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Wikis, Blogs & Podcasts. Teaching and Learning with Web-Based Technologies. Objectives. Explore reasons why Web-based technologies can help faculty teach and students learn. Look at challenges and concerns. Examine basics of wikis, blogs and podcasts. Collect some relevant Web resources. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Wikis, Blogs & Podcasts
• Teaching and Learning with Web-Based Technologies
Objectives
• Explore reasons why Web-based technologies can help faculty teach and students learn.
• Look at challenges and concerns.• Examine basics of wikis, blogs and
podcasts.• Collect some relevant Web
resources.
Challenges and Concerns
• Start small!• Warn students about safety!• Warn students about
plagiarism! • Discuss ads!
Pedagogical Reasons for Considering• Content creation (right brainers will
rule!).• Publishing (visible/audible to others).• Collaborative space.• “Real-World” applications.• READ/READ became • READ/WRITE became• READ/WRITE/COLLABORATE.
Brainers
Left Brain• Logical
SequentialRationalAnalyticalObjectiveLooks at parts
Right Brain• Random
IntuitiveHolisticSynthesizingSubjectiveLooks at wholes
Discussion
• Do you think teaching styles and learning styles should be different for left brainers versus right brainers? If so, how?
We Are The Web!
• Web 2.0• Web 3.0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4n
k0EOE
Evaluate video
Wikis• A collaborative Web site where
users can– Post data– Edit data– Track changes– Compare version– Do group work– Learn collaborative skills– Make wiki private or public
Wikipedia
• Not credible?• Starting point?
Wiki Structures
• One class with single wiki with many pages.
• One class with several wikis.• One class with each student having
individual wiki.• One faculty member with single wiki.• One college department with single wiki.• . . . Endless!!
Wiki Applications
• Google group wiki page• Google docs
– https://docs.google.com
• WikiSpaces– http://www.wikispaces.com/
• PBWiki– http://pbwiki.com/
• MANY others!– www.wikimatrix.org
The Wiki Prayer
Please grant me the serenity to accept the pages I cannot edit,
The courage to edit the pages I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.
http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm0452.asp
Blogs
• Web logs• Demonstrates evidence of
evolving thinking over time• Group or individual• Searchable• Automatic updates/subscriptions
Blog Set Up
• Live Journal: http://www.livejournal.com
• Blogger: http://blogger.com • Blogspot: http://www.blogspot.com • Technorati: http://technorati.com/
(mega blog—searches over 71 million bogs by topic, tag or post.
• Demo: http://mnperkins.blogspot.com/
RSS• Content comes to YOU!• Really Simple Syndication • Saves time!• Aggregators:
• Bloglines: www.bloglines.com • Google Reader: www.google.com/reader • Newsgator: www.newsgator.com • Comparison of the 3:
http://labnol.blogspot.com/2005/10/newsgator-vs-bloglines-vs-google.html
RSS (cont.)– Demo: Google blog to Google Reader– Only works if read regularly.– START SMALL!– RSS: A Quick Start for Educators
http://weblogg-ed.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/RSSFAQ4.pdf
– Demo: Add Richardson’s All Events calendar to Reader.
– Yahoo News Feeds: http://news.yahoo.com/rss
Podcasts
– Recording that is compressed in digital form (MP3 file)
– Distributed over Internet– Available by subscription using
RSS feed– Automatically synchronized to
MP3 player
Steps in Creating Podcasts
• Record, Edit, Publish• Use recording microphone and
MP3 software– Audacity – http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Higher Ed Uses– Instructor-created
• Lectures• Homework
– External resources• iTunes podcasts• Guest speaker
– User-created• Oral presentations• Interviews• Field notes
Discussion
• What new tools have you discovered and how are you using them in teaching?
Sample Podcasts
• Subscribe.• http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu/ • http://www.pbs.org/merrow/podcast/
index.html
• Demo: iTunesU – Need to download Apple’s iTunes software first!
Summary: Challenges & Concerns
– Getting yourself started—START SMALL!– Getting the students started:
• Scaffold assignments• Share explicit reasons why you’re using these
tools.– Time/management requirements.
Summary (cont.)
– Webquest? • http://webquest.org/index.php • Inquiry-based activity that involves
students in using web-based resources and tools to transform their learning into meaningful understandings and real-world projects.
– Rubric• http://webquest.sdsu.edu/
webquestrubric.html (10/29/07)
Managing ALL This!
• Social Bookmarking Web site http://del.icio.us/ – Store your bookmarks/favorites online.– Demo: http://del.icio.us/yshafer
• Note icon on IE browser.
Other References
• Pink, Daniel H. (2006). A Whole New Mind: Why Right Brainers Will Rule the Future
• Kruse, Kevin. The Magic of Learner Motivation: The ARCS Model, www.e-learningguru.com/articles/art3_5.htm (10/29/07)