Creating Class Web Pages with Blogs and Wikis

Agenda:

1. Introduction
2. Past experiences with Class Web Pages and workshops
3. What is Workshop 2.0
1. Interactive Workshop 2.0 vs. "Sit and Get" workshop 1.0
2. Read/write tools of Web 2.0
3. Why take notes? - processing and remembering
4. Group notes - many hands make short work and new ideas
5. Discussion Forum- thinking by talking/writing through your idea
1. My professional learning blog - What is School 2.0?
   

1. Online, interactive handouts - School 2.0 Workshop wiki
2. Join the wiki/Sign up for Wetpaint wiki
   
3. What is a wiki?

1. Building a class web page with an education-friendly wiki with Wetpaint.

1. Using Wetpaint -
   
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3. Examples of Class Web Pages:Our Global Refrigerator Door

1. What is a blog?

1. Building a class web page with an education-friendly blog, Edublogs.
1. Sign up here
   
2. The control panel
1. Dashboard
2. Write post or page
   
3. Upload - how to add slideshows and videos
4. Comments - Moderating comments
5. Blogroll - add links to learning sites
6. Presentation - customize the look and feel of your site
1. Widgets
2. Text boxes - adding cool "eyecandy" scripts
1. FEEDJIT maps
2. Get a voki
7. Plugins - Add a few more widgets
8. Users
   
1. Add a student or other user
2. Profile - Change your password
9. Options
1. General - Change name and tagline or your site
2. Discussion - Customize how you moderate your blog
3. Privacy- Do you want people to Google your site or not?
4. Avatar - Add a picture of your or who you'd like to be
5. AMP - customize how a/v is displayed in posts
   

1. Building Readership: What is an RSS?
2. How do you use your class web page with your class and with your parents?
1. Parent communication
2. Links to web sites
3. Scibeposts: Recording your class learning
   
4. Publishing student work
5. Students writing: book blogs
   
6. Communication with other classes around the world
3. Tracking visitors
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• Ask a question to discuss

13. Reflect here on what you have learned today in this workshop.

Visit my blog at What is School 2.0?