blogwikipresentation

Lab Challenge: Blog and Wiki Professional Development Training for Adults at BBA

Students: Samantha W. Troy J.

Delivered a presentation at in-service on Oct. 18th and assisted in RLab training sessions: Attendance: October 18th, 2006: 31 November 8th, 2006: 43

Outline of presentation:


 * Why put info on the web ?**

- Assignments - Reference docs: vocab lists, worksheets - Ideas / Inspiration: Run across a great article, news story, etc. - Introduce students to a different media: web based, links to videos, other articles - Communicate with students and parents

- Static Web Pages - Editing was complex - Had to understand html (web page code) - Using tools like: Macromedia DreamWeaver or Microsoft FrontPage: Not everyone had them - especially at home. Technology and knowledge required made it cumbersome to update pages. - Basically, designing pages was difficult for people who are not proficient at it. Took extra time. Unreachable model. Left people frustrated.
 * Old model:**


 * Changes for the better: New Technology. for Convenient publishing (wicked good) !**

II. Blogs: (Web Log) Simple web publishing. - Set it up, start publishing. VERY easy to setup. - Updating via e-mail (send or web client: Makes it easy. - Ability to allow people to post comments. Can be turned on and off - Access the page to control settings, templates, etc. Easy interface. Big buttons like 'Publish' and 'Save'

Examples: - Burr and Burton Daily Announcements: Sue and Tammy email announcements to the web page and the blog posts them. - Bill Muench's blog spot - Easy way to post updates for a class.


 * How many people would post a web site if it was easy to edit ? One click to edit. Type changes. Hit 'save.'**

III. Wiki's: Another method of web publishing.

What is a WIKI ?

- Highly dynamic. View the page, push the edit button, write changes, hit save. Done ! - Cut and paste from exisiting documents. - Modes: Do not allow others to edit (static), choose your editors, or allow everyone to edit.

Examples: - BBA Tech Committee: - Demo 'history' tab - Power of community editing projects.

Neil Freeburn: Demo Music Dept. WIKI.

IV: Hosting: Host in-house or use a commercial service - which just happens to be free ? - Free has it's advantages ! More money to improve the school lunch program, laptops, or the second campus ! - Companies like Google can produce more technologies and integrations than we can in-house. - Incredible support via the help menu ! - Streamlined directions on how to get started. - Two sites chosen: Blogger.com and WikiSpaces.com

http://www.google.com/educators/index.html
 * Web site for educators that explains the technology:**

Step-by-step directions will be provided to setup blogs and WIKIs:

http://www.blogger.com Click on the large orange arrow that says "Create Your Blog Now"
 * Create a blog:**

http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K Note: This site offers a no-advertising !
 * Create a WIKI:**

V: After the meeting, the computer labs down stairs will be open to help people setup blogs and Wikis.

Not interested or even curious about a blog or WIKI ? Interested in using conventional methods to publish ? Dave Miceli will be offering some help down stairs as well.

Open Question Session in the Library