Connect,Collaborate,+Create

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"Wikipedia is the poster child for collaborative construction of knowledge and truth that the new, interactive Web facilitates....Every day thousands of people who have no connection to one another engage in the purposeful work of negotiating and creating the truth." ======

- Will Richardson
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Create a "Whatever, Whenever,Where ever" Community

1. Establish the ways in which you want your website to extend your classroom community.
How will your website work as a class PLN?

=== Information - include basic information about the teacher, curriculum, classroom procedures and long term due dates. === === Resource - includes teacher created materials (study guides, graphic organizers, etc.) as well as links to videos, websites, or a simple blog to support work in the class. ===

=== === === Interactive  - includes information and resources as well as post and response components (like wikis or forums,or discussion boards) where can post prompts and student can respond to the post as well as to each other - generally participation is required ===

=== Curriculum Springboard  - includes problem solving activities, open-ended collaborative assignments, homework submissions,teachers act as facilitator/coach for student directed learning. ===

2. Investigate platforms that best meet your established purpose.
[|Tips, Tricks and Tech Terms] Wikispaces [|Google Sites] [|Evernote] [|Moodle] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Livebinder]  [|Blogger] [|Getting started with Edublogs] [|Symbaloo Tutorial] [|SymbalooEDU] [|Edmodo -Tutorial]

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3.Decide which components you want to include on your homepage? Which links? images? resources?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">4. Create your site.If you have a site, upgrade - integrate components to enhance the interaction and student directed learning.