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Welcome to the last day of //Blogs and Wikis in the Secondary Classroom!//

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES:
[|Today's Lesson Plan]

1. Create a power point presentation entitled "Using Blogs and Wikis in the English Classroom".
 * Include: links to all of the sites you've created in this workshop
 * Create a screencast of the power point.
 * Go to [|Scribd] and upload the presentation. Click **embed** to copy the link. Then, on your wiki page, click **widget.** Click on **documents.** Then, paste the code for your presentation from scribd.
 * Embed the power point into your wiki page, which should share the same title as your presentation
 * Visit one another's wikis and offer feedback about the presentation.

2 . **//Offer Ideas//** For this portion of today's lesson, we will spend time sharing ideas for using blogs and wikis in the classroom. Before getting to group work, share blogs sites so that you can create an RSS feed. This way, you can establish an relationship and rapport with other educators. Get into groups with teachers of the same grade level as yourself. You may want to gather around one computer and type on one person's blog. Pull up your pacing guide/curriculum on a website.
 * 1) Outline some future lessons on the pacing guide where you can include:
 * collaboration
 * peer feedback
 * improved writing & critical thinking
 * study habits & tutoring

3. Go to [|Wed 2.0 Magazine]. Peruse several of the tools listed on the site. Make a list of ten sites that are interesting to you, and then collaborate with your other group mates. Share your ideas with your group mates. How can you integrate these tools into your classroom to promote student achievement?

4. Technology Plan- if you need ideas and assistance from classmates or the instructor do not hesitate to ask.

5. Complete the Course Evaluation by clicking the **course evaluation** tab on the right column.