The posts below outline presentations made to Huron Heights staff in late April and early May 2006. There are numerous links to the various teacher blogs and instructions on how to begin using blogs in the classroom, your community agency or for any individual wishing to use this easy technology for augmenting their own learning.
In creating these mini presentations, I utilized the many talents and creativity of edu bloggers around the world. Please let me know if I can offer any suggestions on getting started and I will try to point you in the right direction.
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Monday, May 1
Presentations at Huron Heights Secondary School
by
Brent MacKinnon
on Mon 01 May 2006 08:13 PM EDT
CRLR Presentation
by
Brent MacKinnon
on Mon 01 May 2006 07:51 PM EDT
Community Resource & Learning Room Presentation Outline: Introduction: Background: A bit of me and how I arrived at Huron Heights, our supporters Handouts: CRLR overview Ways to use blogs in education Using Edublogs.org and related tools (podcasting, bloglines etc) Community Resource & Learning Room: Highlight of the CRLR Blog - explain blog and why we use it by showing "RSS" conversation" features. i.e. blogroll & subscriptions
Community Based Research - Youth Youth Community Mapping Program - Utilizing youth assets to contribute to a major social concern and linking youth from all over the Region to address youth poverty & homelessenss Youth Broadcast Centre - DigitalStorytelling techniques feature youth podcasts and multi-media publishing on poetry, art, music, dance, drama, atheletics, work, learning, youth culture, global & local issues, Educator Resources - TeacherTech and Literacy and Internet Safety Resources Read/Write Web Video by Will Richardson Student Blogging - Stephen Downes (Senior Researcher with the E-Learning Research Group, National Research Council Canada, Moncton, New Brunswick Classroom Blogs (from Will Richardson's Wiki)
Edublogs.org Sample posting real time using my brentmack.edublogs.org - use a blog post related to Huron Staff Meeting Video showing how to use edublogs Handouts for edublogs, bloglines, podcasting and other related resources Thanks: Inviting staff to ask Dana, Mark or myself about how we are using blogs to enhance learning in our classroom and community programs. Saturday, April 15
Literacy Breakfast - Blogs & Blogging
by
Brent MacKinnon
on Sat 15 Apr 2006 09:53 AM EDT
Introduction: We have only a few minutes to talk about Blogs and Blogging this morning. My goal is to present you with some introductory information and to help you start your own blog. The resources I have assembled will be available to you via this blog so you can take your time and learn at your own speed and interest. Please don't hesitate to contact me after this presentation for any follow up discussion. Presentation Outline: What is a blog and what is blogging? Wikipedia definition Wordpress - Introduction to Blogging Homecoming - Brent Mackinnon The Open Classroom - Jo McLeay Will Richardson video - spirit and essence of classroom blogging Ways to use blogs in education 50 + RSS Ideas for Educators - Quentin D'Souza Why Weblogs - Will Richardson Christopher D. Sessums: Blogging as an expression of self A blog is more than a communication tool TILT - Teachers Improving Learning with Technology - Danny Maas, Educational Blogging Video (great video from Edmonton) Wikipedia Wikipedia is a freely licensed encyclopedia written by thousands of volunteers in many languages. It is governed by four basic freedoms:
"As a conclusion, Wikipedia is not really there for educators, news papers or fact seekers to refer as a truth. Wikipedia is not really about teaching facts. It’s about conversations. A wiki page is inviting for a change. It’s never ready, it’s never a truth. It has a discussion section for seeking a common ground. Wikipedia is our greatest gift to education, because it makes us understand that facts are constantly shifting based on open conversations". Wikipedia and Free Culture - Christopher Sessums posted this article on a speech given by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia. "What intrigued me most about Wales’ speech was his perspectives on culture, technology, and business. For Wales, the Internet revolution is not about technical innovation, it’s about social innovation. It’s about the free licensing of information, neutrality, and openness". Creative Commons is a new system, built within current copyright
law, that allows you to share your creations with others and use music,
movies, images, and text online that's been marked with a Creative
Commons license. If you're looking for more in-depth information, our About section
contains more about the history, concepts and people behind the
organization. To see the Creative Commons in action, try out our Find,
Create, and Share sections, or one of the sections devoted to Audio, Video, Images, Text, and Education.
Create your own blog Edublogs.org Hand outs, video instructions, links and related resources for your blog PDF - Setting up your Blog at www.edublogs.org Class Blogmeister - Classroom blogging Example Edu & Classroom Blogs Practice Playground Mighty Writers from grade 3 Do Something Disruptive Type 1 and Type 2 technology uses - Mike Muir Mark's Ed Tech Blog The Real Tragedy of MySpace Danah Boyd & O'Reilly Factor on MySpace MySpace, HR 4437 and youth activism - Danah Boyd Leigh Blackall Integrating Technology in the Classroom Educating the Net Generation - Educause Glocalization - Danah Boyd Education and Easter - Clarence FisherTools to help define literacy for the 21st Century - The Landmark Project" Wesley Fryer: Integrating Technology in the Classroom Will Richardson - Weblogg-Ed Gardner Campbell - Notes on Remarkable Things Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web Tools Del.ic.iousFurl Podcasting Audacity Learning Theory George Siemans: Connectivism - Rethinking Learning Kathy Sierra: A Crash Course in Learning Theory Stephen Downes: His research page & much more - extraordinary writer, speaker and blogger Credit and Thanks: I
am learning from edu bloggers all over the world. My apologies to the
bloggers that I have left out. There are just so many writers and
bloggers that have contributed to this mash up, I'm at a loss on how to
include them. The key edu bloggers that I leaned on the most in organizing the resources for this presentation are: Darren Kuropatwa - (A Difference) Winnipeg Manitoba Dean Shareski - (Ideas & Thoughts from an EdTech) Moose Jaw Saskatchewan |
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