Wiki’s, Podcasting and Blogs: Oh My!

Do you know what a blog, wiki or podcasting can do for your students? Are you surviving this digital age? Do you want to learn ways to engage students and use great new tools for giving our students voice. Any teacher, media specialist, tech coordinator or administrator will want to hear what we have to share.

Presentation Wiki

Presented by Florence McGee with Jennifer Willis and Amy Kirshner.

Florida Digital Educator Program is accepting applications until February 2007

The presenters started out with a PowerPoint from Karl Fish from the Fishbowl. : What if…
Administrators are the lions. They need to use their courage.
Teachers have the brains: They know how to get it to the kids

Network people are the scarecrow: Need the heart to let the teachers and administrators do want they need to do to reach the students.

Incorporate all the different digital mediums :

VIDEO

Where the Hell is Matt:

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Introduce geography spots around the world. Students made their own movie, including their home town. Can be part of a bigger projects with students around the world.

PODCASTING

• Book authors
• Book reviews
• Morning School Show
• Use science standards relating to the literature as possible curriculum connections.

Tools:

• Podomatic
• Audacity

WIKIS

• Florence McGee’ Personal Wiki

BLOGGING

• Superintendents of Schools are blogging

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Posted: 26. January, 2007 at 12:32 pm. Filed under: Uncategorized.
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