Comments on: Etherpad in the classroom http://www.mrwarner.com/2009/03/etherpad-in-the-classroom/ Teaching, technology and anything else on my mind... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:53:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Collaborative Writing with Children | Literacy Resources http://www.mrwarner.com/2009/03/etherpad-in-the-classroom/comment-page-1/#comment-1943 Collaborative Writing with Children | Literacy Resources Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:58:50 +0000 http://www.mrwarner.com/?p=296#comment-1943 [...] posts:  Collaborative Writing, Using Etherpad in the Classroom, Kent ICT (@mbarrow)has a great page of ideas created collaboratively and from Etherpad itself [...] [...] posts:  Collaborative Writing, Using Etherpad in the Classroom, Kent ICT (@mbarrow)has a great page of ideas created collaboratively and from Etherpad itself [...]

]]> By: Collaborative writing with children | Literacy Resources http://www.mrwarner.com/2009/03/etherpad-in-the-classroom/comment-page-1/#comment-1925 Collaborative writing with children | Literacy Resources Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:26:38 +0000 http://www.mrwarner.com/?p=296#comment-1925 [...] posts:  Collaborative Writing, Using Etherpad in the Classroom, Kent ICT (@mbarrow)has a great page of ideas  created collaboratively and from Etherpad itself [...] [...] posts:  Collaborative Writing, Using Etherpad in the Classroom, Kent ICT (@mbarrow)has a great page of ideas  created collaboratively and from Etherpad itself [...]

]]> By: Jordan http://www.mrwarner.com/2009/03/etherpad-in-the-classroom/comment-page-1/#comment-1769 Jordan Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:28:03 +0000 http://www.mrwarner.com/?p=296#comment-1769 What a fantastic tool!! The possibilities are endless with this. I've been searching a long time for something that doesn't require sign-up. This is a wonderful addition to the classroom. What a fantastic tool!! The possibilities are endless with this. I’ve been searching a long time for something that doesn’t require sign-up. This is a wonderful addition to the classroom.

]]> By: Collaborative Writing | Literacy Resources http://www.mrwarner.com/2009/03/etherpad-in-the-classroom/comment-page-1/#comment-1756 Collaborative Writing | Literacy Resources Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:03:49 +0000 http://www.mrwarner.com/?p=296#comment-1756 [...] recently read a wonderful post  by Mark Warner ,which detailed how he used Etherpad in his classroom, and was struck by the [...] [...] recently read a wonderful post  by Mark Warner ,which detailed how he used Etherpad in his classroom, and was struck by the [...]

]]> By: Danita Russell http://www.mrwarner.com/2009/03/etherpad-in-the-classroom/comment-page-1/#comment-1731 Danita Russell Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:45:18 +0000 http://www.mrwarner.com/?p=296#comment-1731 Hey Mark: Great site! I have a question about your subscriptions. How are you offering subscribers to get the RSS through email? Is this a special option with the program you're using? Please reply to my email at: Danitarussell@gmail.com Thanks! Danita Hey Mark:

Great site! I have a question about your subscriptions. How are you offering subscribers to get the RSS through email? Is this a special option with the program you’re using?

Please reply to my email at:
Danitarussell@gmail.com

Thanks!
Danita

]]> By: Kim http://www.mrwarner.com/2009/03/etherpad-in-the-classroom/comment-page-1/#comment-1727 Kim Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:09:55 +0000 http://www.mrwarner.com/?p=296#comment-1727 Etherpad sounds like a great toolkit addition. My kids are using Wikispaces, but often run into the problem of losing work while editing at the same time. Using Etherpad sounds like it would be a great alternative! Looking forward to checking it out. Thanks for posting your experiences with your kids, they give the rest of us great ideas (and cut down on our own trouble-shooting :) ) ! Etherpad sounds like a great toolkit addition. My kids are using Wikispaces, but often run into the problem of losing work while editing at the same time. Using Etherpad sounds like it would be a great alternative! Looking forward to checking it out. Thanks for posting your experiences with your kids, they give the rest of us great ideas (and cut down on our own trouble-shooting :) ) !

]]> By: joy http://www.mrwarner.com/2009/03/etherpad-in-the-classroom/comment-page-1/#comment-1724 joy Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:44:01 +0000 http://www.mrwarner.com/?p=296#comment-1724 Interesting isn't it how wikis and etherpad are taking us into a new model of writing - collaborative. In the past I think collaborative writing has meant taking turns or one person writing whilst the other has ideas. This way of writing is different: it is transparent, we can all see the typos or any other spelling/grammatical mistakes and we can make decisions about others' work. We can re-organise and can change anything we want. With collaborative writing comes responsiblity. I am about to use etherpad for the first time in the classroom and must thank you for your description of how you used it and what you would do differently. I will only be working with 6 children in a guided session but need to think more about how I set up the activity and prepare the children. Interesting isn’t it how wikis and etherpad are taking us into a new model of writing – collaborative. In the past I think collaborative writing has meant taking turns or one person writing whilst the other has ideas. This way of writing is different: it is transparent, we can all see the typos or any other spelling/grammatical mistakes and we can make decisions about others’ work. We can re-organise and can change anything we want. With collaborative writing comes responsiblity.
I am about to use etherpad for the first time in the classroom and must thank you for your description of how you used it and what you would do differently. I will only be working with 6 children in a guided session but need to think more about how I set up the activity and prepare the children.

]]> By: Mark Warner http://www.mrwarner.com/2009/03/etherpad-in-the-classroom/comment-page-1/#comment-1721 Mark Warner Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:29:36 +0000 http://www.mrwarner.com/?p=296#comment-1721 In the past, I've set up a single 'member' account for children to use... lots of children can use that account at the same time but it doesn't allow you to track the additions of particular children. It might be better to set up individual member accounts if you want to do that. In the past, I’ve set up a single ‘member’ account for children to use… lots of children can use that account at the same time but it doesn’t allow you to track the additions of particular children. It might be better to set up individual member accounts if you want to do that.

]]> By: MIchelle http://www.mrwarner.com/2009/03/etherpad-in-the-classroom/comment-page-1/#comment-1720 MIchelle Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:21:33 +0000 http://www.mrwarner.com/?p=296#comment-1720 I tried it out with 2 different classes and had contrasting results. With my class, who enjoyed sharing ideas and found it easieer to handle seeing their ideas adjusted. They collaborated quite well considering this is the first time they had used it. They are eager to use it again. With the other class in my year group, they found it difficult to collaborate and wait for other children to finish typing their ideas. Some became quite distressed when their idea was changed, other were frustrated that they didn't get a chance to share their ideas. I am definitely going to try it again. With wikispaces, which account do most of you sign up for to use with your class? Want to try it with my class. I tried it out with 2 different classes and had contrasting results. With my class, who enjoyed sharing ideas and found it easieer to handle seeing their ideas adjusted. They collaborated quite well considering this is the first time they had used it. They are eager to use it again. With the other class in my year group, they found it difficult to collaborate and wait for other children to finish typing their ideas. Some became quite distressed when their idea was changed, other were frustrated that they didn’t get a chance to share their ideas.

I am definitely going to try it again.

With wikispaces, which account do most of you sign up for to use with your class? Want to try it with my class.

]]> By: Jenny Ellwood http://www.mrwarner.com/2009/03/etherpad-in-the-classroom/comment-page-1/#comment-1719 Jenny Ellwood Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:35:54 +0000 http://www.mrwarner.com/?p=296#comment-1719 Aha! I can see the power of setting up quickly! It's interesting reading classroom case studies - not having my own students (working in a City Learning Centre) it's really useful. Thanks! :O) Aha! I can see the power of setting up quickly! It’s interesting reading classroom case studies – not having my own students (working in a City Learning Centre) it’s really useful. Thanks! :O)

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