Personal/Educational/Training uses

Instructions

1. One member of the team should be the scribe (the recorder and editor of this page).

2. The other members should search for resources, negotiate content, and advise the scribe on what to include.

PART A

Suggest and describe some uses of blogs.

Personal uses

1. Diary for personal archiving

2. Sharing with friends on personal activities / something good (food, hang out places, shopping centers)

3. Tutorials (how to bake a cake, how to use photoshop...)

4. Outlet to vent your feelings

5. Petition

6. Networking

7. Connecting with people who share the same hobbies

Education/Training uses

1. Class discussion/collaboration

2. Source of information from instructors

3. Student portfolios

4. Classroom management - timetable, course structure, class rules, assignment notifications, suggested readings, tutorials

5. Reflections and Journals

Professional Use

1. Communities of Practice - sharing of best practices and latest developments

2. To popularize something (e.g. the gangnam style dance)

3. Marketing / Advertising company's products and services; avenue for customer feedback

4. Blog Shops - selling items online

Political Use

1. Political parties use it to bring across their political ideology

2. Gather supporters and connect with them (feature activities for supporters to participate)

PART B

Suggest and describe some uses of wikis.

Personal uses

Education/Training strategies

1. Jigsaw

2. Round-Robin

3. Think Pair Share

(http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/think/index.html)

- Give 'Food for thought', pair them up & share with everybody

Get feedback: Ask students to post comments on wiki pages.

Collect data: Use central documents to make sure that data collection is uniform and easy to manage.

Share notes: Let your students share their collective information so that everyone gets a better understanding of the subject.

4. Knowledge Hub

5. Self-Directed Learning

6. PBL

7. Collaborative Learning

8. Peer Learning/Review/Edit

9. Brainstorming

10. Correction competition

(http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/50-ways-to-use-wikis-for-a-more-collaborative-and-interactive-classroom/)

- post a document with mistakes & get them to compete for corrections.

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