Wikis in the Classroom

Presentation Outline

Why do we wiki?

What are wikis?

Pedagogical Classroom Use of Wikis

Time Permitting:

How does a wiki work

Wiki Assessment

Common Administrator Questions

How it will work

When you see:

We will vote

The Mike will be open

Section 1

Have you heard of?

Authentic Assessment

“ 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 student performance”

Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Technology, San Diego State University -

http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/articles/authassess/bigpuzzle.htm ,

Have you heard of?

Project Based Learning

Source:

Profound Learning Systems, Educational solutions Overview http://www.profoundlearning.com/Content/EducationSolutions/projectBasedLearning.jpg

Have you heard of?

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

What is the difference?

Passive Learning

Active Learning

Is Passive Learning really learning?

Students Must Be

Collaborators

Synthesizers

Explainers

Problem Solvers!

Any comments or questions?

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2. What is a wiki?

Pedagogical Uses of Wikis in the Classroom

Time Permitting:

Wiki Assessment

Section 2.

Have you ever used a wiki before this class?

Do you use Wikipedia as a resource ?

Have you ever edited wikipedia?

Why I chose wikis:

Free

Runs on older Computers

Runs on slower Internet

Easy

“ Think Pair Share” for the Computer

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!

wikis podcasts Internet telephone blogs web apps RSS social software mashups photosharing social bookmarking tagging open source Online publishing

Coming up Next:

Pedagogical Uses of Wikis in the Classroom (with examples)

Time Permitting:

Wiki Assessment

Section 3.

My Seven Classroom Wiki Uses

Lesson Summaries

Notes Collaboration

Concept Introduction & Exploratory Projects

Learn Shares

Individual Assessments

Rewards

Classroom Organization

Examples: Lesson Summaries

Word Processing

http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Word+Processing

See Ex 5: http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Word+Ex+5

Computer Science: Storage Devices

http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Storage+Devices

Example: Notes Collaboration

http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Computer+Hardware+Review

Exploratory Projects

Intro to Web 2

http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Web+2.0

Mashups

http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Mashup+Madness

Learn Shares

Computer Security & Privacy

http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Chapter+1+-+Security+and+Privacy

Safe Purchasing Online

http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Safe+purchasing+online (Notice the Avatars!)

Examples: Individual Assessments

Semester Assessments

http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Scenario+2

http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com

Example: Rewards

Wiki Hall of Fame - http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Wiki+Hall+of+Fame

Blog Hall of Fame http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Blogger+Hall+of+Fame

Example: Classroom Organization

HomePage of the Wiki

http://westwood.wikispaces.com

http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com

Places to create wikis

Wikispaces (Public or private) www.wikispaces.com

WetPaint (Community) www.wetpaint.com

PBWiki www.pbwiki.com

Play in the Sandbox

http ://k12wiki.wikispaces.com

When you want to “play” go to the Sandbox.

My question for you: Can you think of any other uses for wikis in a classroom?

Coming up Next:

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Wiki Assessment

Bonus

Overview of a wiki

http://k12wiki.wikispaces.com

Page View and Editing

Go in your personal ‘ Sandbox’

Page View

Floating toolbar

Discussion

History

Notify Me

5 Tips for Wiki Work

Small Edits

Communicate

Use the History

Discuss

Refresh Before Writing

Drawbacks

Concurrent editing

Restoration of a page

5 Tips for Wiki Work

Small Edits

Communicate

Use the History

Discuss

Refresh Before Writing

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Wiki Assessment

Wiki Assessment

Collaborative Effort

Visual Appeal

Organization

Hyperlinks

Original, Intelligent Wording

Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation

Completion of Topic Assignment

Sample Rubrics

A note about posting full rubrics –

http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Wiki+Hall+of+Fame

Flat Classroom Rubrics

http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/Rubrics

Semester Assessment

http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Scenario+2

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Permissions

Editing

Public (Anyone)

Members Only

Administrators Only

Viewing

Public (Anyone)

Private – members Only

Managing Your Space

Permissions

Adding Members

Locking Pages

Free Wikis

www.pbwiki.com

www.seedwiki.com

www.wikispaces.com

www.schtuff.com

www.wikicities

Source: http://pascal.vanhecke.info/2005/10/30/free-hosted-wikis-comparison-of-wiki-farms/

It’s your turn

Plan your wiki

Create your wikispace

Click on your user ID

Click on Make a New Space

Name your space

It’s your turn – What you can add!

Add RSS feeds

Add video

Add pictures

Time Permitting: “Ticket to Leave”

Each Person share one thing that they’ve learned that they think will impact their teaching.

Whether it be by voice, cell phone, e-mail, i-Pod, blog, wiki, video, website, or another as yet uninvented thing, I will communicate my message via any means that students will hear. I will not be afraid of the medium if it is a highway to my students’ psyche. I will not erect roadblocks where I should be building onramps!

Who am I?