Wiki-Based Peer Review in the Writing Class: An Experience Claudia Ceraso First Internet Conference for Teachers of English October 3rd and 4th 2008 Buenos Aires, Argentina http://claudiaceraso.pbwiki.com/Wise-ELT2008

In this presentation: Read/Write Web: The Paradigm Shift Wikifying the classroom Developing peer reviewers Reflections

Read/Write Web: The Paradigm Shift

Wikifying the classroom

Developing peer reviewers

Reflections

Read/Write Web: Paradigm Shift Content Consumers Sponges Content Producers Collaborators

Content Consumers

Sponges

Content Producers

Collaborators

User-centric Web RSS RSS means choosing what I want to read, when I want to read, who I want to read - and having it all in one location to read Jennifer Wagner http://jenuinetech.com/blog “ read the web as easily as email” Chris Lott http://www.chrislott.org

RSS

RSS means choosing what I want to read, when I want to read, who I want to read - and having it all in one location to read

Jennifer Wagner http://jenuinetech.com/blog

“ read the web as easily as email”

Chris Lott http://www.chrislott.org

Technology is the enabler, not the learning.

Technology is

the enabler,

not the learning.

Education should prepare us to notice and enjoy longer and longer trains of thought. Gardner Campbel http://www.gardnercampbell.net

Education should prepare us to notice and enjoy longer and longer trains of thought.

Gardner Campbel

http://www.gardnercampbell.net

What can I do now that I couldn’t do before? Opening doors for new pedagogies Darren Kuropatwa, adapted from slide 10 in http://www.slideshare.net/dkuropatwa/what-can-i-do-now-that-i-couldnt-do-before-v2 RSS Tags Links

Opening doors

for new

pedagogies

Darren Kuropatwa, adapted from slide 10 in

http://www.slideshare.net/dkuropatwa/what-can-i-do-now-that-i-couldnt-do-before-v2

21st Century Students Kids Tech= play Adults Tech=work

Kids

Tech= play

Adults

Tech=work

Wikis What’s a wiki? . A blend of website word doc e-mail But much better

What’s a wiki?

.

A blend of

website

word doc

e-mail

But much better

Wikis Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com/ Pbwiki http://pbwiki.com/

Wikispaces

http://www.wikispaces.com/

Pbwiki

http://pbwiki.com/

Wiki Clockwork Page Discussion History Notify

Page

Discussion

History

Notify

Before you start a project Internet Access 1:1/1:3 PCs per student Adoption Time Model Wiki Use

Wiki Adoption Show Engage Experience

The Corpus Wiki Home of two courses Heritage Project

Home of two courses Heritage Project

Wikifying the Classroom Tech Fluency Links RSS Tags Student as Publisher Social Community member Networked

Tech Fluency

Links

RSS

Tags

Student as Publisher

Social

Community member

Networked

Wikifying the Classroom Knowledge is constructed in the conversations the students have in the wiki

Knowledge is constructed

in the conversations

the students have

in the wiki

Developing Peer-Reviewers Cooperative voices

Cooperative voices

Assessment Criteria imposed by descriptors to assess the results Criteria built collectively to assess the reviewing process

Criteria imposed by descriptors to assess the results

Criteria built collectively to assess the reviewing process

Outcomes Students tend to correct others as they have been corrected Self-correction and monitoring Focus on improving and learning -not so much on the mark

Students tend to correct others as they have been corrected

Self-correction and monitoring

Focus on improving and learning -not so much on the mark

The teacher is no longer the sole expert

The teacher is no longer the sole expert

Pedagogical Implications Can the teacher’s corrections disappear? Or should we find a new purpose for them? Guiding the process instead of controlling the outcomes

Can the teacher’s corrections disappear?

Or should we find a new purpose for them?

Guiding the process

instead of

controlling the outcomes

Reflections Students as Mentors

Students as Mentors

Project Evaluation Are wikis worth using?

Are wikis worth using?

"See the opportunities rather than the obstacles" David Truss, A Brave New World Wide Web http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/a-brave-new-world-wide-web

"See the opportunities rather than the obstacles"

David Truss, A Brave New World Wide Web

http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/a-brave-new-world-wide-web

Your Thoughts… Contact Claudia Ceraso [email_address] Participate in the online handout http://claudiaceraso.pbwiki.com/Wise-ELT2008 Thank you

Contact

Claudia Ceraso

[email_address]

Participate in the online handout

http://claudiaceraso.pbwiki.com/Wise-ELT2008

Thank you

Image Credits Slide3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Urethane_sponge1.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/peskylibrary/2166053845/ Slide 5 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrhode/375671790/ Slide 6 http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattjb/2667037981/ Slide 9 http://www.flickr.com/photos/fhke/181447361/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/don_k/2478137688/ Slide 18 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bg/1532769756/ Slide 19 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pencil Slide21 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Teacher_writing_on_a_Blackboard.jpg Slide 23 http:// www.flickr.com / photos / cobalt /107896195/ Slide 24 http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/12364944/

Image Credits

Slide3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Urethane_sponge1.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/peskylibrary/2166053845/

Slide 5

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrhode/375671790/

Slide 6

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattjb/2667037981/

Slide 9

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fhke/181447361/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/don_k/2478137688/

Slide 18

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bg/1532769756/

Slide 19

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pencil

Slide21

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Teacher_writing_on_a_Blackboard.jpg

Slide 23

http:// www.flickr.com / photos / cobalt /107896195/

Slide 24

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/12364944/