Using+Wikis+and+Blogs+to+Create+an+Interactive,+Collaborative+Classroom

= CEA Summer Leadership Conference = = Using Wikis and Blogs to Create an Interactive, Collaborative Classroom = = Workshop Agenda =

**By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:**

 * ===**Define what wikis and blogs are**===
 * ===**Identify the purpose and relevance of using a wiki and a blog in classroom instruction and to support student learning and engagement**===
 * ===**Create a wiki and a blog**===

**Monday, August 2, 2010**
1-4 P.M.
 * Introductions
 * What is a wiki?
 * Application and relevance in education
 * Wiki features - overview
 * Create your own wiki

**Tuesday, August 3, 2010**
8:30-11:30 A.M.
 * Getting started - review of wiki features
 * Examples from Deb and Julie
 * Sandbox practice

1:30 - 5:00 P.M.
 * What is a blog?
 * Application and relevance in education
 * Blog features - overview
 * Create your own blog
 * Blog posts in the wiki
 * Wrap-up and final evaluation

** Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. **

 * // -Charles Mingus //**

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