Sample+Blogs,+Wikis+and+Podcasts+in+Education

=Using Blogs and Wikis in the High School English=


 * Ontario Language Curriculum Grade 9 and 10; Grade 11 and 12**

"Teachers explicitly teach and model learning strategies and encourage students to talk through their thinking and learning processes. They also provide many opportunities for students to practise and apply their developing knowledge and skills." page 28

"Whenever appropriate, therefore, students should be encouraged to use ICT to support and communicate their learning." page 36

**What is a Blog Anyway? **
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**Blogs: Extension of the Classroom **
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 * Key Pieces of the Video:** 2:36, 3:30 - 7:07,

Blogs: 10 Ideas for Integration
1. Reflective Journals 2. Online Discussions 3. Commentary and Analysis 4. Literature Circle Discussion 5. Collaborative Discussions/Chapter Analysis

http://arapahoe.littletonpublicschools.net/LEARNINGNETWORK/tabid/959/Default.aspx
 * A Directory of Blogs and wikis provided by Arapahoe high school in Colorado, USA:**

Hamlet06 - student role play a character and use blogs to publish diary entries in role. Other students must also comment to blog posts while in role. http://hamlet06.wikispaces.com/
 * Student Character Role Play**

http://smith9h0809.blogspot.com/2008/10/fahrenheit-451-fishbowl-68-91-period-5.html
 * Class Discussion on Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451**

http://krausevillains.blogspot.com/
 * Question and Answer/Discussion**

What is a Wiki Anyway?
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Wikis for Research and Reference
Wikibooks: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia: http://www.wikipedia.org/

1)Wikipedia as accurate as Encyclopedia Britannica http://news.cnet.com/Study-Wikipedia-as-accurate-as-Britannica/2100-1038_3-5997332.html
 * Articles discussing the accuracy of Wikipedia**

2)Errors in Encyclopedia Britannica corrected in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Errors_in_the_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_that_have_been_corrected_in_Wikipedia

**Wikis: Online collaboration **
http://classdocoproject.wetpaint.com/
 * Class Doco Project:** Students collaborating in the making of a class documentary


 * Canterbury Tales Wiki:** http://chschaucer.wetpaint.com/?t=anon

http://horizonproject.wikispaces.com/
 * The Horizon Project:** International Collaboration Project

http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/
 * Flat Classroom Project:** International Collaboration Project

Wikis: Ideas for Integration

 * 10 Ideas for the Integration of Wikis**

1. Connect with parents through publishing student work 2. Homework groups with kids (ask questions) 3. Put websites for articles students need to read, and then discuss it together online 4. Collaborative projects with other classrooms in or outside of the TCDSB 5. Book reviews! 6. Study guides for the test 7. Literature response podcasting or video publishing 8. Book talks 9. Literature circle 10. Posting projects

http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/50-ways-to-use-wikis-for-a-more-collaborative-and-interactive-classroom/
 * 50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom**

http://tinyurl.com/tcdsbenglish