I am not yet into the swing of a blog. It has someinteractive element in that people can comment but it does not have the multimedia ease of a wiki of website. In fact I think I prefer to have a blog as part of a website. That will promote discussion.
Wiki
The Youtube video is courtesy of Common Craft. The example clearly highlights the advantages of using wiki as a collaboration tool over common place ICT such as email. The collaborative approach easily translates to student based activities in and beyond the classroom.
Website
Weebly is company that helps people to have a web presence, quickly and easily. They offer free sites for pages and blogs and the tools to individualise your space. You can include elements like; videos, photo galleries, maps, forums, contact forms, surveys and much more. It is just as easy creating the website as it was creating a wiki or blog. Even though there are more elements that can be added in the website.
The website is predominantly a one way medium. It does not offer the same level of interactiveness that a blog and especially a wiki will allow. Whether student or teacher the use of the three ICTs (blog, wiki or website) is so similar that the knowledge of using one is transferable to the others. As a teacher, the choice of which tool to use is dependent on the outcome you wish to achieve.
This is a link to my Weebly website (it is still under construction).
Skype
Skype is an ICT that allows people to communicate via the internet instead of the conventional telephone. The software is free and the calls are free. The appeal of Skype to learning managers is twofold. Firstly it is free and secondly it can visually bring the world into the classroom. The challenge in using Skype is the level of planning and coordination you need to do beforehand. The delegation to class experts should alleviate this. Unlike the wiki and Facebook, this ICT does not teach the student how to learn but rather engages them to learn. Should students propose the use of this tool I would happily facilitate its use. Click here to view my Skype PowerPoint presentation in my wiki. To share the presentation with you I had to sign up to SlideShare, an online community for sharing presentations. Uploaded presentations can be embedded into other online presence or accessed from SlideShare rather than the computer it was created on. The presentations can be made public which will give you the opportunity to receive feedback for improvement. It is yet another free method of sharing information.
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Blog
I am not yet into the swing of a blog. It has someinteractive element in that people can comment but it does not have the multimedia ease of a wiki of website. In fact I think I prefer to have a blog as part of a website. That will promote discussion.
Wiki
The Youtube video is courtesy of Common Craft. The example clearly highlights the advantages of using wiki as a collaboration tool over common place ICT such as email. The collaborative approach easily translates to student based activities in and beyond the classroom.
Website
Weebly is company that helps people to have a web presence, quickly and easily. They offer free sites for pages and blogs and the tools to individualise your space. You can include elements like; videos, photo galleries, maps, forums, contact forms, surveys and much more. It is just as easy creating the website as it was creating a wiki or blog. Even though there are more elements that can be added in the website.
The website is predominantly a one way medium. It does not offer the same level of interactiveness that a blog and especially a wiki will allow. Whether student or teacher the use of the three ICTs (blog, wiki or website) is so similar that the knowledge of using one is transferable to the others. As a teacher, the choice of which tool to use is dependent on the outcome you wish to achieve.
This is a link to my Weebly website (it is still under construction).
Skype
Skype is an ICT that allows people to communicate via the internet instead of the conventional telephone. The software is free and the calls are free. The appeal of Skype to learning managers is twofold. Firstly it is free and secondly it can visually bring the world into the classroom. The challenge in using Skype is the level of planning and coordination you need to do beforehand. The delegation to class experts should alleviate this. Unlike the wiki and Facebook, this ICT does not teach the student how to learn but rather engages them to learn. Should students propose the use of this tool I would happily facilitate its use. Click here to view my Skype PowerPoint presentation in my wiki. To share the presentation with you I had to sign up to SlideShare, an online community for sharing presentations. Uploaded presentations can be embedded into other online presence or accessed from SlideShare rather than the computer it was created on. The presentations can be made public which will give you the opportunity to receive feedback for improvement. It is yet another free method of sharing information.
Thought Provokers
Where does rote learning fit in this world?
Where does teacher controlled learning fit in this world?
Enhanced learning or transformed learning?