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Welcome to Day 3 of //Blogs and Wikis in the Secondary Classroom!//

[|Today's Lesson Plan]

To begin's today lesson, please visit MY educational blog. I have created a discussion entitled "Interdisciplinary Learning". Since schools in MD, under the New Common Score Curriculum are focused on creating a holistic learning environment that includes all of the major content areas, I want you to visit the discussion area and write about how you would use the blog or the wiki to propel student achievement across different disciplines.

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES:
Participants will also discuss the[| district's AUP] (to be pulled up by instructor) and respond to several questions about the Acceptable Use Policy. Then, the participants will engage in an oral discussion about the changes, etc. needed to make the AUP more applicable to individual blog and wiki uses. The instructor will guide students in the [|Acceptable Use Policy] discussion and activities.

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Based on the ppt, the instructor will facilitate several related [|activities].

1. See ppt //Implications of Blogs and Wikis//. Examine the section titled "Peer Feedback".
 * Make a blog post examining how you feel about peer feedback, its implications for the classroom, possible uses, etc. Do this on the Blogger site.

2. See ppt //Implications of Blogs and Wikis.// Examine the section titled "Blogs and Wikis for Collaboration". > 3. See ppt //Implications of Blogs and Wikis.// Examine the section titled "Reflection".
 * Make a blog post examining how you feel about collaboration, its implications for the classroom, possible uses, etc. Do this on the edublogs site.
 * Make a blog post examining how you feel about reflection, its implications for the classroom, possible uses, etc. Do this on the wiki site.

4. You will now create a lesson plan on the wiki page. This lesson should encompass peer feedback, collaboration, reflection, writing and critical thinking. Ensure that this is a lesson you can implement into your classroom after this workshop is over. It should be detailed, and may cover several pages. There are no additional requirements, but we will spend time presenting these lessons to the class, and getting other participants to engage in some of the activities.
 * Prior to completing the lesson plan, make a discussion forum on your wiki page entitled "Implications for Blogs and Wikis Lesson Plan". Other participants will be offering you feedback via this tool.
 * You will present your lesson in whole group using the LCD projector. I will have randomly give you an index card with three group members' wiki pages. You will be asked to provide feedback to these teachers as to whether or not their lesson promotes student achievement in a manner that would otherwise not be met. Other participants will determine whether or not your lesson effectively used blogs/wikis to deliver the instruction.

5. Participants will visit a site that houses uses of [| Blogs in Multiple Disciplines] in order to see how blogs are utilized in multiple disciplines. Then, the students will discuss how these implications differed from theirs, what further insight they received, or how they can utilize some of the ideas in their own classrooms. They will also discuss whether or not the implications foster an environment for student achievement.

6. Participants will visit a site that houses uses of [|Wikis in Multiple Disciplines] in order to see how blogs are utilized in multiple disciplines. Then, the students will discuss how these implications differed from theirs, what further insight they received, or how they can utilize some of the ideas in their own classrooms. They will also discuss whether or not the implications foster an environment for student achievement.

7. Upload all of what you have thus far for the technology plan to the wiki page. Then, spend time visiting 2-3 classmates' wikis, offering substantive feedback to assist in their revision of the technology plan. Then, go back to your wiki and read the comments made by your classmates, and edit your own plan as well.

8. Closure: respond by clicking the **discussion** tab at the top of this page.