Syllabus

Wikis and Blogs- Which one is for You?

This syllabus is only a short outline of the classes. The full syllabus will be given out in class.

Audience: K-12 Teachers Instructor: Rita Partridge Dates & Times: This class is taught in two formats, 4 afternoons of 3 hours or 2 days of 6 hours. Earn: 12 PDPs if not taking the course for graduate credit, or 22.5 PDPs Grad. Credit: 1 credit from Worcester State College

Course Description: Wikis and Blogs are part of the Read/Write Web. Blogs are a place where conversations and reflections are or can be added to daily. The readers are engaged and are asked to think and respond. Wikis began as a quick and easy way for people to publish on the web. They are best used with both teachers and students contributing to the content. Both of these tools have a place in education. In this class we will explore the uses as well as create accounts for each tool to use with your students.

Course Objectives:
 * To learn the educational uses of Blogs and Wikis
 * To apply the use of these program with students
 * To integrate the program with your curriculum
 * To evaluate and find uses for these web 2.0 tools in your classroom

Class One- 4:00 - 7:00 PM (or day one morning) Introduction to Wiki’s on the web.

Class Two- 4:00 - 7:00 PM (or day one afternoon) § Introduction to Blogs on the web.

Class Three- 4:00 - 7:00 PM (or day two morning) § Promoting and evaluating your wiki or blog progress/how can it grow?

Class Four- 4:00 - 7:00 PM (or day two afternoon) Moving Forward and Next Steps in the classroom

§ In the two day format classes Two and Three may be flipped depending on the first morning progress.

This course is designed with the expectation that students will have additional work to complete between classes.