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What do you need to know to get your students using wikispaces/blogs in your classes? Place responses on your Texting Group page Investigate: Benefits of using blogs, education wikis, how other teachers are using wikis and blogs, subject based wikis and blogs etc [|Resources to begin investigation] - a Delicious bookmarking site set up for the BEP ICT sessions. http://del.icio.us/bepict password: bendigo8 if you want to add to this resource. **Task 3** Plan and make a group wiki or blog to be used by your group in this session to link resources, set up and hold discussions, record thoughts, add comments, load images and videos etc to explore ways of how to use this technology in your classes.
 * SESSION 1: 90 minutes - Mixed PLT groups**
 * Task 1**
 * Task2**

To create a wikispace for teachers: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers Help for teachers: http://www.wikispaces.com/help teachers

Link your group Wiki or Blog to this wiki on your Texting Group page.

INSPIRATION file:

PL teams to discuss/show and tell about their morning session with each other. Brain storm possible applications in individual areas of teaching. What can you do with what you have learnt? Plan, devise, set up an activity…..
 * SESSION 2: 90 minutes - PLT groups**