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Dakota Valley January 19th

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Session 8:15 – 10:00 10:15-12:00

Movie Editing http://www.escweb.net/sd_esa2/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=32702 This is for both sessions

Picture Manager http://www.escweb.net/sd_esa2/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=32703

http://www.escweb.net/sd_esa2/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=32704

Best Websites Elementaryhttp://www.escweb.net/sd_esa2/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=32700

Secondaryhttp://www.escweb.net/sd_esa2/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=32701

Blogs & Wikis http://www.escweb.net/sd_esa2/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=32706

http://www.escweb.net/sd_esa2/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=32705

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BLOGS & WIKIS

January 2009

ExpectationsC – Can you talk?

Yes! This will be essential to building the best collection of Elementary Websites!

Cells/text….put them on “stun” & take calls outside Quietly enough so that only the person next to you can hear

H - How to get help? Questions are GOOD! Feel free to ask a neighbor quietly

A – What about Activities? Discussions and activities are the “heart” of having a great

experience. You will get out of them what you put in!

M – Can you Move? Quietly – yes!

P – How will I know you are Participating? Bring the focus back to the front after discussions. Returning promptly from breaks and utilizing your discussion

time!

Workshop Objectives Review where blogs and wikis fit

into Instructional Strategies Review structure of 21st Century

Learning Define and explore uses for Blogs Define and explore uses for Wikis

²Matrix of the Four Planning Questions, the Nine Categories of Instructional Strategies, and the Seven Categories of Technology

PlanningQuestions

InstructionalStrategies

Word Processi

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Spreadshee

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Organizing and

Brainstorming

Data Collect

ion Tools

Multimedia

Web Resources

Communicatio

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What will students learn? Setting Objectives ● ● ● ● ●

Which strategies will provide evidence of student learning?

Providing Feedback ● ● ● ●

Providing Recognition ● ● ● ●

Which strategies will help students acquire and integrate

learning?

Cues, questions, and advance organizers

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Nonlinguistic Representation

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Summarizing and note taking

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Reinforcing effort ● ●

Which strategies will help students practice, review, and

apply learning?

Identifying Similarities and Differences ● ● ● ●

Homework and Practice● ● ● ● ●

Generating and testing hypotheses ● ● ●

ThemesGlobal Awareness

Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy

Civic Literacy Health Literacy

SkillsProblem Solving

Collaboration

Analytical thinking

Communication

Finding and Evaluating Information

Creating and Innovating

ToolsNewspapers, books, spreadsheets, graphing calculators, computers, internet resources, websites, databases, digital libraries, television, observational and measurement tools, videos, DVD’s, CD’s, telecommunication, word processing, presentation tools, smart boards, GPS, probes, manipulatives, geometry tools, digital cameras, laptops, multimedia, scanners, video equipment, digital recorders,mp3 technology, cell phones……

21st Century Skills

Do teachers have to be tech savvy?Learning and Innovation SkillsInformation, Media and Technology Skills

Life and Career Skills

What is a blog?

Why Blogs?

Students write better when they have a real audience

Promote open dialog where students share knowledge and reflect on a topic

Engaging Interactive Meet Students “Where they live” ELL students Writing Across content areas

Blog Applications Elementary School Publishing

http://www.grandviewlibrary.org/fold/grandviewnews.aspx

Journals http://sdstat21.edublogs.org/ Teachers communicate with parents Daily Chronicles of classroom Community Activism http://montrose.communityblogs.us/

What is a wiki?

Why a Wiki? Collaborative Authoring Tool (21st

Century Skills) Web Based, can be accessed from

anywhere with an Internet Connection (Web 2.0)

May be student directed or teacher directed

Peer editing and writing ePortfolios

Wiki Applications Collaborative Storytelling

http://terrythetennisball.wikispaces.com/ Kids Teaching Supplemental Information

http://misterhale.wikispaces.com/INTE http://cwasse.wikispaces.com/4TH+%26

To Blog or To Wiki?

Writing Process: Blog Reflective Personal Can be edited by others

Collaborative Writing: Wiki Peer Revew Teams or Groups

Changes are tracked

Instructional PurposeWhy are you choosing to send students to a website? Efficiency Enriching Extending

NETs and SD Technology Standards

Safety and PrivacyCreate and adhere to school technology policy

Review the ENTIRE policy with staff, students, and parents

Teach ethical and legal behavior for social software use

Dakota Valley Website with Blogs and Wikis