Vicki Davis, Teacher Westwood Schools http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com http://coolcatteacher.wikispaces.com

Taking IT Global Collaborative Project Contest First Place 2007 ISTE SIGTel Online Learning Award Winner 2007

Wiki Wiki = quickly

http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Computer+Fundamentals+Class+Notes+2007-2008

http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Computer+Fundamentals+Class+Notes+2007-2008

Class Wiki http://westwood.wikispaces.com Global Projects Examples http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com http://horizonproject2008.wikispaces.com http://digiteen.wikispaces.com

Class Wiki

http://westwood.wikispaces.com

Global Projects Examples

http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com

http://horizonproject2008.wikispaces.com

http://digiteen.wikispaces.com

Monitoring Teamwork Assignment http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Formatting+Text+with+the+Mini+Toolbar+in+Word History Page http://westwood.wikispaces.com/page/history/Formatting+Text+with+the+Mini+Toolbar+in+Word

Monitoring Teamwork

Assignment

http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Formatting+Text+with+the+Mini+Toolbar+in+Word

History Page

http://westwood.wikispaces.com/page/history/Formatting+Text+with+the+Mini+Toolbar+in+Word

Marking Work to Be Done Use Tags! http://horizonproject2008.wikispaces.com/tag/view/solo Assignment Tags My new practice for this next year! Every assignment will have a “tag” Work to be graded will be tagged “turnin”

Marking Work to Be Done

Use Tags!

http://horizonproject2008.wikispaces.com/tag/view/solo

Assignment Tags

My new practice for this next year!

Every assignment will have a “tag”

Work to be graded will be tagged “turnin”

http://www.netvibes.com/#Horizon_Project_2008

http://www.netvibes.com/#Horizon_Project_2008

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

Current Live Wiki Example

How they track it! (Their PLN)

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

Efolio Assignment: http://westwood.wikispaces.com/eFolio+2008 Template http://westwood.wikispaces.com/space.template.eFolio Sample http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Annabelle%27s+eFolio

Efolio

Assignment:

http://westwood.wikispaces.com/eFolio+2008

Template

http://westwood.wikispaces.com/space.template.eFolio

Sample

http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Annabelle%27s+eFolio

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

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

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 06/08/09 (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

http://horizonproject2008.wikispaces.com/Rubrics

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

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 06/08/09 (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 06/08/09 (c) 2007, Victoria A. Davis, All Rights Reserved. What is the difference?

Passive Learning

Active Learning

Collaborators Synthesizers Explainers Problem Solvers! 06/08/09 (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 06/08/09 (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! 06/08/09 (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!

06/08/09 (c) 2007, Victoria A. Davis, All Rights Reserved.

Don’t change me!

Vicki Davis, Teacher Westwood Schools http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com http://coolcatteacher.wikispaces.com