Creating+an+Online+Classroom+Community

=Creating an Online Classroom Community = = = Presented at the Keystones: Technology Integrators Summit Bucknell University, July 2008 

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__ Goals for this session: __
- Give you strategies for using tools that you may already use (or have learned about). - Show some new tools and strategies to help you start building an online community.  


- Why do I want to/need to create an online presence for my classroom? - Where do I start? 

Teacher Centered Strategies


__Classroom Wiki__

 * - teacher controlled - I use wikispaces, but can be anything...**

__**Uses:**__ - __Content Area resource pages - Static__ - - **Social Studies** - links to Pennsylvania resources - Webquests and A-Z Map Activity - **Language Arts** **-** - **Bookshare Guidelines** - Spelling Guidelines - - **Math**- There are so many math pages, this is a great way to get kids to focus on the ones YOU like! - Post HW - I recommend waiting to do this

- Don't overplan...keep it simple - Commit to using it regularly **
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__**[|Class Blog]**__
- Use to keep parents updated...

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**Classroom Student Wiki**
- Students have editorial access - Collaborative projects - - Chat - CBox is an embedded chat box. - I have it on a PRIVATE page so only my students, who are members of the wiki, can access it.

__**More Project Samples -**__
- **Mr. Henshaw** - Cookie Campaign**
 * - Colonial PA

**__Indvidual Student Wikis__ -**
Full control/access - (set up thru wikispaces) - Manage content - use to collaborate - www.wesconnor.wikispaces.com - www.weslili.wikispaces.com**
 * - [|www.wessamantha.wikispaces.com]

__Resources__ –
[|Bubbl] - online, collaborative concept mapping tool <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">[|Edublogs] - free blogs for teachers <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Wikispaces - Hurry and sign up for your free K-12 wiki! [|PB Wiki]- <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">[|C Box]- embeddable chat box <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">