Wikis In The Classroom2
- 1. Mary Wallace Ben Franklin School
- 2. 1. Why do we wiki? 2. What are wikis? 3. Pedagogical classroom use of wikis. 4. How does a wiki work? 5. Questions about wiki permissions.
- 3. Have you heard of authentic assessment?
- 4. Simple memorization and basic skills is no longer adequate for the modern employment market. Students need to have a broad base of knowledge and the ability to perform complex tasks effectively. Authentic assessment includes many learning processes in the evaluation of performance. Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Technology, San Diego State University
- 5. Source: Profound Learning Systems, Educational Solutions Overview
- 6. “ People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses or the problems of modern society.” Vince Lombardi Five Essential Components of Cooperative Learning Positive Interdependence Individual Accountability Promoting Interaction Skills for Teamwork Group Processing
- 7. Passive Learning Active Learning
- 8. Students must be: Collaborators Synthesizers Explainers Problem Solvers
- 9. The word “wiki” is a short form of the Hawaiian word wiki-wiki , which means quick. The first wiki was created by Ward Cunningham in 1985. It is a website where anyone can edit whatever they want anytime they want.
- 12. Do you use it as a resource? Have you ever edited wikipedia? Wikipedia entry for Uniontown
- 13. Free Runs on older computers Runs on slower Internet Easy, Easy, Easy “ Think, Pair, Share “ for the Computer
- 14. Learning Goes Up Excitement Increases Student Participation Tracking You can control who joins/edits/sees A great “scrapbook” for digital artifacts Learning Theory at Work!
- 15. I’ve used this site as a digital scrapbook. RTI- Uniontown
- 16. Web 2.0 Mash-ups Social Bookmarking Social Software RSS feeds Tagging Open Source Blogs Podcasts Photosharing Wikis Internet Telephone
- 17. Source; Vicki A. Davis, Westwood Schools
- 18. WIKI
- 19. Lesson Summaries Notes Collaboration Concept Introduction Exploratory Projects Rewards Project Organization
- 20. Wikispaces (Public or Private) www.wikispaces.com WetPaint (Community) www.wetpaint.com PB Wiki www.pbwiki.com
- 21. This is the fun part!!! Let’s create a wiki
- 22. Editing Public (anyone) Members only Administrators only Viewing Public (anyone) Private – members only
- 23. Permissions Adding Members Locking Pages
- 24. If so, this might come in handy: Please grant me the serenity to accept the pages I cannot edit, The courage to edit the pages I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. - The Wiki Prayer Source; Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms , Will Richardson