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Wikis, Blogs & Noodles
The latest world of the web
Terry Fogarty
“Weaving the web”
• Tim Berners-Lee
• Invented WWW
BERNNERS-LEE’S VISION
“The WWW as the way collaborative work groups interact”
“Sit in front of a web browser (Internet Explorer) and simply
edit the content of a web page, online, in real time”
Wiki
• Berners-Lee’s dream in action
• In schools:
– Used by teachers to create Noodles
– Used by students for collaborative problem solving
EDIT a Wiki in real time
Benefits of Wiki
technology
• Very, very easy to use
• Available anywhere (browser based)
– Develop at home
– View at school or from the library
Blog
• Online journal
• Latest entry appears at the top
• You publish, other folk can read and leave
comments
• Or, you could create an Online Forum for
groups of like-minded people
Blog Example
Wiki & Blogs for students
• Use for group activity
• Get students to create a personal space where
they use the Discussion Board for the activity
journal (blog)
Noodle
• Class/Course website
• Publish information for students
• Contains school Intellectual Property (needs
to be secure)
• Best place to publish – on the school Intranet
with Extranet access for teachers, students
and parents
• WATCH THIS SPACE – IT’S COMING!!
Current Noodle Options
• Intranet
– MS File System, or
– HTML web pages
• Extranet
– School server-based Wiki, or
– MS File System, or
– HTML web pages
• Secured on Internet
– Hosted Wiki (Wikispaces.com)
– pages.google.com (HTML generated)
Noodle on Intranet
• MS File System
• No wiki at this stage (under investigation)
Beyond Noodles
• Noodles
– Learning Content System
– Minimal student administration required
• Moodle
– Learning Management System
• LAMS
– Learning Activity Management System
• Open source HTML-based, integrated Learning
Management System developed by classroom
teachers
• Require student administration by teachers
• Variety of browser-based learning activities
(similar to Noodles)
• Suited to more experienced ICT users
• Open source, HTML-based, fully
integrated Learning Activity
Management System
• Developed by University academics
• Requires extensive student
administration by the teacher
• Has been integrated with Moodle
• Main difference is that LAMS
provides for the active observation
and management of learning
sequences for individual and groups
of learners
• Suited to ICT experienced, alwaysonline teachers
Monitor Student Progress
Collaborative Problem Solving
Development Geography – Rwanda
• Year 9 Geography Elective
Students learn to:
• profile a country using qualitative and quantitative data
• Identify causes of inequalities
• TPHS Prefects Charity
Students learn to: Investigate initiatives and how to
contribute to the quality of life of the people
Teacher: Mr Martin Orrock
ICT: Mr Terry Fogarty
Mindtools
• Free Mindtools used in this MM production
included:
– Wikispaces wiki-engine (www.wikispaces.com)
– Audacity for sound editing (audacity.sourceforge.net)
– ScreenPrint32 for image capture/editing
(provtech.co.uk/software/screenprint32.asp)
– MS Office ClipArt online for animations
(office.microsoft.com/clipart)
Some web links
• http://pdict.wikispaces.com/
• https://ICTClearingHouse.wikispaces.com