Blogs+and+wikis+PD

=Professional Development on Wikis and a few other Web 2.0 tools= =Wicomico Middle School= =August 22, 2008= =JoAnne Hoeffner, Barb Fodor, Kelly Henslee=

Whether you like it or not, our students are digital citizens, using interactive Web 2.0 tools on a daily basis

1. __**PAY ATTENTION**__. by Darren Draper Many of you have probably already seen this, but it bears repeating and will get us thinking and talking.

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A higher resolution of Pay Attention and a multitude of resources for '[|Transforming Teaching Through Technology'.]

__**2. DID YOU KNOW?**__ by Karl Fisch and Scott McLoed Many of you have probably already seen this, it was created in 2006 and this is the 2007 update.

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Fisch's wiki explaining why he created the Did You Know video. shifthappens.wikispaces.com To see more on educational wikis, how to use them and examples: http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples of educational wikis

**What is a wiki?** Short answer: A wiki is a quickly and easily made web page, which can contain any information you want to distribute to your audience (usually students and their parents).

They are good for your students, good for kids parents and good for teaching. Plus they are fast, easy, and free.
 * Why should you create a wiki?**

You can:**
 * What can you do with a wiki?
 * post your beginning of the year letter to parents
 * post your class expectations, rules and needed equipment
 * post daily assignments and homework - students quickly learn to use this if they are absent or didn't write down their homework (https://hoeffner.wikispaces.com/Daily+Work)
 * post directions for any online assignment - teach your students to go to your wiki to get those directions and links for research, webquests, virtual field trips, where ever you want them to go. (https://hoeffner.wikispaces.com/Moon+Phases+Final)
 * post resource links - online dictionaries, tutorials, etc.

STUDENTS POST THEIR OWN WORK FOR THE WORLD TO SEE - how relevant is it for students to have a real world wide audience for their work. (https://hoeffner.wikispaces.com/Pd+7+Water+Quality+PPTs) (https://earthkam.wikispaces.com/)
 * BUT THE BIGGEST AND BEST OF ALL:**

=HOW TO CREATE YOUR WIKI = **1.** Right click on this link and click on //Open link in new window:// [|http://wicomico.wikispaces.net].
 * 2.** Click on the //__Join__// in the upper right hand corner.
 * 3.** Make up a user name and a password. Fill in your email address. Click on the YES radio button for Make a Space. Click Join.
 * 4**. Make up a name for your wiki. Last year, I call ed my mmhshoeffnersscience.wikispaces.com, but it was too much for the students to type in accurately, so I usually sent them there by going to the school webpage and then click on the link - which is OK, but I decided this summer to change the name to just hoeffner. Remember that you will also have wicomico.wikispaces.net, automatically tagged onto the end of your space name, so if I were you, I would just call your space by your last name, no caps.
 * 5.** YEAH - you now have your wiki space!!!!!

=HOW TO GET STARTED PUTTING THINGS ON YOUR WIKI = 1. On your wiki page, click the Help button at the top right of the page - if you ever forget how to do something, help is here with an indexed list of topics. 2. Click on Video Tour, to view the short video tour made by the maker of wikispaces to help you. http://www.wikispaces.com/site/tour#introduction 3. After viewing the video introduction, start building you wikispace.

=SOME SPECIAL TOUCHES = **Razzle Dazzle** your site with text glitterizer: http://www.glitterizer.com/


 * Add an speaking avatar:** http://www.voki.com/

1. Create an account on teachertube.com and upload your video there. Grab the html code generated by teachertube.
 * Add a video:**

2. On your wiki page, click on the Insert Widget icon. After that is selected choose the video category, and choose teacher tube. Paste the html code you copied from teacher tube.
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 * The Newspaper clipping generator**: http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp


 * Calendar and clock to download and embed:** http://www.poodwaddle.com/free.htm


 * Quizlet Tool**: http://quizlet.com/


 * Add a widget**: http://www.widgetbox.com/tag/text, http://www.widgetgallery.com/, http://widgets.yahoo.com/


 * Maps of site visitors**: http://www.clustrmaps.com/


 * Animations:** http://www.free-animations.co.uk/animations.html