Blogs and Wikis in the Classroom
What is a blog?
Wikipedia's definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
Blogs in Plain English Video from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI
Resources and exemplary examples of blogs in the K-12 classroom: http://tlt.wetpaint.com
http://msueduc1023.blogspot.com/
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Word Press - http://wordpress.com/
Teacher Lingo - http://teacherlingo.com/
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What is a wiki?
Wikipedia's definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
Wikis in Plain English Video from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY
Resources and exemplary examples of wikis in the K-12 classroom: http://tlt.wetpaint.com
Smart Teaching's 50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom
Wikipedia's definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
Wikis in Plain English Video from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY
Resources and exemplary examples of wikis in the K-12 classroom: http://tlt.wetpaint.com
Smart Teaching's 50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom
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Assignment
_Get in Groups of 4.
Each person in the group needs to create a Blog @ https://www.blogger.com/start
Use your gmail account to sign in.
Create a Page titled about me. Write at least 5 sentences about yourself.
On the Home page create a new post. The post needs to be about something you have learned in this class.
After you all have created your post, you need to go comment on each others post. You need to comment no less than 6 times each.
Finally, create a new page on your weebly site. Name it Blogs and Wikis. Insert a link to your blog.
Each person in the group needs to create a Blog @ https://www.blogger.com/start
Use your gmail account to sign in.
Create a Page titled about me. Write at least 5 sentences about yourself.
On the Home page create a new post. The post needs to be about something you have learned in this class.
After you all have created your post, you need to go comment on each others post. You need to comment no less than 6 times each.
Finally, create a new page on your weebly site. Name it Blogs and Wikis. Insert a link to your blog.