Hi - researching blogs and wikis - Classroom 2.02024-03-28T18:45:06Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/649749:Topic:98539?commentId=649749%3AComment%3A110456&feed=yes&xn_auth=noYes thanks. I will send you m…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-18:649749:Comment:1104612008-02-18T14:46:25.057ZMartin Brennanhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MartinBrennan
Yes thanks. I will send you my lit review 2 interesting bookds:<br />
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Just started:<br />
New Literacies: Everyday practices and classroom learning, Lankshear and Knobel,08 2nd edition.<br />
Looks at the dev of new literacies, spaces, outstanding! Have a helpful website.<br />
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Pedaggoy and learning with ICT - Bridget Somekh 2007 - The focus is on England and research over the last 20 years, rivetting for me!
Yes thanks. I will send you my lit review 2 interesting bookds:<br />
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Just started:<br />
New Literacies: Everyday practices and classroom learning, Lankshear and Knobel,08 2nd edition.<br />
Looks at the dev of new literacies, spaces, outstanding! Have a helpful website.<br />
<br />
Pedaggoy and learning with ICT - Bridget Somekh 2007 - The focus is on England and research over the last 20 years, rivetting for me! Very interesting - I started…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-18:649749:Comment:1104562008-02-18T14:39:12.302ZMartin Brennanhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MartinBrennan
Very interesting - I started a new forum asking for advice on pulling all the blogs together (or rather key or interesting posts and displaying them in a 'magazine' or 'news blog' style.<br />
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I still have to follow up all the links on here. We have a week's break now in England and I'm doing class work for the first part of the week and will then follow all the links on here.<br />
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cheers<br />
Martin
Very interesting - I started a new forum asking for advice on pulling all the blogs together (or rather key or interesting posts and displaying them in a 'magazine' or 'news blog' style.<br />
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I still have to follow up all the links on here. We have a week's break now in England and I'm doing class work for the first part of the week and will then follow all the links on here.<br />
<br />
cheers<br />
Martin I'll second Julia Osteen's pl…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-18:649749:Comment:1104302008-02-18T11:49:37.045Zgordon brunehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/brune
I'll second Julia Osteen's plugs for BlogMeister. I have considered other blogging platforms but the community of users that I have gotten to know through BlogMeister and its related Yahoo discussion group keeps me coming back. There are sometimes bugs and quirks but for the most part it is more stable than other popular and free educational blogging sites. And I have tested many of them with kids! Some people don't like the fact that you can't customize it all too much but I actually like that…
I'll second Julia Osteen's plugs for BlogMeister. I have considered other blogging platforms but the community of users that I have gotten to know through BlogMeister and its related Yahoo discussion group keeps me coming back. There are sometimes bugs and quirks but for the most part it is more stable than other popular and free educational blogging sites. And I have tested many of them with kids! Some people don't like the fact that you can't customize it all too much but I actually like that aspect. I'd rather have my students stand out for the work they post rather than the colors, widgets, fonts, or backgrounds they use. I also have a thing for consistent navigation across our whole class. . . .<br />
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It seems like you might have two questions here: How to start? and What research is out there to support blogging in schools. The thread Lucas started and refers to here will give you a lot of info on the research end.<br />
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The one tip I would give about starting is to make connections RIGHT AWAY for your students. I have found that if I find a class that is blogging and has it set up so each student has a "page," I simply assign each student to each one of my students and have my class comment. I know how important it is for each student to get a comment so I make sure to do it this way first. Inevitably the class comments back. And then we're off! Sometimes some classes comment more and the relationship builds from there. Sometimes the relationship builds into more than just "drive-by" commenting. But sometimes the drive-by commenting is all that we can commit to for the time.<br />
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From there you can delve more deeply into "good" commenting, etc. From there, you can question the desire to make across-the-county (or world) connections or whether it's better to focus on local (among your own class or grade) connections.<br />
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But you have to start those connections right away. Very quickly the kids will lose interest if no one comments to them, if there is no tangible audience for them. thanks good posttag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-06:649749:Comment:1064292008-02-06T00:03:01.567ZMartin Brennanhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MartinBrennan
thanks good post
thanks good post Thanks for thesetag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-05:649749:Comment:1063602008-02-05T19:27:10.558ZMartin Brennanhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MartinBrennan
Thanks for these
Thanks for these cheerstag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-05:649749:Comment:1063552008-02-05T19:26:52.197ZMartin Brennanhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MartinBrennan
cheers
cheers will look at the blog - thank…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-05:649749:Comment:1063532008-02-05T19:26:09.240ZMartin Brennanhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MartinBrennan
will look at the blog - thanks v much
will look at the blog - thanks v much Will do thankstag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-05:649749:Comment:1063512008-02-05T19:25:40.750ZMartin Brennanhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MartinBrennan
Will do thanks
Will do thanks I am doing similar research,…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-04:649749:Comment:1061042008-02-04T23:14:38.411ZLucas Foxhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/LucasFox
I am doing similar research, not only for my MA,,, but also for my school district. If you would like to see what i have for my Literature Review, iw ouldn't mind sharing. :) Crazy to see that some other people have completed research on this topic or are starting research on this topic. Makes me feel much better about it. If you look in my topics that I started, I have a few links to different researchers that have done this.…
I am doing similar research, not only for my MA,,, but also for my school district. If you would like to see what i have for my Literature Review, iw ouldn't mind sharing. :) Crazy to see that some other people have completed research on this topic or are starting research on this topic. Makes me feel much better about it. If you look in my topics that I started, I have a few links to different researchers that have done this.<br />
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<a href="http://www.classroom20.com/forum/topic/show?id=649749%3ATopic%3A92225">Jeff Felix's Research</a><br />
<a href="http://www.classroom20.com/forum/topic/show?id=649749%3ATopic%3A93754">My own post on my research</a> Hi Martin. I'm also doing som…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-04:649749:Comment:1060592008-02-04T19:37:59.023Zmargaret vasshttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/margaretvass
Hi Martin. I'm also doing some research at the moment - a case study (the details are below)<br />
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Question:<br />
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Can Weblogs and Wikis and other associated emerging social software tools be used to create an effective on-line learning community?<br />
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Aims:<br />
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To investigate the useful features, and barriers, when using blogs and wikis in a supportive on-line environment<br />
To set appropriate tasks and to guide and monitor progress<br />
To evaluate motivation, as well as formal and informal learning<br />
<br />
I'm 'blogging'…
Hi Martin. I'm also doing some research at the moment - a case study (the details are below)<br />
<br />
Question:<br />
<br />
Can Weblogs and Wikis and other associated emerging social software tools be used to create an effective on-line learning community?<br />
<br />
Aims:<br />
<br />
To investigate the useful features, and barriers, when using blogs and wikis in a supportive on-line environment<br />
To set appropriate tasks and to guide and monitor progress<br />
To evaluate motivation, as well as formal and informal learning<br />
<br />
I'm 'blogging' about it as I go along. You're welcome to visit my 'ramblings' at:<br />
<a href="http://www.mvass.edublogs.org">www.mvass.edublogs.org</a><br />
:)