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=Google Teacher Academy: Blogger and Page Creator=

This page was created to support the //Web Publishing with Blogger and Page Creator// session at the Google Teacher Academy in Santa Monica, Ca on May 23, 2007.

=__Slides__:= (1.8 MB pdf)

=__Handouts__:= (96 KB doc)

=__Agenda and Links__:=

The One-Way Web

 * Powerful resource for educators and students, but…
 * Information moves from publishers to consumers
 * Information cannot be edited
 * Read-Only Web
 * Web 1.0

The Two-Way Web

 * It is now as easy to create as it is to consume.
 * Anyone can publish, share, and change information
 * Read/Write Web
 * Web 2.0
 * This is changing our world!

Page Creator

 * Create without coding! (But edit the HTML if you like!)
 * Customize easily and creatively
 * Free hosting
 * Try it: http://pages.google.com
 * New Features: http://pages.google.com/-/whatsnew.html

Educational Pages

 * Teacher homepages
 * Class homepages
 * Resources for students or parents
 * Student projects or portfolios

Example Pages

 * Angie Gallacher's 7th Grade Math Pages - http://angiegallacher.googlepages.com/
 * Cabot Public School District - http://cabotcia.googlepages.com/
 * South Salem H.S. Music Boosters - http://dodimcdonald.googlepages.com/
 * Valerio's Teacher Page - http://valerio10.googlepages.com/
 * Sweet Home Band Department - http://sweethomebands.googlepages.com/
 * A Webquest Using Google Page Creator - http://kellyswebquest.googlepages.com/

Blogger

 * Web + Log = weblog or “we blog”
 * Easily created
 * Easily updated
 * If you can email, you can blog.
 * Blogs allow visitors to comment
 * Try It: http://www.blogger.com

Educational Blogs

 * Teacher web sites [|Example]
 * Class web sites [|Example]
 * Learning journals [|Example]
 * Book Clubs [|Example]
 * Connect with Authors and Experts [|Example]
 * Pen Pals [|Example] (See Global Awareness and Cultural Literacy Through Electronic Dialog)
 * Professional Development [|Example]
 * Reflective Practice [|Example]
 * More Examples: [|http://www.supportblogging.com]

Wikis

 * Websites anyone can edit.
 * //If you can use a word processor, you can use a wiki!//
 * Visitors can see a history of changes and revert to earlier versions.
 * Visitors can discuss the page in a threaded forum.

Educational Wikis

 * Collaboratively Authored Class Texts
 * Writing Projects
 * Group Projects
 * Sharing Resources
 * Grade Level Teams
 * Subject Area Teams
 * Professional Development

Example Wikis

 * The Wikipedia - [|http://www.wikipedia.org]
 * Dave Conlay's Aristotle Experiment - http://aristotle-experiment.wikispaces.com
 * Eva Wagner's Houghton-Mifflin Tech Resources Wiki - http://hmtech.wikispaces.com
 * Eva Wagner's Technology Integration Projects for Grades K-3 - http://techtips.wikispaces.com
 * Dan McDowell's Wiki Resources - http://www.ahistoryteacher.com/necc2006/
 * More Workshop Wikis - http://edtechlife.com/?p=1487 and http://edtechlife.com/?p=1494
 * More Examples (A wiki about wikis in education!) - http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/

Continuum: Page Creator

 * One-way tool
 * Users: One
 * Updates: Seldom
 * Format: Static page
 * Use For: Teacher homepages or reference material, final products for student projects

Continuum: Blogger

 * Two-way tool
 * Users: One to many
 * Updates: Frequent
 * Format: Reverse chronological (w/archives)
 * Use For: Communicating with students, parents, & outside experts; reflective practice and professional development

Continuum: Wikis

 * Two-way tool
 * Users: Many
 * Updates: Frequent
 * Format: Dynamic page
 * Use For: Collaborative authoring, editing, & sharing among colleagues or between students; discussions

Combinations: Page Creator as a Hub

 * Create a class homepage or welcome page.
 * Link to:
 * More pages
 * Blogs
 * Wikis
 * Podcasts

Combinations: Blogger as a Hub

 * Create a class blog.
 * Link to:
 * Pages
 * More Blogs
 * Wikis
 * Podcasts

Combinations: A Wiki as a Hub

 * Create a Class Wiki
 * Link to:
 * Pages
 * Blogs
 * More Wikis
 * Podcasts

Creative Assignment: MiniSagas

 * MiniSaga: a story told in exactly 50 words
 * MiniSagas are good exercise for the brain.
 * [|Assign MiniSagas to your students].
 * MiniSagas can be based on curriculum!
 * Publish MiniSagas as pages or blog posts - or on a shared wiki.
 * Sample MiniSaga: [|“A Dream So Real”] (doc)
 * [|More Sample MiniSagas]

Contact Mark Wagner
mwagner@cue.org http://www.cuetoyou.org

mark@edtechlife.com http://www.edtechlife.com

http://www.infinitethinking.org