideRocket - http://sliderocket.com/• Bitty Browser - http://bitty.com/

* not embeddable, but still really usefulfor private, secure chat rooms

Issues with Wikis

Demonstrations

• Wikispaces• Google Sites

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NRbbskf3cA

Editing in Wikispaces

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdT_XzkmPss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1B_q_EiVHI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW3OElLssgE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW3OElLssgE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDxXWf4OXzU

Google Sites Tutorials

From Radford University• Google Sites #1: How to Create a New Site• Google Sites #2: How to Edit and Add Media to

your Google Site• Google Sites #3: How to Change the

Appearance of Your Site• Google Sites #4: How to Share Your Site

Questions?

Contact informationcohenl@maryvale.comMaryvale Preparatory School410-308-8595