Blogs+and+Wikis

//**Blogs, Wikis and Sites for Digital Portfolios**// //These are some sites that can be used to create class blogs, wikis and digital portfolios with students.//

//Where to start with Wikis and Blogs? // //Mindmap by Jacqui Sharp //



//Blogs // //Blogs in Plain English // media type="youtube" key="NN2I1pWXjXI" height="349" width="425" ﻿ media type="custom" key="9842651" // Rachel Boyd //

=//Educational Benefits of Class Blogs and Student Blogfolios //=
 * //motivates and empowers students to engage in and share their learning //
 * //Students can collaborate with each other, share ideas and learn from each other. //
 * //provides opportunities for authentic reading and writing //
 * //allows for growth as reflective, life long learners, providing for both individual reflection and social interaction. //
 * //promotes higher order thinking. //
 * //Evidence of students' work and learning is stored in a digital portfolio //
 * //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Creates a class portal for home/school communications, that ////<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">keeps students, parents, school and wider community informed about classroom events and student learning //
 * //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">can open up the classroom to a global community, allowing other classrooms, no matter where they may be, to share and collaborate in the learning //

//<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Popular Blogging Hosts // <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//Blogger general//

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">//Class blog//: 2M Gems <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">//Student blog: <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Tom's Blogfolio //

<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; font-style: normal; line-height: 19px;">//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Magic with Blogs 118 tutorials covering everything you need to know about creating blogs in Blogger // //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">It is Possible to Make That Button Go Away instructions for removing the 'Next Blog' button from the Navigation bar //

<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">//Classblogmeister K12 specific// <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">//Class Blog: <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">The Kinderkids // <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">//Student Blog: <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Daulton's Portfolio //

//<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Edublogs K12 specific // <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//Class Blog: <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Huzzah! - Grade 6 class// //Student Blog: Bianca's Blog //

<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">//Setting up a Class blog// //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">and Student Blogs great step by step instructions from Sue Waters at //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">//The EduBlogger// //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Check out the sidebar as well. There's a wealth of information on using the Edublogs platform. //

//<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Kidblog K12 specific (student blogs only) // // Student Blogs: Miss D's Students' Blogs //

//<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Class Blogs //
 * === //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Maria Knee's KinderKids // ===
 * ===<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">//Kathy Cassidy's Grade 1 - Moose Jaw, SK, Canada// ===
 * ===<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">//Moturoa Class - Nelson, New Zealand// ===
 * === //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jody Hayes Navigators - 10/11 year olds in New Zealand // ===
 * ===<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">//Mrs Yollis' 3rd Grade// ===
 * ===<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">//2KM and 2KF @ Leopold Primary School, Victoria, Australia// ===
 * ===<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">//Mrs Lynch's Grade 1/2 - Quebec, Canada// ===
 * ===<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">//Bob Greenberg's Brainwaves// ===
 * ===<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">//Rachel Boyd's Year 2, Franklin, New Zealand// ===
 * ===<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">//7th Grade Science// ===
 * === // [|Lisa Parisi's 5th Grade] // ===

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">//Many links to student/class/teacher/principal/librarian and// //blogs can be found at// //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Support Blogging // //<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Resources and Further Reading //
 * <span style="color: #df3434; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">14 Steps to Meaningful Student Blogging Pernille Ripp
 * <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">//Langwitches' posts about blogging in the classroom Silvia Tolisano has a wealth of information about blogging in the classroom - from setting up a blog, commenting, writing, formatting posts, digital citizenship and connecting with other classes. Make sure you check out the 'Blogging Unit Plan' on the right sidebar.//
 * <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">//Educational Blogging Linda Yollis//
 * //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Blogs as Web-based Portfolios Jeff Utecht //
 * //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">20 Reasons Why Students Should Blog Ann Mirtchin //
 * //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Blogs As Learning Spaces David Truss //
 * //T<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">he Problem With Blogs Jeff Utecht //
 * <span style="color: #df3434; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">//Blogging with your Students Greta Sandler//
 * //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Blogging resources from Web2 Tutorial //
 * //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Classroom2.0Live - Blogging with Students - <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Kathy Cassidy //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">K12Online Blogging presentations: <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Primary Digital Portfolios We Like Our Blogging Buddies <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//,//<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Kathy Cassidy (2001,2009) //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Sustained Blogging in the Classroom <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Jeff Utecht (2008), Learn to Blog, Blog to Learn Anne Davis (2007) //

//<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 21px;">Wikis ﻿ // //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">A wiki is a webpage that can be can be easily and collaboratively edited. // //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Wikis in Plain English //

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">//Popular Wiki Creation Sites//

<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">//Wikispaces Create a free, ad free wiki for educators here// <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">//Wikis as class web pages// : //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mrs Wojtera's Class Miss Zorzi's Kindergarten Class School Wiki // //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Student portfolio //: <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//Ally's Wiki// <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">media type="custom" key="9845217" align="left" Jacqui Sharp

//<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wetpaint // //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Class Wiki: // <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mrs Pollselli's 3rd Grade //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">PBWorks // //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">PikiWiki // //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Zoho //

//<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Wikis as Collaborative Projects //
 * //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Monster Project //
 * <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//The Tooth Tally Project//
 * //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Alphabet Antics //
 * <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//The Waterways Project//
 * //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Write On - The Progressive Story Project //

//<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 21px;">Wikis to Share Learning //
 * //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Animals in OZ //
 * <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//Counting to 100//
 * //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">My Name Your Name //
 * //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Primary Math //
 * <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//1000 Names//
 * //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 30px;">1000 Locations //
 * //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 30px;">Traditions //
 * //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 30px;">Rituals //

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 21px; line-height: 31px;">//Wiki Tutorials and Readings//
 * //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Wikispaces Tour] // - //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">instructions for setting up your Wikispaces account. //
 * //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Wikispaces Help // - //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">covers many topics on Wikispaces. //
 * //<span style="background-color: initial; color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|PBWiki for Educators] // - //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">how to set up an account and FAQ //
 * //<span style="background-color: initial; color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Building a Collaborative Classroom] // - //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">article from PBWiki. //

//<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Google Sites // // Class Site: // <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">//Akerley4//

//<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Livebinders // <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">ePortfolio Jackie Gerstein's eportfolio. //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Whilst an adult's portfolio, it demonstrates the potential Livebinders has as a digital portfolio for students. // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Class Livebinder //: //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Maliya's BInder // (Grade 3)
 * <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">//Creating Student Accounts screencast from Alec Courous//
 * <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">//Tips and Tricks for Using Livebinders//
 * //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Classroom2.0Live - Livebinders //

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">//Further Articles// <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Blended Instruction Using Blogs and Wikis for Young Learners Shelly Terrell and Great Sandler  <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//Student Portfolios A prezi by Dean Shareski//  <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//Portfolios (digital) - Shamblesguru (Chris Smith)//  <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//ePortfolios from Echuca Learning, Victoria Australia//  <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//ePortfolios for Learning Classroom2.0Live Interactive ePortfolios- Helen Barrett//  <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">  //<span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Wrapping My Mind Around Digital Portfolios // - <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//Silvia Tolisano//  <span style="color: #df3434; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//Googlio//