students and I are finding it more engaging to add codes than to have them already there as was the case last year with Wikispaces, ning, or Moodle. For some reason, having full control in developing a table of contents via the headings and adding new pages with internal/external links to the WE page is making the learning process incredibly empowering for my students and I. I would love to research the reasons for this phenomenon at some point. However, my intuition is that multitasking and using both right and left brain hemispheres may be behind it. I also believe that learners need to be challenged and being spoonfed just doesn't seem to do it for many of us. I am so happy with Wikieducator, that I am now facilitating a free online course of my own. Just click on the edit and add your details if you wish to join. Who said simplicity is the key?
If you are interested, please feel free to join me on wikieducator where "I" become "WE".
Warm wishes,
Nellie Deutsch…
You can see our wikis here (scroll to bottom of list), every wiki (w/ wikispaces) I have ever seen looks exactly the same. WAY too many words!! Here's two contrasting examples-- This is a wiki we did comparing a book called The Wright 3 with the life of Frank Lloyd Wright--it was my first and favorite wiki, the kids loved it but it is all WORDS! Now here is a project we've done recently called Titanic in the Classroom. I just think the Titanic Project showcases the content and student work in a clearer more attractive way. Maybe I'm old school.
My favorite part of the wiki is the linking of student work to primary sources or the work of other students.
Let me know if you want to see our Moodle book discussions--I've also written about what I really thought of book discussions here at CR 2.0. Let me know if you want to know how I really feel! haha!…
ass sites, you can really extend Wordpress into a full-blown site: for all of these sites no knowledge of coding is needed, just a little patience in the initial setup. Now for personal sites, I think the last one I just mentioned, Wordpress, is excellent, but you may also want to look at these two options, Zimplit and Edicy, two tools atht allow you to create your own website with absolutely no knowledge of code, and provides a step-by-step how-to for real beginners.
As regards the domain, if it's a classroom site you should speak to your IT folks to see if you can piggy-back on your school's .edu domain, but if you want to get your own domain juts visit EasyDNS or GoDaddy, and for $10 dollars you've got your own domain. And my recommendation would be to go with an .info domain.
Meg - Meg's Notebook…
the same ratio as the initial measurements.
eg height="812" width="600"
or height="1082" width="800" this looked best on my laptop but on lower resolution screens the 600px width is probably better.
Here is the 800 wide version:
I hope that is a help.
PS It doesn't come up 800 wide here in NIng. Weird, it is definitely the full 800 wide in Wikispaces…
Added by Jason de Nys at 7:57pm on August 17, 2009
wiki.com/ - another wiki creator
http://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki- another wiki creator
http://www.wetpaint.com - a wiki creator. You can request no ads.
Join wikispaces @ www.wikispaces.com -Join as K-12 educator-free with no ads. Plus, there are tutorials and other help.
http://gettingtrickywithwikis.wikispaces.com-Help for wikis
http://eduwikis.wikispaces.com- Join the Eduwiki.us Project
How are you going to use the wikis? I saw a wiki that Mrs. Cassidy, first grade teacher in Canada, did that I am going to try with my first grade class this year, Schools-Past and Present. The students will dictate and I will type about what schools are like today. We will invite the parents and grandparents to share about schools in the past on the wiki. I also joined Samuel Frye's wiki, The First Day of School. Teacher/classes from around the US will share what their first day of school is like.
I hope this helps.
Fran…
f you already have a few people you're following, take a look at their list of followers. Teachers on Twitter also usually recommend other educators through use of hash tags, like #teachertuesday or #followfriday. Keep an eye out for those on those days!
2. Use Twitter search and type in keywords like "K-4 teacher", or "educational technology".
3. Use a Twitter directory, Twitter lists or generated Tweeple lists by other educators. http://wefollow.com/ is an example of a Twitter directory. A quick Google search will give you more examples.
4. Look through wikispaces with generated lists like Twitter4Teachers: http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/.
Here are some more resources, courtesy of R. Byrnes from FreeTech4Teachers:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2008/12/10-teachers-to-follow-on-twitter.html
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/03/8th-way-to-find-teachers-on-twitter-we.html
Hope that helps! Feel free to add me on Twitter, @MissCheska.
I'm secondary science/tech, but I RT many resources for elementary/ms too :)…
to post., and included questions to guide them.
How did you communicate the wiki idea to parents---did they sign a permission slip, etc. first? I would be interested to learn more about how you and other teachers handle the communication about wikis and blogs to parents prior to establishing them.
As for adding content or pages to the wiki you have....
Characters' Thought Streams or Character's Insights----kids could post their ideas on specific character's thoughts on events/ other characters as they read. This would maybe get them to think more about each character's point-of-view.
Notable Quotables----have the kids tag and cite best lines from the book as they read....so they put the quote; character who said it; and cite page/chapter where they found it.
For April - Poetry Month Connection------have your students find poems that relate or connect to the novel's themes and/or the novel's main characters.....It may help to identify the themes first, then share a poem you found that connects or reflects the theme of the book, then have them post theirs.
I look forward to hearing more about how things are progressing with your class. Thanks for sharing your wikispace with us!…
irst investigated them (@ two years ago), the best of which was a new feature which allowed students and teacher to leave in-line commenting. I therefore had students move their portfolios in early spring to this new location, although earlier pieces still reside at PBWorks. You can see what types of writing/reflection pieces were included in this year's portfolios by visiting the Teacher's Notes page.
I love wikis in that they truly organize student work, allowing for both increased audience and peer feedback. All sorts of multimedia tools can be easily embedded, which keeps students in a fairly closed, safe work environment. Protocols and procedures, once in place. make it a wonderful work environment.…
n setting up a wiki on Wikispaces for the next school year. I'm thinking of having kids learn more about the 20 Global Issues outlined in the GIN website l and
East Asia Regional Council of Schools. The goal would be to have kids set up a RSS reader and subscribe to sites, blogs, etc where they can learn more about one of the global issues and build a page on the wiki where they would share good info, build understanding and reflect on their learning. I'm excited about the idea of other students from around the word joining my students in this endeavor. So I'm envisioning kids from China working with kids from Thailand, Egypt, Morocco, Canada the US... Any ideas about the best way to go about this project? Want to join me? Many thanks!…
, then JiT2U is the tool for you! This app/site offers readers an overview of each web tool, uses for application, and a variety of mediums for viewing tutorials to better understand how to use the specific web 2.0 tool.
Such tutorials include video and guides for using:
Facebook, Twitter, Blog, Wordpress, LinkedIn, SlideShare, YouTube, Flickr, Scribd, Flickr, Evernote, VoiceThread, WallWisher, WikiSpaces, GoogleDocs, Skype, Elluminate, ZohoShow, Delicious, Diigo, Jing, GoAnimate, FlipSnack, SurveyMonkey, Zoomerang, Zoho Challenge, Quizstar, PollDaddy, QuickSnack, Issuu, Myebook, Calaemo, Sliderocket, and much more
Read more on my Blog, Kleinspiration! You'll LOVE this free and new resource for education.
Cheers,
Erin Klein
author of: http://www.kleinspiration.com
an edu tech resource sharing blog
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