Fusion Finds » wikis http://jgarton.edublogs.org Educators Integrating Technology Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:42:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Wanna Wiki? http://jgarton.edublogs.org/2007/10/17/wanna-wiki/ http://jgarton.edublogs.org/2007/10/17/wanna-wiki/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:02:14 +0000 Janetta Garton http://jgarton.edublogs.org/2007/10/17/wanna-wiki/ wikispaces.gifWillard teachers: If you were not able to participate in one of the Wiki workshops this month, or would rather learn on your own timetable, you are in luck. The Fusion: Wikis webpage now offers an updated handout and short video tutorials (screencasts) to lead you through the steps of publishing a wiki with Wikispaces.

And, there’s more! If you want to earn 3 Salary Advancement Workshop hours/3 points while you wiki, you can enroll in the free, online, professional development, Moodle course: Wikispaces. This course uses the handout and screencasts on the Fusion webpage to lead you through the steps. Work at your own pace, when it fits in your schedule, from any computer with Internet access. Just in time learning, at your convenience!

Don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions or suggestions. I’m happy to provide you with additional assistance.

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]]> http://jgarton.edublogs.org/2007/10/17/wanna-wiki/feed/ 0 A Collection of Student Voices http://jgarton.edublogs.org/2007/06/07/a-collection-of-student-voices/ http://jgarton.edublogs.org/2007/06/07/a-collection-of-student-voices/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:04:28 +0000 Janetta Garton http://jgarton.edublogs.org/2007/06/07/a-collection-of-student-voices/ I just finished watching Learning, Sharing & Connecting Online with 6 & 7 year olds!, a video presentation from Nelson Central’s Room 9 of New Zealand. Rachel Boyd is doing some amazing things with these youngsters. The classroom blog is wonderful, filled with photos, daily events, and of course, student work. I’m amazed at the Rubbish Audit post:

On Tuesday afternoon ALL the rubbish from EVERY bin @ Nelson Central School was taken and put into the hall. On Wednesday the seniors went and helped sort it into 4 piles: paper, cardboard, food scraps & plastic. We could see all the rubbish that our school makes in a DAY!

Download: Posted by rachelboyd at TeacherTube.com.

Six and Seven Year olds blogging?! Fortunately, this is not the first time I’ve seen this. There are other primary teachers also taking the plunge into the blogosphere with their students. Mrs. Cassidy’s first grade students are blogging and podcasting. Just recently Tom McMillan wrote an article for Canada.com about Kathy Cassidy’s classroom entitled Blogging 101 motivates students.

If you can’t run your own blog, it may be time to go back to Grade 1.

I’m looking forward to watching Presentation 2 from Rachel’s students. These presentations are a part of the keynote for Round 2 of the free, online Time4On-line Conference, and are my favorite of the lot.

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]]> http://jgarton.edublogs.org/2007/06/07/a-collection-of-student-voices/feed/ 3 Wikis in Plain English http://jgarton.edublogs.org/2007/06/02/wikis-in-plain-english/ http://jgarton.edublogs.org/2007/06/02/wikis-in-plain-english/#comments Sat, 02 Jun 2007 14:02:07 +0000 Janetta Garton http://jgarton.edublogs.org/2007/06/02/wikis-in-plain-english/ Another outstanding video from commoncraft. Excellent introduction to the wiki concept.

I see the day coming when we use only wikis and blogs to create classroom web sites. The days of using Mozilla Composer and having to be logged into the school network to post your web pages are coming to an end.

I still have some seats available for my summer wiki workshop on July 30th.

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