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BlogsWikisGoogle Docs etc.Organization
chronologically ordered topic-centered rather thantime-ordered.creator-defined organization
Authors
The blog owner posts.Others can comment.Posts can be modified byblog owner only. Commentsby others can be postedand then modified ordeleted by blog owner.The owner and others invitedcan make changes.The owner and others invitedas collaborators may modify.Viewers can also be invited.
PasswordProtection
Password protectionprovides options for bothcommenting and viewing.These can be modified frompost to post.Password protection providesoptions for writing andviewing. These can bemodified from page to page.
Previous to publishing 
, onlycollaborators and thoseinvited to view can accessdocument.
Once published 
,anyone can search for andread. Collaborators can stillmake changes and theposted version automaticallyreflects those changes.
Notification ofchanges
Author and readers (onsome blogs) can receivenotification of any change tothe blog.Authors can receivenotification of any change tothe wiki.Collaborators and viewerscan receive notification of anychange to the Google Doc.
Samples
Wikis and Blogs and Google Docs, Oh My! 
Online Wr iting Tools to Support Literature Study in Middle and Secondary Classes 
Lisa Zawilinski New Literacies Research Team 
University of Connecticut 
Clickable/resizable handout can be downloaded athttp://newliteracies.typepad.com/mass_ssr/ p.1
 
BlogsWikisGoogle Docs etc.Examples
http://mskreul.edublogs.org/ Grade 4 blog thatdemonstrates a variety ofdifferent ways one mightincorporate blogs into theclassroomhttp:// millersenglish10.blogspot.com/ Grade 10 English blog-students comment aboutliterature etc.http://www.abc.edu.sv/ blogs/english-9a/ Ninth grade literaturerelated blog. Studentwriting and commentsshared.http:// newliteracies.pbwiki.com/ National+Parkspswd: naganohttp://wiki.woodward.edu/ hannalee/doku.php?id=hannaleeGrade 5 wiki - teacher posts,not collaborative butshowcases student work andprovides resources forstudents and parentshttp:// 7thgradenorthcore.pbwiki.com/FrontPageGrade 7 wiki for english/ language arts. Studies ofnovels and wiki constructionby studentshttp://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dfsqvqd2_89c43d4p&hl=en
Free Providers
http://edublogs.orghttp://classblogmeister.com/ index.phphttp://www.wikispaces.comhttp://www.google.com
Wikis and Blogs and Google Docs, Oh My! 
Online Wr iting Tools to Support Literature Study in Middle and Secondary Classes 
Lisa Zawilinski New Literacies Research Team 
University of Connecticut 
Clickable/resizable handout can be downloaded athttp://newliteracies.typepad.com/mass_ssr/ p.2
 
Instructional ModelsDescriptionURLs for Resources
Internet WorkshopInstructional model that may beginwith a mini lesson or explanation ofa task for students to accomplishover a set amount of time.Students work independently/ partnerships/ or small groups toaccomplish the task. Finally thewhole class debriefs on what waslearned through the task.http://www.readingonline.org/ electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/ electronic/RT/2-02_Column/ index.htmlDetailed explanation withresources provided.Internet ProjectCollaborative Internet basedprojects whereby groups ofstudents across the US and othercountries collaborate aroundcurricular topics.http://www.readingonline.org/ electronic/RT/3-01_column/ Detailed explanation withresources providedInternet Reciprocal Teaching (IRT)Approach to instruction of onlinereading comprehension adaptedfrom Reciprocal Teaching(Palincsar & Brown). Begins with amini lesson. Next, a informationproblem is provided. Students workin small groups to solve the info.problem. Period ends with a wholeclass debrief on strategies used tosolve the problem. Three phasesof instruction across the year. Eachmaintains a similar structure to theone shared above.http:// www.newliteracies.uconn.edu/ iesproject/documents.htmlClick
IRT Overview of Phase I,II,II 
Click
Phase I and Phase II Checklists 
for lists of skills/ strategieshttp://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dfsqvqd2_89c43d4p&hl=enDetailed explanation of IRT
Additional ResourcesDescriptionURL
Google Docs & the NWPNational Writing Project site: incl.video clips of teachers andprincipals speaking about GoogleDocs use in school.Links to: Help Center; Google Docsfor Educators; and; a sample NWP/ Google Docs projecthttp://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/ resource/2639Zawilinski, L. (in press). HOTBlogging: A Framework forBlogging to Promote Higher OrderThinking. To appear in:
Reading Teacher.
A prepublication article sharing aframework for using blogs topromote higher order thinkingapplicable to all grades. Alsoincludes common ways teachers inelementary grades use blogs.http://newliteracies.uconn.edu/ pubs.html#recent
Wikis and Blogs and Google Docs, Oh My! 
Online Wr iting Tools to Support Literature Study in Middle and Secondary Classes 
Lisa Zawilinski New Literacies Research Team 
University of Connecticut 
Clickable/resizable handout can be downloaded athttp://newliteracies.typepad.com/mass_ssr/ p.3
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