Wiki stuff

I know that I have referred to posts from Will Richardson's blog from time to time, but I guess I totally missed the fact that he actually has a section of his blog dedicated to Wikis called "wiki-watch." Some very cool stuff! It will lead you to see wikis in action, like this one from some 8th grade students in Delaware.

That Will guy is just full of great information!!

Back again

Well, so I'm not a prolific blogger. It's been MONTHS since I wrote here, and all kinds of things have happened, all kinds of opportunities have been missed. Ah, well. I've always been sort of like that; I kept a diary as a kid for awhile, then put it aside and didn't do anything with it for ages in between entries. Finally stopped altogether. Guess I'm easily distracted with the next new thing!

In any case, I use this primarily for the Blogs/Wikis/Podcasts class, so that's generally what prompts me to write. In fact, though, at the moment, I'm not coming up with anything that seems to be particularly full of wit, humor, and/or instruction. Maybe it's because we had yesterday off, maybe it's because I haven't had enough coffee, or maybe it's just too close to lunchtime.

Best I can do right now, I guess, is point you to this site I just found. I'm sitting here in amazement because I never saw it before, although it's apparently been around since November of 2005, according to The Wayback Machine:

TLT Group's Exploration Guide: Educational Uses of Blogs, Wikis, RSS Feeds, etc.

More Wikis, Podcasts, and Blogs stuff

Some articles and websites I've clipped

I've been collecting articles and websites forever, it seems, on various topics, figuring that some day I'd find some use for them. Actually, I do that with a lot of things...it's the pack rat syndrome, my dad always said, but I prefer to thing of myself as a collector. As if he had room to talk!
But I digress...
Here are some links to articles or sites that I found interesting on the various topics we'll be discussing in the workshop. I've got zillions more, but I'll just list a few lest it become totally overwhelming:

Podcasts:
20 Ideas for a better podcast (Lifehacker)
Podcast Books (Long Elementary School Podcasts via Will Richardson's blog)
Podcasts from California's Summer Reading Program

Wikis:
Ed week on Wikis (via Will Richardson's blog)
Great Deconstruction of Student Wiki Work (via Will Richardson again; you should just read his blog!!!)

Blogs
BlogSafety a forum to discuss and learn about safe blogging and social networking
Bloggers' FAQ about student blogging from the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Cool 7th Grade Science Blogs (once again via Will Richardson)

RSS
12 Things You Can Get Besides New on the Web via RSS (Lifehacker)
How to use RSS feeds (Lifehacker)

I think that's all for now - I'm starting to feel overwhelmed by the number I have clipped/bookmarked. Time to organize a little better...