Karen, You asked about blogs and wikis. The first thing that is important to note is that many people are using blogs simply as another version of a webpage. Blogs or weblogs are really intended to be website where the author writes in journal style. Multiple posts with links are typical. People use blogs to provide commentary or information on a specific subject. There are some great educational blogs out there where teachers are talking about their instructional practices. Check these out: http://readingyear.blogspot.com/index.html http://medinger.wordpress.com/2007/02/23/teaching-with-blogs-amistad-poetry/ As for teachers using blogs with students here are a couple of examples: http://tellraven.us/ the teacher's site is found here http://borderland.northernattitude.org/category/commonplaces/ Also, at Educating Alice she talks about her upper elementary students blogging so go back to her site from more info. http://medinger.wordpress.com/2007/02/23/teaching-with-blogs-amistad-poetry/ Wikis are really online collaborative authoring sites (Wikipedia being the biggest and some think the best) Here is an example of a class creating their own wiki in response to a novel they read: http://wiki.woodward.edu/hannalee/doku.php There are some great things teachers are doing out there to prepare our kids to be competitive in today's global marketplace by teaching them how to be creators on the internet, not just consumers. Blogging and creating wikis gives kids opportunities to read and write in an innovative way (kids are more motivated and engaged, as you can imagine). Email me offline if you would like more info.
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