Choose Your Own Wiki Adventure
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The document outlines the use of wikis in K-12 education, emphasizing their accessibility and relevance for digital natives who are already familiar with online collaboration tools. It discusses various wiki platforms and the logistics of managing student participation, including preventing vandalism. Additionally, it presents examples of successful wiki projects, such as those related to World War I poetry and the Holocaust, highlighting the educational benefits of collaborative online learning.
Choose Your Own Wiki Adventure
- 1. Dan McDowell West Hills High School wikiadventures.wikispaces.com ahistoryteacher.com CHOOSE YOUR OWN WIKI ADVENTURE Using wikis with K-12 students (Version 2.0)
- 2. WHAT IS A WIKI? Easily edited web site Edited by anyone - or at least by members Ability to trace history of edits Part of Web 2.0 Wikipedia
- 3. WHY USE WIKIS WITH STUDENTS? Let students edit pages online? They already do it - blogs, MySpace, Facebook, etc. It is natural to them, they are digital natives They need to do it formally - social interactions are much different!
- 4. WHAT THEY SAID Do you feel that using the Internet for this project is "natural" because of the other technologies or web sites you already use socially?
- 5. WHAT THEY SAID “ Yes, I honestly believe that because so many of us are already on the computer a lot anyway, it helps. All I had to do is just take a break from talking to people and write up the pages and link them. I didn't have to go get my backpack or anything.”
- 6. WHAT THEY SAID “… this is obviously more formal than just typing up a myspace blog or something. maINly beCAUse MY TYPING DoesN"T look likE 6thiS.”
- 7. WIKI TOOLS Tools not defining - projects can be done on any of these! Free/Hosted Solutions - Wikispaces, PBWiki Self Installed - MediaWiki, TikiWiki Moodle!
- 8. LOGISTICS Open vs. closed systems Need to regulate, keep students in check Individual or group login Vandalism, spam, etc. District network policies
- 9. LOGISTICS
- 10. WIKI EDITING 101 A two-page job aid and 10 minutes of instruction. That’s it.
- 11. WIKI EDITING 101 Naming convention
- 12. DESIGN PATTERNS Bernie Dodge, SDSU Professor Similar to WebQuest Design Patterns Wiki Design Patterns Matrix
- 13. PUBLICATION TOOL Students can easily publish their work Create collections of student work Online/electronic/digital portfolios
- 14. WORLD WAR I POETRY
- 15. AP WORLD HISTORY REVIEW Micropedia Design Pattern Created list of essential review questions Assigned topics across all four classes Groups researched single question, posted response Groups validated at least two other articles AP World History Review Wiki Project
- 16. HOLOCAUST WIKI PROJECT TikiWiki MediaWiki
- 17. HOLOCAUST WIKI PROJECT Essentially a WebQuest TreeSim / Ant Farm Wiki Design Pattern Content depth vs. standards Sensitive topic Skill focus => Decision Making Complex requirements
- 18. HOLOCAUST PROJECT PROCESS Develop a family from assigned region Research country, stages of the Holocaust
- 19. HOLOCAUST PROJECT PROCESS 3. Create Progression of Events Chart - Map of Branching Simulation
- 22. HOLOCAUST PROJECT PROCESS 4. Write the narrative
- 23. HOLOCAUST PROJECT PROCESS 5. Place in wiki, edit, add images
- 24. EXAMPLE PROJECTS 2005 - Example 2006 - Example
- 25. REFLECTIONS Project Complexity / Time Historical Accuracy Decisions vs. Results Using the Wiki
- 26. Wiki Adventures Web Site Developed to help teachers Guides to help you integrate wikis into your own classroom Want to collaborate? Just request to join the space!
- 27. CHOOSE YOUR OWN WIKI ADVENTURE Dan McDowell, West Hills High School Thank you for your time. Presentation, links, and handouts at: wikiadventures.wikispaces.com Thanks to my students for their hard work and willingness to try new things (not that they had a choice)