Cindy:
-more e-books have been purchased
-really great elementary books on Natural Disasters and Canadian Provinces
-Vendor Fair possibly March/April
-Afterschool meeting on Smartboards has been scheduled the same day as our next PLC: Wed. Feb. 18th from 3:30-4:30.
Ann:
-Grade 4-8 Book Launch
-Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed
-invited to attend a 50 minute book launch time on January 28th at G.A. Brown
-Time slots available: 10:40-11:30, 1:25-2:15, 2:15-3:05
Katina and WIKIS:
-most important buttons: Edit and Save
-these are collaborative, fast webpages
-Blogs are best used for short bursts of writing, conversation, and reflection (all grade levels), whereas wikis should be used for project work and the gathering of resources (junior - intermediate)
Some examples of wikis shared:
http://learningmaineresources.wikispaces.com/
http://sfxschool.pbwiki.com/
http://librarylearning.pbwiki.com/
http://kidpedia.info/
http://fourstage.pbwiki.com/
http://libsuccess.org/
http://silver09nf.pbwiki.com/
How can you use wiki's in your program? What are some of the challenges that you encountered when learning about this? What are some of the benefits that you can see in this?
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