21st Century Educational Collaboration Utilization of Wikis to promote Literacy Beverly Forney, May 2008

How It All Started Receipt of an EdTech Grant (2007-2009) Purchase of 20 iPod Classics & 262 iPod Shuffles

Receipt of an EdTech Grant (2007-2009)

Purchase of 20 iPod Classics & 262 iPod Shuffles

Our Purpose Enhance Literacy English Language Learners World Language Learners Elementary Literacy (Grades 1-6)

Enhance Literacy

English Language Learners

World Language Learners

Elementary Literacy (Grades 1-6)

English Language Learners English Language Learners listen to audiobooks inside/outside of the classroom

English Language Learners listen to audiobooks inside/outside of the classroom

World Language Learners World Language Learners listen to native language podcasts, audiobooks inside/outside of the classroom

World Language Learners listen to native language podcasts, audiobooks inside/outside of the classroom

Elementary Classroom Elementary students listen to audiobooks within the Classroom during Daily 5 (Classroom Management Plan) Struggling readers take shuffles home to listen to audiobooks

Elementary students listen to audiobooks within the Classroom during Daily 5 (Classroom Management Plan)

Struggling readers take shuffles home to listen to audiobooks

Implementation Disbursement of iPods/Shuffles 19 teachers (K-12) Teacher training (professional development)

Disbursement of iPods/Shuffles

19 teachers (K-12)

Teacher training (professional development)

Training/Professional Development Fall (formal classroom) Spring (formal classroom) 1-to-1 training - ongoing Ongoing COLLABORATION

Fall (formal classroom)

Spring (formal classroom)

1-to-1 training - ongoing

Ongoing COLLABORATION

Ongoing Teacher Collaboration WELCOME: Podcasting wiki! http://ocsdpodcasting.pbwiki.com (this has been made public for you to view!)

WELCOME: Podcasting wiki!

http://ocsdpodcasting.pbwiki.com (this has been made public for you to view!)

The wiki provides. . . Technical assistance (basic to advanced users) Troubleshooting assistance for iPods/Shuffles Sharing of audiobooks(podcasts) COLLABORATION

Technical assistance (basic to advanced users)

Troubleshooting assistance for iPods/Shuffles

Sharing of audiobooks(podcasts)

COLLABORATION

Collaboration Best practices Ideas Sharing of resources Centralized Information for events

Best practices

Ideas

Sharing of resources

Centralized Information for events

Where we’ve gone . . . Embracing wikis for use across all grades/subjects More teacher collaboration for everything from poetry to social studies to science and math; and yes--technology too! Currently 47 wikis within OCSD

Embracing wikis for use across all grades/subjects

More teacher collaboration for everything from poetry to social studies to science and math; and yes--technology too!

Currently 47 wikis within OCSD

OCSD Podcasting wiki Currently being moved to area with other OCSD wikis, on OCSD server Secure Teacher only access

Currently being moved to area with other OCSD wikis, on OCSD server

Secure

Teacher only access

What follows is a glimpse of a few of our wikis!

Wikis by grade level for elementary levels Wikis by subject for middle/secondary levels

Audiobooks by Grade and Lexile Level

These audiobooks can now even be downloaded into iTunes and subscribed to by teachers so they get audiobooks in their iTunes AUTOMATICALLY!

Smart Notebook Teaching Files

Collaboration through Content Area