mediaTALK :: Blogs vs. Wikis

BLOGS VS. WIKIS : 

BLOGS VS. WIKIS Presented by: Modeane Walker Ph.D. mediaTALK Louisiana State University - Academic Technology Services

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agenda…

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If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow. -John Dewey

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Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 http://appl003.lsu.edu/slas/registrar.nsf/$Content/Tutorial+for+Faculty+and+Staff?OpenDocument ferpa @ LSU

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The principle goal of education is to create men and woman who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done. -Jean Piaget

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blog

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blog

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blog

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blog settings

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wiki

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wiki

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wiki settings

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Expectations Graded, rubric, optional tool, assessment Writing style Formal, informal Requirements Mandatory comments twice a week Initial reactions, comment after Start Beginning of semester, before final, after midterm let’s be clear

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This is not… MySpace, Facebook let’s be clearer The more you stress the specifics, the less stress it will be on you to assess and monitor!

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Ads Trade-off for being free Here today, gone tomorrow Make sure there is a export option Free one moment, fee the next Find educational accounts (sometimes free upgrade on storage or full-service) Search and crawl Accessed through web search engines Controversial topics, maybe not? cons

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Interactive comment session Instructor posts initial comment, article, narrative, etc. Students posts comments Reaction comments, number of comments Post hot-, trending, controversial topic, case study Moderate, moderate, moderate Each one, teach one Reverse Blog your experience with teaching, in general Study tools Question blog, quiz hints, mid-term/final exam blogs in action

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Join forces Connect with a colleague at another university and collaborate between classes Design (web, interior, art) Post a piece of work and have students critique State your case…the great debate! Make a statement without supporting information Allow students to support or refute but they MUST include references blogs in action

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Syllabus Convert assigned readings into active links Vocabulary Story Great for foreign language A-Z Everything related to your discipline Brainstorm Great for group projects! wikis in action

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service providers

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service providers

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The need to know the capital of Florida died when my phone learned the answer. Rather, the students of tomorrow need to be able to think creatively: they will need to learn on their own, adapt to new challenges and innovate on-the-fly. -Anthony Chivetta High school student in Missouri

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points to remember Teach the process of writing and thinking Writing is collaborative Wikis provide proof of participation through tracking Effective integration = YOU

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All students know technology I’m the first Wiki = engagement misconceptions

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Blogs in Plain English http://youtu.be/NN2I1pWXjXI Wikis in Plain English http://youtu.be/-dnL00TdmLY Learning Styles Don’t Exist http://edupln.ning.com/video/video/show?id=4241570%3AVideo%3A22752 David Wiley: Open Teaching Multiplies the Benefit but Not the Effort http://chronicle.com/blogPost/David-Wiley-Open-Teaching/7271 references

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Group Chemistry http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/10/02/chemistry To blog, or not to blog (in the classroom) http://edublognology.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/to-blog-or-not-to-blog-in-the-classroom/ Blog Basics http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/blog/blogbasics.cfm Step by step: Opening doors to a class blog http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/blog/openingdoorsblog.cfm references

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contact information Modeane walker Ph.D. ed.mediatalk@gmail.com