iGoogle do you? RSS and your feeders. Wiki ways and Blog alongs.

 

iGoogle do you? RSS and your feeders. Wiki ways and Blog alongs. iGoogle (http://google.com/ig) RSS feeds Wikis Blogs

 

iGoogle (http://google.com/ig)

your "personal information portal"

*RSS Feeds *web searches * emails * calendar * bookmarks*

How To:

• Sign up for a free google account
• Make the sample portal your own
  • 'Add Stuff'
  • Drag and Drop the Stuff
  • Select a 'Theme'
  • Add a Tab (click on arrow next to Home tab)

Advanced iGoogle:

• Develop your own gadget

iGoogle Alternatives:

• Netvibes (http://www.netvibes.com/#General )
• Pageflakes (http://www.pageflakes.com )
  • teacher sample page (http://teacher.pageflakes.com )

iGoogle- Read all about it:

• Gale magazine, news and journal articles about iGoogle Remember Poway HS excels.

Why iGoogle with STUDENTS?

 

RSS feeds

"Really Simple Syndication"

Regularly updated websites, news, podcasts. No advertisements. Sent to you. Read all in one spot.

How To:

• Create an RSS aggregator.
  • Google Reader (http://www.google.com/reader )
  • Bloglines (http://www.bloglines.com )
  • Newsgator (http://www.newsgator.com )
• Locate feeds
  • Look for the RSS feed icon on websites you regularly visit.
  • Use Google Readers 'Discover' feature
  • Try one of the following feed search tools:

 

• Topix (http://www.topix.net )
• Syndic8 (http://www.syndic8.com )
• Technorati (http://www.technorati.com ) - blog finder
• Check out some award winning blogs at Edublogs

Common Crafts' RSS in Plain English

RSS- Read all about it:

Gale magazines, news and journals about RSS feeds.

Remember Poway HS excels.

 

How could students use RSS feeds to encourage learning?

 

 

Wikis

*website authoring tool *collaborative *easily edited and created *no need for html

means Hawaiian for 'quick'

 

How To:

• Decide on a wiki provider
  • PBwiki (http://pbwiki.com/academic.wiki )
  • Wikispaces (http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers )
  • Seedwiki (http://www.seedwiki.com )
  • Pikiwiki (http://www.pikiwiki.com )
  • or Compare several at WikiMatrix (http://www.wikimatrix.org/ )
  What is a PBwiki? (video clip link)

 

 

Sample Wikis:

Provider specific educational wiki finders:

• PBWiki Educators Wikis (http://educators.pbwiki.com/K-12+example+wikis ) Search for your subject in the box on the right sidebar.
• Wikispaces Educational(http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com ) Search for your subject using the Find command off under Edit on the browser toolbar.Specific subject/topic wikis:
• Westwood Schools Wiki (http://westwood.wikispaces.com/ ) Award winning Technology wiki at a private college prep school.
• Bishopblogs (http://bishopblogs.wikispaces.com/ ) High School Spanish wiki.
• 304Sophs (http://304sophs.wikispaces.com/ ) Hunterdon Central Regional HS Sophomore English wiki.
• Sheehy's English Wiki ( http://sheehy-english.wikispaces.com/Persuasive%20Speech ) This links to his persuasive speech assignment. Browse all his English classes.
• WW2Homefront  (http://ww2homefront.pbwiki.com/ ) American History wiki as part of the International Academy. 
• Mr.Lee's Advanced Math Wiki (http://acrospire.pbwiki.com/ ) This Math wiki was nominated for an Edublog best wiki award for K-12 educators.
• Horizon Project (http://horizonproject2008.wikispaces.com/ ) Award winning collaboration between multiple US and international schools creating videos based on the Horizon Report.
• Welker's Wikinomics (http://welkerswikinomics.wetpaint.com/ ) Occasionally blocked at school. This wiki has won multiple awards. Economics curriculum for an international high school.
• Language Links (http://languagelinks2006.wikispaces.com/#toc1 ) a wiki for World Language educators.
• GoAPEs (http://goapes.wikispaces.com/ )  AP Environmental Science.

Quality Wikis, created quickly contest winners:

• EffectiveMathVideoshttp://k12wiki.wikispaces.com/Effective+Math+Videos )
• Virtual Art Galleries (http://k12wiki.wikispaces.com/Virtual+Art+Galleries )
• CitizenJournalism (http://k12wiki.wikispaces.com/Citizen+Journalism+Code+of+Ethics ) .

More Instruction on How to Wiki:

• Wiki Walk-Through

Educational Wikis - Read all about it:

Gale magazines, news and journals about wikis in education

Remember Poway HS excels.

 

In what ways would a wiki be useful in my classroom?

wiki graphic from http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com

 

Blogs

*chronological log of thoughts with comments *online diary

post>comment>comment

 

 

 

Commoncraft's Blogs in Plain English

 

How To:

• Decide on a Blog hosting service
  • Blogger  (http://www.blogger.com )
  • Wordpress(http://wordpress.com )
  • Edublogs (http://edublogs.org )
  • Typepad (http://www.typepad.com )
• Create an Account (write down your login and password)
• Name your blog (remember everyone on the WWW can see your blog name and it's address, don't use your real name)
• Select your template (most services will let you change it so don't feel stuck with the first you select)

 

Sample Blogs:

 

• Teaching in the Twenty-First Century (http://aquiram.wordpress.com/ ) History Teacher
• Mykhmsmathclass.Blogspot.com(http://mykhmsmathclass.blogspot.com/ ) Math Teacher
• Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day……For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL  (http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ )
• Cool Cat Teacher (http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/ )
• Speaking of History (http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/ ) Podcast blog.
• Newly Ancient (http://myfla.ws/ ) Student blog.

 

Blogs in Education - Read all about it:

Gale magazines, news and journals about blogs in education

Remember Poway HS excels.

 

In what ways could a student or teacher use a blog to meet course standards?

 

The contents of this wiki were garnered primarily from my work with Classroom Learning 2.0.

If you are interested in more educational Web 2.0 tools check it out at http://classroomlearning2.blogspot.com/