cmc overview and creating wikis
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A very brief overview of a few CMC technologies you can use with your students.TRANSCRIPT
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pbworks.com
personal.psu.edu/tct118/
presentations
Synchronous CMC Asynchronous CMC
Chat
Skype
Second Life
Adobe Connect
Video conferencing
Blogs Email Facebook Wikis Podcasts Voice message boards
Why add communication technologies to your curriculum?
Students are already expert users
Pushes language learning outside the classroom
Promotes authentic language use
Does the technology increase the efficiency of student learning?
What does the technology allow me to do that I can’t already do using other means?
Does the technology decrease my workload?
How can the new technology fit into my curriculum?
What is the right tool to use for the task I want to do?
Blogs, Voicethread, & Wikis
A blog is an online, semi-public journal that displays the user’s posts, and allows visitors to post responses
Blogging = individual reaction to something + the comments of others
Informal, independent writing
Blogging = individual reaction to something + the comments of others
Informal writing
Autobiography
Student responses to reading, films, class discussions, curriculum topics
Add pictures, links
Students, teacher subscribe to each others’ blogs
What are the potential problems of asking your students to keep a blog?
Group conversations are collected and shared in one place
Multimedia slide show (posted by students or the teacher) ◦ Pictures ◦ Documents ◦ Video
Students comment on the slide show using ◦ Text ◦ Audio ◦ Video
Wiki = web-based collaborative writing space
Wiki wiki means ‘quick’ in Hawai’ian
Allows multiple users to add and edit content of one shared space
Users add new pages to create a network of hyperlinked documents
More student control = more success
Class Resource - Students write an online text of your curriculum, adding links to expand class knowledge
Group Projects - Build collaborative pages, start discussions and encourage comments.
Student Portfolios - Give students their own page to post content, upload homework, and share their work.
(from pbworks.com/content/edu-classroom-teachers)
1. Go to www.wikispaces.com
2. Click on ‘Wikis for individuals and groups”
3. Register
Write a few sentences about yourself or something you’re interested in.
Add a picture you like from the Internet (first download the pic to your desktop)
Create links to 3 other pages
Add links to your favorite websites
Add a video you like from youtube.com
Click on ‘Gadgets’ and add something else!