Technology in the Education Arena » Wikis http://jzcolby.edublogs.org My thoughts and ideas on Technology in Education and how we can all benefit from our use of technology in the classroom. Tue, 19 May 2009 12:53:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Wikis in Color http://jzcolby.edublogs.org/2008/03/13/wikis-in-color/ http://jzcolby.edublogs.org/2008/03/13/wikis-in-color/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:25:09 +0000 jzcolby http://jzcolby.edublogs.org/2008/03/13/wikis-in-color/ COLOR is now available in Wikispaces.  You can now change the color, font, size or alignment of text on your wiki page.  Find more information — http://blog.wikispaces.com/2008/03/bringing-color-to-your-wiki.html.

]]> http://jzcolby.edublogs.org/2008/03/13/wikis-in-color/feed/ 1 Wikis at our School http://jzcolby.edublogs.org/2007/05/08/wikis-at-our-school/ http://jzcolby.edublogs.org/2007/05/08/wikis-at-our-school/#comments Tue, 08 May 2007 17:28:32 +0000 jzcolby http://jzcolby.edublogs.org/2007/05/08/wikis-at-our-school/ Tomorrow I will be having the second workshop of three on setting up an educational wiki.  The first session everyone was able to set up their wiki, create some links in their navigation bar, and create a home page.  Tomorrow I will show the teachers how to manage their space — changing their theme, colors, logo, etc.  Also will cover how to resize images online and upload to their wiki.  I am just loving wikis and how easy they are to throw together. 

Some great sites to resize your images online:
On-Line Sites to Resize Your Images:
Very Easy Site to Use: http://www.resizr.com/
Easy to Use and includes basic editing tools like crop, rotate, resize along with basic image adjustments like contrast, brightness, saturation, sharpness and hue: http://snipshot.com/
This Site, in addition to resizing, allows you to add special effects such as oil paint, grayscale, raised frame: http://www.picresize.com/
This site allows you to do exact size resizing immediately, such as 250pixels: http://www.photosize.com/

]]> http://jzcolby.edublogs.org/2007/05/08/wikis-at-our-school/feed/ 0 Teacher Wiki and Blog http://jzcolby.edublogs.org/2007/04/29/teacher-wiki-and-blog/ http://jzcolby.edublogs.org/2007/04/29/teacher-wiki-and-blog/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:45:08 +0000 jzcolby http://jzcolby.edublogs.org/2007/04/29/teacher-wiki-and-blog/ Many teachers at my school are working on their wiki since taking my Wiki Workshop.  I will be sure to post all their wiki sites after our next meeting. 

There is one teacher who has moved her entire web site to her wiki and then went on to develop her blog.  Her blog is such a great communication tool for the parents.  It is also a great resource for ideas for other teachers.  Her classroom is multiage and she does so many authentic and engaging activities with her students.  Check out her wonderful wiki and blog.

]]> http://jzcolby.edublogs.org/2007/04/29/teacher-wiki-and-blog/feed/ 0 Wikis are Growing at our School http://jzcolby.edublogs.org/2007/04/17/wikis-are-growing-at-our-school/ http://jzcolby.edublogs.org/2007/04/17/wikis-are-growing-at-our-school/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:44:45 +0000 jzcolby http://jzcolby.edublogs.org/2007/04/17/wikis-are-growing-at-our-school/ This past week, I held a two-hour workshop on wikis.  There were 18 teachers in attendance, which was great — about 3/4 of our classroom teachers.  We are starting with creating the basic wiki and then will move on to collaboration on the wiki.  All the teachers did great and accomplished creating their wiki, editing pages, and creating their navigation bar.  Most of them were also posting images to their wiki.  I can’t wait to see all the new wikis.  Many thanks to the team at wikispaces for all the hard work they have put into wikispaces and offering these free wikis to educators.

I truly believe that wikis are and will be a great tool at our school to increase communication between the classroom and home.  Can’t wait to get ideas on using wikis with the students and hopefully students outside our district.  When I look back on the past year and think about how much I have learned from blogs and wikis, I am just overwhelmed (and happy).

]]> http://jzcolby.edublogs.org/2007/04/17/wikis-are-growing-at-our-school/feed/ 2 Wikis, Wikis, and more Wikis http://jzcolby.edublogs.org/2007/04/11/wikis-wikis-and-more-wikis/ http://jzcolby.edublogs.org/2007/04/11/wikis-wikis-and-more-wikis/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:58:28 +0000 jzcolby http://jzcolby.edublogs.org/2007/04/11/wikis-wikis-and-more-wikis/ I have been neglecting my blog lately because I have been a busy little bee on wikis.  Have created a math wiki which aligns with our math curriculum — Kindergarten through Grade 4, Scott Foresman/Addison Wesley.  The wiki has main links to each grade and then within the grade, you can get an overview for each chapter along with vocabulary words and definitions.  Still working on the resources for each area — great online activities for students to use to reinforce their math skills and to differentiate their learning.  Also working on posting the Massachusetts State Math Standards for each chapter.  Our school’s math committee had the vocabulary words and standards available in digital format which was a tremendous help.  Love that copy and paste.

 I also created a wiki with links to resources I need to access frequently.  Feel so much more organized with this wiki available at school, at home, on any computer.

Lastly, I have been working very hard putting together a Wiki Workshop for the staff at my school.  It is finally going to be offered today.  Will run today for 2 hours after school and then we will have 2 more meetings in May.  I have 18 teachers signed up which is really great.  I am a bit nervous but I am hopeful it will go well.  Everyone is very excited about wikis, including me.

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