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Web Tools in The Classroom Instructional Use of Wikis and Blogs

This document discusses the instructional uses of wikis and blogs in the classroom. It begins by defining blogs as regularly updated websites that allow authors to instantly publish content from any internet connection. Wikis are described as web-based tools that allow collaborative editing of content directly from a web browser. The document outlines several benefits of using these tools in education, such as promoting critical thinking, collaboration, and digital literacy skills. Examples of how blogs and wikis can be implemented are provided, such as for student projects, discussions, and publishing course materials. Clear guidelines are recommended for effective classroom use.

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Web Tools in The Classroom Instructional Use of Wikis and Blogs

This document discusses the instructional uses of wikis and blogs in the classroom. It begins by defining blogs as regularly updated websites that allow authors to instantly publish content from any internet connection. Wikis are described as web-based tools that allow collaborative editing of content directly from a web browser. The document outlines several benefits of using these tools in education, such as promoting critical thinking, collaboration, and digital literacy skills. Examples of how blogs and wikis can be implemented are provided, such as for student projects, discussions, and publishing course materials. Clear guidelines are recommended for effective classroom use.

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WEB TOOLS IN THE

CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONAL
USE OF WIKIS AND BLOGS
YVES XAVIER S. CANDELARIA, MSIT,
TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Introduction

• What is blog?

• Impact of Blogging in students and classroom

• The Pedagogy of blogs

• How Blogs Are Being Used

• What is wiki?

• Why Wiki’s can increase educational productivity?

• Advantages of using wiki

• How to use Wikis in teaching and learning

• Types of activities using wiki


INTRODUCTION
•  Blogs and wikis are web resources that emphasize on sharing information
through the web. They depend on the level of knowledge the user has to
employ them, blog and wikis surge as an alternative to web sites without
the need of coding.
WHAT IS BLOG?
• A regular record of your thoughts, opinions, or experiences that you put on
the internet for other people to read.
• Originally created in the word “Web log” is an easily created, easily updateable Website
that allows an author (or authors) to publish instantly to the Internet from any Internet
connection.
• Not built on static chunks of content.
• They are comprised of reflections and conversations that in many cases are updated every
day.
• Blogs engage readers with ideas and questions and links. They ask readers to think and to
respond. They demand interaction.
IMPACT OF BLOGGING IN STUDENTS
AND CLASSROOM
• Blogging in its truest form has a great deal of potential positive
impact on students.
1. Promote critical and analytical thinking
2. Be a powerful promoter of creative, intuitive, and associational thinking
3. Promote analogical thinking
4. Be a powerful medium for increasing access and exposure to quality
information
5. Combine the best of solitary reflection and social interaction
THE PEDAGOGY OF BLOGS
• Constructivist activity
• Expand the walls of the classroom
• Archive the learning that teachers and students do
• Democratic tool that supports different learning styles
• Enhance the development of expertise
• Teach students our new literacies

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HOW BLOGS ARE BEING USED
“Blogging in the classroom” may bring up this idea that there’s one way to
present blogging to your students, but there are a myriad of ways educators
can use blogs. Just some options include:
• Personal blogs for teachers
• Student blogs
• e-Portfolios
• Platforms for assignments, homework, and announcements
• Classroom blogs for collaboration and discussion
WHAT IS WIKI?
• “a system that allows one or more people to build up a corpus of
knowledge in a set of interlinked web pages, using a process of creating
and editing pages”
• a web-based tool on which users collaboratively add/delete/modify content
directly from the web browser.
• It allow students to become the authors of knowledge rather than the
consumers of it, making wikis an excellent resource for inspiring students
to form critical thinking techniques, to learn from their peers, and to
become better contributors in group settings.
WHY WIKIS CAN INCREASE
EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY?
• Wikis support collaborative learning because Wikis can enable groups of students to work
together to solve a problem, complete a project, etc.
• Using Wikis effectively may help your students reach Bloom’s higher-order skills, e.g., creating,
evaluation, etc.
• Wikis promote active learning where students can actively participate in educational activities like
writing, discussing, etc.
• Wikis can help you create interactive learning environments
• Wikis can help you promote open dialogue and encourage community building
• Wikis can help you prepare your students for the 21st-century marketplace by developing digital
literacy skills
• Wikis can improve students’ writing skills
ADVANTAGES OF WIKIS
INCLUDE:
• Offer content access at all times, no matter where the user is located.
• Support many forms of media, including URLs, photos, videos, and music.
• Let the user view every change and entry for group assignments
• Collect information from student groups.
• Allow for collaboration in writing of assignment or course reviews.
• Offer a highly useful resource for teamwork and conversation at a low
cost.
• Allow for detailed reading, modification, and recording of each draft.
CONT’D ADVANTAGES OF WIKIS:

• Foster collaboration between teachers and students in the design and implementation of
uncomplicated webpages.
• Encourage peer review and editing in group assignments.
• Allow for collaborative authoring of projects and assignments.
• Offer an alternative to traditional presentation tools like PowerPoint.
• Provide an environmentally-friendly alternative to paper-based assignments.
• Allow for easy tracking of deadline compliance thanks to date and time stamps.
• Show all revisions, offering options like reverting to former versions and ability to undo
changes.
HOW TO USE WIKIS IN TEACHING
AND LEARNING
• Set clear rules and expectations
• Let students know what you expect and how students’ work will be evaluated (perhaps
design a rubric)
• Include detailed instructions
• Give authentic assignments
• Clearly define students’ roles and activities
• Closely monitor students’ activities
• Ask students to review and comment on each other’s entries
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• Encourage interaction
• Become familiar with Wikis yourself
WE CAN USE WIKIS FOR THE FOLLOWING
TYPES OF ACTIVITIES
• A white paper • Discussion activities
• Research projects • Creating collaborative stories
• Student e-portfolios • Peer feedback
• Reading comments • Resource repository
• Class summaries • Teachers can publish
• Notebooks instructional materials
THANK YOU :D
REFERENCE

• https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/blog
• https://www.emergingedtech.com/2015/09/the-state-of-blogging-in-the-classroom/
• https://educationaltechnology.net/wikis-in-education/
• https://youtu.be/o5HijgcZ0bc
• https://youtu.be/NjwUHXoi8lM

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