http://teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_radical/2008/06/creating-wiki-r.html
As most of you already know, I'veI've been doing a lot of work with wikis this year, writing about wiki safety and trying to define wiki-goodness. One of the lessons that I've learned about wiki projects with kids is that the organic creation that defines Wikipedia doesn't always work with middle schoolers!
You see, Wikipedia is completely fine with the inevitably unbalanced participation of those who are creating pages with one another. While some members will edit pages thousands of times and make significant changes in both content and structure, most will only make a few contributions every now and then.
If left to chance, that same unbalanced participation pattern becomes evident in classroom wiki projects as well. While that pattern is worth embracing for informal wiki efforts, I've found that when using wikis as a group project to assess learning, middle ]]>
http://adifference.blogspot.com/2006/04/wiki-solution-manuals.html
Student Roles for Wiki Projects
http://teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_radical/2008/06/creating-wiki-r.html
As most of you already know, I've been doing a lot of work with wikis this year, writing about wiki safety and trying to define wiki-goodness. One of the lessons that I've learned about wiki projects with kids is that the organic creation that defines Wikipedia doesn't always work with middle schoolers!
You see, Wikipedia is completely fine with the inevitably unbalanced participation of those who are creating pages with one another. While some members will edit pages thousands of times and make significant changes in both content and structure, most will only make a few contributions every now and then.
If left to chance, that same unbalanced participation pattern becomes evident in classroom wiki projects as well. While that pattern is worth embra]]>
This page will contain a collection of digital tricks and tools that presenter Bill Ferriter is just beginning to play with. Needless to say, he hasn't had a chance to create a full page of materials about any of these services yet! Keep checking back, however. Over time, each of these services will have their own fully developed page on Digitally Speaking.
Digital Publishing
Handout_Digital_Publishing.pdf
In today’s digital age, anyone can publish anything to the Web at any time—including you! This ability is nothing short of empowering, ensuring that your voice can be heard without cost. As Clay Shirky wrote in his 2008 title, Here Comes Everybody:
“In a world where publishing is effortless, the decision to publish something isn’t terribly momentous. Just as movable type raised the value of being able to read and write even as it destroyed the scribal tradition, globally free publishing is making public speech and action more valuable even as it]]>
Becoming Your Own Publisher
The following materials were used in the 2008 NSDC Summer Session presentation on Writing as a Form of Professional Growth.
Becoming Your Own Publisher Handout
Handout_Digital_Publishing.pdf
This handout details a wide variety of Web 2.0 tools that teachers interested in becoming active writers can use to elevate their voices.
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Using Digital Tools to Facilitate PLC Conversations (May 15, 2008)
Becoming Your Own Publisher (July 15, 2008)
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This Voicethread includes a selection of quotes that are designed to elicit conversation about the core elements of Professional Learning Communities. It can also be found online at: http://ed.voicethread.com/share/113288/
PowerPoint: Power of Professional Conversations
PLC_Digital_Vision_Setting.ppt
This PowerPoint presentation includes the quotes used in the Voicethread forming the cornerstone of this session. It can be used by participants to facilitate conversations between their faculty members if needed.
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Big Idea
Shared experiences and conversations about a school’s core principles are critical for ensuring that all teachers are working in the same direction. Digital tools can provide safe and timely forums for collaborative dialogue and should become a meaningful part of any building’s overall communication plan.
Session Agenda
Agenda_Orientation_Web2_Mission.doc
This document is the master agenda for the May 14, 2008 presentation on using digital tools to facilitate PLC conversations. It includes a session schedule, a document outlining the advantages of asynchronous communication, and a handout detailing the process for adding comments to a Voicethread presentation.
The Power of Professional Conversations
This Voicethread includes a selection of quotes that are designed to elicit conversation about the core elements of Professional Learning Communities. It can also be found online at: http://ed.voicethread.com/share/113]]>
Voicethread is Engaging: Let's face it--sometimes working with digital partners can be pretty boring. After all, email and discussion boards are nothing more than written text. Voicethread gives users something interesting to talk about---pictures! What's more, being able to actually hear one another makes digital communication through Voicethread much more personal.
Recently, Bill Ferriter explained how Voicethread has become a natural part of his classroom instruction in this article in Edutopia Magazine.
Curious about what a Voicethread presentation can look like when created by kids? Then check out this presentation about Denmark being developed by a group of students somewhere in Cyberspace that has been viewed nearly 2,000 times and that includesover 130comments:
Planning a Voicethread
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Sample Voicethreads
The Power of Professional Conversations
This Voicethread---using quotes from leading writers on professional learning communities---shows the role that Voicethread presentations can play in the conversations between members of a professional learning team. The asynchronous and semi anonymous nature of Voicethread presentations can make conversations safe between faculty members.
Wondering about Web 2.0
This Voicethread---used to stimulate discussion about the nature of highly accomplished teaching with technology between members of a 21st Century learning team---is another example of how Voicethread can play an integral role in professional development efforts at the school or district level.
What Role Should Creativity Play?
This Voicethread---created by Voicethread Founder Steve Mut]]>
Using Digital Tools to Facilitate PLC Conversations
The Power of Professional Conversations
This Voicethread includes a selection of quotes that are designed to elicit conversation about the core elements of Professional Learning Communities. It can also be found online at: http://ed.voicethread.com/share/113288/
Presentations
Presentations
This page will house direct links to materials used during Bill Ferriter's Digitally Speaking presentations.
Using Digital Tools to Facilitate PLC Conversations (May 15, 2008)
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Contact Information
Presentations
Wiki Go Home
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Contact Information
Presentations
Wiki Go Home
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http://plctools.pbwiki.com
(919) 363-1870. 363-1870. His Skype name is wferriter and his Twitter name is @plugusin.
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