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By: Go Wild With Wikis: Part III | Edublogs Live

[...] Introducing The Classroom 2.0 LIVE! Beginner Series! - Sue Waters (read comments for helpful tips on using wikis especially issues with students overwriting each others work and need to use discussion tab) [...]

By: Go Wild With Wikis: Part II | Edublogs Live

By: Sue Waters

In reply to <a href="https://www.theedublogger.com/introducing-the-classroom-20-live-beginner-series/comment-page-1/#comment-4245">SusanSi</a>. Hi Susan, I am really glad you brought this to all our attention. That is not a good situation for you and could happen on any of these types of platforms where they can easily email between each other. One aspect is definitely there is a need for this constant discussion with them on what is appropriate online behaviour and the consequences if they are inappropriate. However you still need to prevent this from happening. To stop it from happening I would do is set up all student accounts using the <a href="http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/2008/07/24/creating-student-accounts-using-one-gmail-account/" rel="nofollow">gmail+ method</a>. This means all emails that are sent would come into the one gmail account so you can monitor them more closely. But that is my thought. Would love to hear how others would manage this type of situation. Hope to see you online for the session in 12 hours!

By: SusanSi

Sue, I just listened to the recording of the 13th meeting. I am excited to be there live tomorrow night. I started a class wiki this year-loved it-kids loved it. But when they found the email I lost control. Using the free version of wikispaces, I did not know what to do. A parent informed me of inappropriate mail her son received. I could not monitor all their emails, which were not school related, but were sent through the wiki. I teach 4th graders. Help?

By: Sue Waters

In reply to <a href="https://www.theedublogger.com/introducing-the-classroom-20-live-beginner-series/comment-page-1/#comment-4217">Leslie</a>. Hi Leslie, Glad to hear your feedback on the beginners series plus excellent to hear how your wiki is helping them learn more about other cultures. Can see what you mean about the issues of the questions and replies. As I said previously I am biased (since I do work for a blogging company) however I think that in the case of the questions and replies you would be better using a class blog. Where you write posts about the question, or write posts on what you think is the answer and then invite the students from the other country to reply in comments with their thoughts. While you could use the discussion tab I don't think you would achieve any where near as good an outcome as using a blog.

By: Leslie

Hello! am really enjoying your work with the Beginner Series. Thanks! I think I am finally using my wiki for collaboration purposes but it has turned into a little mess. The connections and the collaboration are great! My kids LOVE it and are really engaged. This engagement has really translated into appreciation for other cultures, languages, and countries. My question is how to organize the wiki for questions and replies. We are communicating with a school in Turkey and the different time zones made the Skype conversations a bit of a challenge. Check out my site http://elementaryspanish.wikispaces.com/Around+the+World , if you have time, and you'll see what I mean. It’s not pretty. Maybe I should be using the Discussion tag, I’m not sure. Again, I absolutely love it; I just want to better organize our conversations and maybe add more schools. Thanks, Leslie

By: dobrien

In reply to <a href="https://www.theedublogger.com/introducing-the-classroom-20-live-beginner-series/comment-page-1/#comment-4205">Sue Waters</a>. So well-put! I appreciate your time! ;)

By: Sue Waters

In reply to <a href="https://www.theedublogger.com/introducing-the-classroom-20-live-beginner-series/comment-page-1/#comment-4197">dobrien</a>. The whole aspect of whether you respond back to comments or not is an interesting debate. Ultimately it really depends on why you blog. Most probloggers won't comment back at comments. Especially the top probloggers... because it is time consuming and if they spent time responding to comments they would have no time to write posts (that is how they look at it). As edubloggers what we are trying to achieve is different and off course there will be different variations to it. For me, engaging in the conversations in comments means I learn more because I have to reflect on what the person has written and then consider my response. Sort of like the deeper learning you get from writing a blog post. But as you say it also makes it a two-way open conversation, shows you value their input and builds communities that work together. Definitely time consuming (especially when you have the number of blogs I have) but worth the time.

By: dobrien

In reply to <a href="https://www.theedublogger.com/introducing-the-classroom-20-live-beginner-series/comment-page-1/#comment-4195">dobrien</a>. It also turns the blog from a one-way reporting platform, to a two-way open conversation.

By: dobrien

In reply to <a href="https://www.theedublogger.com/introducing-the-classroom-20-live-beginner-series/comment-page-1/#comment-4180">Sue Waters</a>. Yes. That's one thing I learned from you early on, Sue. Always try to respond to comments. I think it adds a personal touch, allows to further discuss the topic, and shows that you value people.

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Comment by Donna Martin on April 30, 2010 at 6:52pm: Hi Millie, I found when I was student teaching that we could not access you tube at our public schools either, so I accessed them at home, downloaded and converted with you tube downloader and converter, then was able to put them on flash drive or directly into powerpoint presentation and then I was able to show them at school to students I was teaching

Comment by Annie Edwards on April 23, 2010 at 2:51pm: It feels good to know I am not the only one out there that do not understand blogs in the educational field. I like reading what people are thinking but just don't like to write myself.
Know we can not access some of You Tube in class. Oh I should have said no we can not access a lot of good things from You Tube. When I am at home and I find a lot of good things for the Autism students go to school and can not pull it up. It gets so frustrating.

Comment by Bob Zenhausern on April 8, 2010 at 2:16pm: Elizabeth,

I don't know where you are in terms of your Ph.D. dissertation, but the thesis support group might be of interest.

Comment by Elizabeth Bonsignore on April 8, 2010 at 12:43pm: Oh -- I also have a basic question - not about social media in general, but about Classroom 2.0 in particular. Can anyone tell me the difference between a "groupie" and a "friend" -- I know about becoming "friends" or adding "colleagues" to your network here and in other social networks (e.g., twitter - followers/followed; and Facebook) -- but how is a "groupie" different?
Thanks again!

Comment by Elizabeth Bonsignore on April 8, 2010 at 12:41pm: Hi all,
I'm a phd student at the University of Maryland, and I've actually been a CR2.0 "member" (mostly, a "reader") for the past 2 years. I believe in the power of social media to help both children/students and teachers, but I have been so busy with classes that I haven't really 'put myself out there.' So - Another CR2.0 member (Christine Southard) recommended that I finally be brave and become more active. I thought that this would be a good place to start! (beyond "introductions," that is =)

Comment by Brooke Emma Clark on April 4, 2010 at 1:26am: Hi everyone,
I am a forth year education student and i am involved in writing a book for teachers called 'Going that Extra Mile: How to incorporate ICT into your classroom'. Any feedback or ideas would be much appreciated. Our group has started a wiki based on our project called http://goingthatextramile.wikispaces.com. Please feel free to join and help us make the best book we possibly can. Or simply leave a message for us here, anything would be much appreciated!
Thank you!

Comment by Artie O'Connor on March 26, 2010 at 7:22am: Hi Mellie,
I face the same situation, we cannot access YouTube at my school either. I often find the same videos on TeacherTube, though it often take a little longer to find it if it is in fact on that site.

Comment by Mellie on March 25, 2010 at 1:03pm: Hi all,
I just joined this forum. I am having difficulty watching the videos on here. Of course from school I can't access UTube. Any advice?

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