Blogs+>+Moodles

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 * Blogs: **
 * web logs, now called blogs, - communication and sharing of thoughts, viewpoints, feelings and reflections in comment boxes
 * 12 classrooms using blogs instructionally (using Teacherweb pages)
 * mostly as a literature response [|Rantz's blog page on Freedom]
 * another example - Forest North 2nd grade math [|Ms. Johnson's Blog]

**Wikis:** media type="custom" key="3756613"
 * web pages where members can add text, images, and links
 * 7 classrooms started (using wikispaces.com)
 * instructionally could be any subject: writing - The Chinglets' Wiki

**Podcasts:** ** P ersonal O n D emand recordings and/or video **
 * can use a Voki for a podcast but only 60 seconds long ([|www.voki.com])
 * some RRISD schools at all levels are creating podcasts

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 * e-learning software platform designed so educators can create online courses/assignments for students
 * access learning from anywhere, store work online, collaborate with others
 * one example: Moodle - created by Martin Dougiamas in Australia
 * makes use of Google Docs - free open source software applications that anyone can access online to create documents
 * RRISD has been using Moodle at our high schools and now middle schools, too - [|RRISD Learning Management System]
 * Enjoy seeing it all - [|Goomoodleikiog]