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Links
- SCOCA
- OACHE
- SEOCEMS
- Ross-Pike ESD
- Ohio Department of Education
- eTech | Ohio
- Ohio Resource Center
- Social Studies Resource Center
- My Delicious Links
Wikis and Blogs in the Classroom
RSS
- What is RSS
- RSS: The Next Killer App For Education
- Introduction to RSS
- Bloglines
- Google Reader
- Other RSS Aggregators
- The Education Podcast Network
- Scientific American Podcasts
- Educational Blogs You Should Be Investigating
- 20 Blogs I Wish Were Around When I Started Teaching
- 100 Most Inspiring and Innovative Blogs for Educators
- DailyLit
- Peggy's Subsriptions
Blogs
A classroom blog can be a great way to share resources with your students, parents or the community. We'll look at some excellent examples and help you set up your own - you'll be blogging in no time.
Resources for Classroom Blogs
Example Blogs
- Dangerously Irrelevant (Dr. Scott McLeod, Iowa State University, one of the nation's leading academic experts on K-12 school technology leadership issues)
- Ewan McIntosh (advice on how social media can be harnessed for public service and education management and used to improve learning)
- Free Technology for Teachers (a personal project of Richard Byrne)
- Taste of Tech (John Schinker, Tech Coordinator for Brecksville-Broadview Heights City School District, near Cleveland)
- Alvin Trusty's Blog (University of Findlay)
- Your Smarticles (Mrs. Howard, 6th grade teacher's blog)
- NCS-Tech (A mix of K-8 educational technology resources, commentary, lesson ideas from Kevin Jarrett, Technology Facilitator, K-4, Northfield Community School)
- Moving at the Speed of Creativity (Wesley Fryer's Blog)
- 2 Cents Worth (David Warlick's Blog)
- Weblogg-ed (Will Richardson's Blog)
- Mrs. Smith's 4th Grade Bloggers (example of a teacher and students blogging collaboartively)
- Frau Whyte's German Blog
- Mrs. Cassidy's 1st Grade Blog
Blogging Services and Help Files
- Blogger (from Google)
- ClassBlogMeister
- Blogger Help Files
- EduBlogs
- Great How-To's for a classroom blog with Edublogger
Wikis
- Eight Ways to Use School Wikis
- Wiki Ideas for Classrooms from Teacher First
- Wiki Ideas (PDF)
- "Wikipedia in the Classroom: Consensus Among Educators?"
- "Wikipedia: Ban it or Boost It" from ISTE's Learning and Leading with Technology
- Wiki Principle," Economist, April 22, 2006
- PBWorks Power Educator Wiki with handouts, videos and links to K-12 wikis
Examples of Wikis in Education
- Westwood Schools Computer Science Wiki for Grades 8,9, and 10
- Science Wiki
- AP Calculus Wiki
- Welcome to Room 15
- Miss B's PB WIKI Page
- Epoche Wiki
- Youth Wiki
- Salute to Seuss Wiki for PreK- 6
- Go APES Wiki for AP Environmental Science Teachers
- Examples of Educational Wikis
- Terry the Tennis Ball story
Wikis to Try Out
- Wikipedia
- Citizendium, contributions from experts
- Curriki from Sun Microsystems, Wikipedia for educators
- Scholarpedia
Free Wikis - get your own!
