Wiki & Blogs: Collaborative Learning
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This document discusses using technology like weblogs and wikis to improve educational goals like collaborative learning and international perspectives. It provides two examples of using weblogs in literature lessons and wikis for international collaborative projects. Key lessons from these experiences include the importance of teacher involvement, how student reflections and interactions improve over time, and tips for beginners like combining technology with curriculum goals and getting experience yourself before having students use it.
Wiki & Blogs: Collaborative Learning
- 3. Educational HP • collaborative learning • international perspective • ICT to improve learning • adaptive to learners • reflection important
- 4. In Practice two examples • Using Weblogs in Literature lessons • Using WIKIs in collaborative learning with other school abroad • what did we do? • how does this relate to HP goals • what dit we learn • tips
- 5. The change of internet Web 1.0 The Three R’s Web 2.0 The Three C’s Reading Contributing Receiving Collaborating Researching Creating
- 6. Social software / Web 2.0 WIKI
- 8. what did we do? • two years ago start with one class: blogging on literature. No books reports anymore ! • Write blogs on reading experiences write comments • now all my classes write weblogs and write comments
- 11. What did we learn ✓ students don’t reflect automatically: they need the teacher ✓ students reflections gets better because of interaction ✓ students inspire each other to read books ✓ most students find this way of reflecting more interesting ✓ be patient: number of reactions will grow slowly ✓ it’s rewarding for you too: you know your students better ✓ colleagues get inspired: they want it too!
- 12. tips for beginners ✓combine with curriculum goals: writing, literature, social studies... ✓start weblog yourself to get experience ✓comment regularly, show interest ✓make it interesting and fun / start a pilot ✓for the technical side: use smart students ;-)
- 14. my use of wikis ✓international collaboration schools : e.g. 3 years with Macedonia, 1 year Turkey ✓interdisciplinary Project Literature & Philosophy ✓experimental End Product Students ✓collaboration / Sharing knowledge and materials with colleagues
- 15. 2009 Prize Microsoft Macedonia “ Best Innovative Project’ • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wOpZklyNpwMacNed project
- 19. Almere Trabzon
- 20. What did we experience ✓collaboration is difficult, even more online ✓international projects inspire students ✓education is more meaningful for the students ✓students get irritated quite easy
- 21. Tips for beginners ✓KISS , the project, the assignments and the WIKI ✓start a simple pilot with a school that’s interested ✓set up dates to really interact online ✓use video to get to know each other ✓use the WIKI as a (1) Learning environment and (2) the product of learning
- 22. Some more tips (2/2) ✓check and double check the machines. computers have to work! ✓use a simpel free platform: Wikispaces ( free for Educators), PB Works, .. ✓use smart students to do the technical side.;-)
- 23. wiki or weblog or both ?
- 24. WIKI Blog reflection √ √√ collaboration √√ √ sharing √√ √ knowledge
- 25. Learn social software at home! http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com/ Week 1: Introduction Week 2: Blogging Week 3: Photos & Images Week 4: RSS & Newsreaders Week 5: Play Week Week 6: Tagging, Folksonomies & TechnoratiWeek Week 7: Wikis Week 8: Online Applications & Tools Week 9: Podcasts, Video & Downloadable audio Summarize your thoughts about this program on your blog.
- 26. Contact Jeroen Clemens jeroencl@gmail.com see details on http://jeroenclemensenglish.blogspot.com/