Vicki Davis Our wiki today: http://k12wiki.wikispaces.com Our Backchannel: http://www.chatzy.com/492808953110/ Password: coolcat Bio: http://coolcatteacher.wikispaces.com/About+Me Wiki Workshop

Vicki Davis

Teacher

Blogger

Co-Founder

Webcaster

The Wikinator!

Research Based Best Practices

Differentiated Instruction

Authentic Assessment

Cooperative Learning

Project Based Learning

Flat Classroom

Horizon Project

7 countries

200 + students

Eat a watermelon

Not whole!

Small bites!

The power of Three! Pick three

Intentional R&D

Backchannel “ a live chat that accompanies a live presentation”

Google Jockey A person who watches the backchannel and posts information and hyperlinks in response to questions that are posted.

Backchannel Moderator A person who monitors the backchannel chat and informs the speaker of predominant questions and issues arising from the conversation.

Classroom Uses Group Notetaking Link Sharing Quick Quiz Archivable Record Involvement of quieter students

Group Notetaking

Link Sharing

Quick Quiz

Archivable Record

Involvement of quieter students

Websites http://www.chatzy.com Google Presentations http://docs.google.com Meebo Rooms http://wwwl.meebo.com/rooms/ Skype Group Chat http://www.skype.com

http://www.chatzy.com

Google Presentations http://docs.google.com

Meebo Rooms http://wwwl.meebo.com/rooms/

Skype Group Chat http://www.skype.com

Don’t forget netiquette

Backchannel Netiquette #1 Answer with @ Iteachkids: I need help with differentiated instruction. Joanna: I need help with my reading program Hamster: @iteachkids I have a great program to share with you.

Answer with @

Iteachkids: I need help

with differentiated instruction.

Joanna: I need help with my reading program

Hamster: @iteachkids I have a great program to share with you.

Backchannel Netiquette #2 Answer with @ Get a Room Iteachkids: I need help with differentiated instruction. Joanna: Anyone want to hear a joke? Hamster: You’re the joke. Joanna: I know what you did last week, don’t tell me that.

Answer with @

Get a Room

Iteachkids: I need help

with differentiated instruction.

Joanna: Anyone want to hear a joke?

Hamster: You’re the joke.

Joanna: I know what you did last week, don’t tell me that.

Backchannel Netiquette #3 Answer with @ Get a Room Get a Moderator Iteachkids: I want to ask Vicki a Question. Joanna: I’m the backchannel moderator, type your question in and when it is time, Vicki will ask me what is happening in the backchannel.

Answer with @

Get a Room

Get a Moderator

Iteachkids: I want to ask Vicki a Question.

Joanna: I’m the backchannel moderator, type your question in and when it is time, Vicki will ask me what is happening in the backchannel.

Backchannel Netiquette 4 Answer with @ Get a Room Get a Moderator Be yourself but not a fake Iteachkids: I want to ask Vicki a Question. Vicki Davis: I’m not really Vicki, I just thought it would be fun to impersonate her.

Answer with @

Get a Room

Get a Moderator

Be yourself but not a fake

Iteachkids: I want to ask Vicki a Question.

Vicki Davis: I’m not really Vicki, I just thought it would be fun to impersonate her.

Backchannel Netiquette #5,6 Answer with @ Get a Room Get a Moderator Be yourself but not a fake Be a link dropper Be up front about self promotion Iteachkids: Anyone know a great blog that helps teachers. Vicki Davis: I have a blog that I write for teachers, you can find it at http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com – I also love Jo McLeay’s at….

Answer with @

Get a Room

Get a Moderator

Be yourself but not a fake

Be a link dropper

Be up front about self promotion

Iteachkids: Anyone know a great blog that helps teachers.

Vicki Davis: I have a blog that I write for teachers, you can find it at http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com – I also love Jo McLeay’s at….

Wiki Wiki = quickly

Page Discussion History Notify Me Manage Space Navigation Notifications (administrator only) Your profile Wiki Anatomy

Page

Discussion

History

Notify Me

Manage Space

Navigation

Notifications (administrator only)

Your profile

The Wiki Toolbar

Headings Table of contents [[toc]] Making a new Page Embedding documents Embedding videos Fixing things – Text editor Tricks & Tips

Headings

Table of contents [[toc]]

Making a new Page

Embedding documents

Embedding videos

Fixing things – Text editor

Teach students to use help Teach students to “play” with tools. Look at widgets Making it ClickQuick©

Teach students to use help

Teach students to “play” with tools.

Look at widgets

Get an RSS Reader Subscribing to a page Fixing a “wiki war” Reverting Monitoring and Assessing

Get an RSS Reader

Subscribing to a page

Fixing a “wiki war”

Reverting

The button of power

Look for the button! RSS – Really simple subscriptions!

Get an RSS reader! Bloglines www.bloglines.com Netvibes www.netvibes.com News Gator www.newsgator.com PageFlakes www.pageflakes.com Google Reader reader.google.com My Yahoo my.yahoo.com

Privacy Levels Inviting new members Setting permission levels Getting the ads removed Make your own space

Privacy Levels

Inviting new members

Setting permission levels

Getting the ads removed

Lesson Summaries Notes Collaboration Concept Introduction & Exploratory Projects Learn Shares Individual Assessments Rewards Classroom Organization 06/02/09 (c) 2007, Victoria A. Davis, All Rights Reserved. My Seven Classroom Wiki Uses

Lesson Summaries

Notes Collaboration

Concept Introduction & Exploratory Projects

Learn Shares

Individual Assessments

Rewards

Classroom Organization

My 9 th Grade Wiki Assignments Convergence Project Walkers Wikinomics Flat Classroom Project (internal link) Flat Classroom Wiki Wiki Examples

My 9 th Grade Wiki Assignments

Convergence Project

Walkers Wikinomics

Flat Classroom Project (internal link)

Flat Classroom Wiki

Sometimes you have to get it unblocked! “ Selling” Wikis to Administrators

Differentiated Instruction Authentic Assessment Project Based Learning Cooperative Learning

Paulson switched to cooperative learning strategies and saw his pass rate improve. Excellent summary of the research at: Starting Point: Teaching Entry Level Geoscience, Science Education Resource Center at Carlleton College, funded by the NSF, http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/cooperative/whyuse.html 06/02/09 (c) 2007, Victoria A. Davis, All Rights Reserved. Research Supports Cooperative Learning Strategies

Paulson switched to cooperative learning strategies and saw his pass rate improve.

Excellent summary of the research at: Starting Point: Teaching Entry Level Geoscience, Science Education Resource Center at Carlleton College, funded by the NSF, http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/cooperative/whyuse.html

Passive Learning Active Learning 06/02/09 (c) 2007, Victoria A. Davis, All Rights Reserved. What is the difference?

Passive Learning

Active Learning

Collaborators Synthesizers Explainers Problem Solvers! 06/02/09 (c) 2007, Victoria A. Davis, All Rights Reserved. Students Must Be

Collaborators

Synthesizers

Explainers

Problem Solvers!

Free Runs on older Computers Runs on slower Internet Easy “ Think Pair Share” for the Computer 06/02/09 (c) 2007, Victoria A. Davis, All Rights Reserved. Why I chose wikis:

Free

Runs on older Computers

Runs on slower Internet

Easy

“ Think Pair Share” for the Computer

Learning Goes Up Excitement Increases It breeds experts Student participation tracking I can control who joins/ edits/ sees A great “scrapbook” for digital artifacts Learning Theory at Work! 06/02/09 (c) 2007, Victoria A. Davis, All Rights Reserved. Why I still use wikis:

Learning Goes Up

Excitement Increases

It breeds experts

Student participation tracking

I can control who joins/ edits/ sees

A great “scrapbook” for digital artifacts

Learning Theory at Work!

06/02/09 (c) 2007, Victoria A. Davis, All Rights Reserved.

Don’t change me!

Questions?