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The group for beginners in Classroom 2.0 to feel comfortable asking questions and getting help. If you don't know something, we want you to ask so we can help you!

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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 Karen Landsverk on July 22, 2010 at 12:12pm: Greetings,
I am a new media specialist in a 3-5 building. I'm really excited to be part of this group and learn more about web 2.0 tools. I am hoping to set up a wiki, blog, webpage and work with some moodle tools, before the 10-11 school year begins.

Comment by Suzanne Smith on July 19, 2010 at 4:47pm: Hi everyone!
I'm a 4th year ESL teacher working in a high school. I'm fairly new to the online community, and I'm interested in learning more about how to use the technology I have in the classsroom.

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Comment by Krista Easton on July 9, 2010 at 7:57pm: Hi there, everyone! I'm not a new teacher, but am brand new this week to joining the online community and getting a jumpstart on blogging and wikis. I'm a music teacher who is looking forward to integrating lots more 21st century skills and project learning in my high school classes this fall. Looking forward to getting to know you better!

Comment by Hope Andres on July 8, 2010 at 8:53pm: Hello my name is Hope and I teach 2nd grade in MI. A friend of mine told me about classroom 2.0 so I am here to see what it's all about!

Comment by Larry Langley on July 7, 2010 at 7:12pm: and responding proves we're not bots...well, most of us aren't anyway...

Comment by Gisele Cordero on July 7, 2010 at 5:28pm: Hi everybody! My name is Gisele and I am a Chemistry teacher in Costa Rica. I want to learn as much as I can about Web 2.0 to implemented in my classroom.

Comment by Bob Zenhausern on July 4, 2010 at 1:11pm: Dianne

I am not a beginner. I was using telecomputing in the 1980's when K-12 was a pioneer, along with persons with disabilities. It took about 10 years for the universities to catch up.

Back then all we had was text, mostly email and chat, but we were able to accomplish quite a bit with minimal technology. The Ning is a good way to meet people and share ideas. But if we did not have it we would still have forums, mailing lists and email. The Ning wraps it up nicely and adds graphics.
Convenient, but not indespensible.

Long winded way of saying don't let the glitter of technology distract you. Start with a goal and think about the tool you need. An email exchange among children here and in the Caribbean would teach more history, geography. culture etc than books and films. It would be a great contribution to be able to share pictures of home and audio files of their music. Great, but still icing on the cake.

Comment by Dianne Tarmann on July 3, 2010 at 8:20pm: Hi! My name is Dianne Tarmann, and I just finished my 30th year of teaching 4th grade. I am completing my masters degree in instructional media through Wilkes University. I appreciate that you have a beginner's group. Using technology to enhance my classroom is important to me, but I have never used Ning before. I am looking forward to the new ideas that are available through this network.

Comment by Angela Kashuba on July 3, 2010 at 4:30pm: Hi my name is Angela. I teach in a rural district in northeastern Pennsylvania. I just finished my first year teaching third grade. I taught first grade for five years prior. I enjoyed the switch in grade levels even though third grade is the grade we begin our state testing. I am currently enrolled in a masters program through Wilkes University. My Web 2.0 class recommended checking out this network. I’m excited to see what it has to offer and what great insights I may find to bring to my classroom.

Comment by Larry Langley on June 18, 2010 at 2:57pm: My name is Larry Langley. I teach high school students (ages 13-18) in the following subjects: journalism, English language arts, theater arts, reading (7th grade) and yearbook. The name of our school is Rocksprings High School located in Rocksprings, TX 78880, population 1285. We have 293 students enrolled at present. The majority of my students are Hispanic.
I want to involve my students in a cross-cultural experience this year using many kinds of technology (building a web site, pod casting, video casting, digital photography and so on).One of the issues I'm facing is finding funding for some of the equipment I need for my classes. Any hints on how to procure cams, mics, etc?
I have 6 children--5 boys and 1 girl; they are all married with children of their own; grandpa of 13 and married to pioneer woman Laura. We live on an 800-acre ranch in Rocksprings, TX.