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Wikis, Blogs, Podcasts, and Skypes

by julia

Jul 6, 2009

I normally communicate on another chatboard, but I am taking an online class this summer utilizing the above items. I would like to know how your teachers/students use any or all of them. Thanks

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techTeacher On 7/06/09, julia wrote: > I normally communicate on another chatboard, but I am > taking an online class this summer utilizing the above > items. I would like to know how your teachers/students use > any or all of them. Thanks

Well, most of my teachers don't use any technology in their classrooms. Some of them have a class web...See MoreOn 7/06/09, julia wrote: > I normally communicate on another chatboard, but I am > taking an online class this summer utilizing the above > items. I would like to know how your teachers/students use > any or all of them. Thanks

Well, most of my teachers don't use any technology in their classrooms. Some of them have a class webpage on the school's server based on a lame template created in Word (shudder, I know).

Blogs... All of my students will blog this year (grades 7-12). I will give them an article or a prompt to blog about and then require them to make "meaningful" comments on their classmates' blog entries. I may post a picture or video to blog about. I'm also going to assign some web2.0 apps for them to evaluate and blog about. I'm hoping that blogging will create an almost "underground level" of sorts for my classes, as well a improving their keyboarding skills and written communication skills. I plan to use ClassPress this year since it can be completely private while parents get used to the idea of their students blogging, then switch to Blogger. I'm springing for it myself.

Wikis, I just haven't pursued that yet. I understand how it works - I just haven't taken the time to set up one. I'm a web designer, so I've created all my classwork myself and have my own server for my classes. I do need to play with this though so I can share it with my teachers!

Podcasts.... The high school advanced science teacher used to create podcasts, but I think it just took too much time and no one really used them. I'm going to sneak the whole podcast process in on my kids by using Voki and VoiceThread. We've been using Audacity for our audio editing software, but this year I want to try Jokosher. I'm not really sold on podcasts by themselves in high school work, although they can be very useful for catching up on missed lectures or for reviewing lectures. I don't see any of me teachers doing that though.

Skype.... I so hope to use this! For one thing, so students at home can still participate in class. Also for bringing in guest speakers, or taking a virtual field trip with another class, or for sharing anything with another class maybe even in another country. My oldest daughter is headed off to college and we're definitely going to use it for that! I can also see it being useful for me personally in some professional development settings - interacting with someone who can help me learn something new or vice versa.

The possibilities are endless!

Aug 3, 2009

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Sam On 7/06/09, julia wrote: > I normally communicate on another chatboard, but I am > taking an online class this summer utilizing the above > items. I would like to know how your teachers/students use > any or all of them. Thanks We only use wikis... We post information for students to use and then allow students to use the information bu...See More

Sep 17, 2009

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