Agenda+for+Day+2

= Reflect and Collaborate =

what discoveries we made.. ==** using simultaneous editing with Google Docs (we could also have edited this wiki or blogged about it) **==
 * 1) Review our projects-**- discuss what worked, logistics, what walls we hit, what drove us bonkers,

=Look at our glogs on the wiki!=



2) Read this blog post

Education World blog post about Glogster

Check out this use of glogs to share about different communities-- Learn about the World via Glogs in this Project-- Or create and share one from your class



Additional Resources: Excellent resource page for the Glogster tool Glogster tutorials and information from Traci Blazosky


 * 3) Watch and talk about Videos about student learning experiences in and outside school**

Discuss how students collaborate with each other on projects outside the classroom— IM, text, wikis, glogs, blogs, interactive/collaborative games—level of interest and familiarity; Compare how connected vs. how disconnected classroom often feels for students— Can all students answer Yes to: “Can I share my voice & thoughts regularly and in a time sensitive way?” Videos-  ** [|Joe's Non-Netbook] ,** **__ [|A Vision of K-12 Students Today] __,** ** [|Education Today and Tomorrow] ,**  [|21st century pedagogy], **__ [|Webkinz Chat Room] __**
 * Students videos-- Inside & Outside school**



**technology plays a part in this change....)**
Extra: Ms. Ibrahim's 2nd Grade Wiki (check out the personal narrative TAG, then Jacob's and his other links) Tag Cloud-- Direct keyword searching instead of hierarchical Show how to use this to navigate our wiki easier and find pages about blogging or wikis



= 4) What are these again anyway? =

What is a blog vs. a wiki?
Posts (linear) with comments vs. Organized Pages of Information and Discussions Wiki walk-through

Wiki page sharing K-5 ideas == Kids using wikis in education ==

 Decisions to make about your wiki-- what's your plan and purpose? Who has access? Click BASIC DECISIONS on the link above!

**Last half-hour of class--**
10 Ways to use a Blog in class

Begin deciding on what will work best for your classroom and your purposes--
 * Explore and Work Time **

Blog—share your thinking, reflect on others; topics vary within a framework Wiki—collaborative, creative space for student learning ON A TOPIC Identify 1 Subject area in which to use a blog or wiki; Connect directly with the OCG! Choose a curriculum-driven project which could be enhanced with student use of a wiki or glog


 * sample blogs, glogs, and wikis **

= Extra stuff-- = =** Explore and Work Time ** =
 * We probably won't get to this... **

Teachers will also comment in a class edublog -- and share ways this might work in their classroom. (Teacher directed post with comments)

Look at Kidblog, Edublog, and Tumblr sites and some of the basic differences between them. Include how a template changes the look and what is available. Look at MODERATING COMMENTS and receiving notification also...
 * 4) Blog Review and Practice**

Posterous-- A new blogging tool I know almost nothing about other than what Richard Byrne shares in this post

KidBlog Simplest way to have a blog for your class **and each kid to have their own blog too** not pretty or very customizable-- only has 1 look/template

Edublogs Trickier, but with more options can add TAGS and categories for searching posts and comments

Tumblr easy to use; teacher-directed blog; **NO COMMENTS allowed without a tumblr account** whether text, picture, or video does not create individual student blogs

( Teachers will also comment in our class **kidblog**-- and share ways this might work in their classroom.)

Save for session 3!!! along with what makes a useful blog post and ...

= ** Explore and Work Time ** =

**5) DOK and HOTS** Look at DOK and discuss.  Work on a DOK Senteo/Response and discuss rigorous student thinking.  How do we make sure we are providing higher order thinking challenges  as students work on in these new contexts? HOTS article and reflection about tech using HOTS.

Explain how RSS works. Look at Web portal pages (Igoogle and MyYahoo). Bring in Edublogger and Edutopia as RSS feeds.
 * 6) RSS, Feeds, and Podcasts**

Open Itunes. Have teachers download a session of a podcast. Show how to subscribe. View an RSS feed in Igoogle and Google Reader.

=** Explore and Work Time ** =

Teachers search for podcasts and RSS feeds. View elementary podcasts.

Thoughts and links from a blogger about Glogs

Fantastic blog post about Glogster and Prezi tools