Wikis That Work

Wikis That Work Julie Lindsay International School Dhaka Bangladesh March 2007

Wiki Nuts and Bolts

Wikipedia

A great resource

An authentic project students can contribute to

Reliability and authenticity

of information

http://en.wikipedia.com A wiki is a web page/web site that allows anyone to add content without knowing HTML or other coding

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6423659.stm The ‘Fake’ professor controversy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6422877.stm School and university projects

Wikis: Essential Features

Different management levels to suit user needs

Anyone can contribute, edit, delete

List and print pages

Find the history of each page

Use discussion/comments tab

Embed multimedia: audio, video, RSS

Disruptive Technologies? a community for sharing information about the products you like the most http://amapedia.amazon.com/ http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page

Are Wiki’s Disruptive?

Innovations that drastically change the course by which users connect, engage, and relate with the world and transform society

Wikis and Pedagogy

Essential features of a Wiki-centric classroom

Collaborative: shared experiences

Engaging and supports social learning

Opportunities for publication: teacher and student

Opportunities for interaction

Ability to use Web 2.0 tools

Online learning, 24/7

Fosters development of information literacy skills

Wikis to Support Curriculum

Course content development and syllabus outlines and organization

Online assignments and projects

Provides for student-student and student-teacher interaction

Assessment and presentation facility

Case Study Number 1

ITGS wiki http:// itgs.wikispaces.com

ITGS Wiki Best Practice

Looking into the wiki-centric classroom

E-Commerce Case Study http://itgs.wikispaces.com/E-Commerce+Case+Study

Getting the Message with Podcasting http://itgs.wikispaces.com/Getting+the+Message+with+Podcasting

Student created page: VOIP http://itgs.wikispaces.com/VOIP2

More Classroom Wikis

Best practice examples:

Westwood Schools wiki (Vicki Davis)

http://westwood.wikispaces.com/

North Shore Reflections (Vinnie Vrotny)

http://nsreflectionssupport.wikispaces.com/

More Wikis that Work

Warlicks CoLearners Wiki http://davidwarlick.com/wiki/pmwiki.php

SIGHC http://sighc.iste.wikispaces.net/

Technology integration (Kim Cofino) http://mkistech.wikispaces.com/

Cyberbullying http://123elearning.wikispaces.com/cyberbullying+presentation

Global Collaboration via Wiki

An online environment where all collaborators can share and interact

Easily monitored by teachers and participants

Readily accessible and not a steep learning curve for teachers or students to use

Case Study Number 2 Flat Classroom Project http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/

Flat Classroom Project 2006 Classes Westwood Schools, Camilla Georgia Vicki Davis (Cool Cat Teacher) International School Dhaka Bangladesh Julie Lindsay

Flat Classroom media

Flat Classroom review video (Julie)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Xgc7ERRrLmQ

Student video: Casey and Cannelle introduction for ‘Virtual Communication’ http:// video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid =8050836436207182214&q= wiki+casey+flat

Flat Classroom results aligned with ISTE standards (Vicki)

http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2007/02/flat-classroom-results-aligned-with.html

Web 2.0 Tools

Wikis, blogs, podcasts

Instant Messaging, VOIP (Skype)

Online productivity tools (Google docs, Dropload)

Web hosting services (YouTube, Evoca)

Social networking websites (MySpace)

1001 Flat World Tales

A collaborative writing wiki project

https://burell9english.wikispaces.com/

http://1001teachers.wikispaces.com/ (teachers coordination wiki)

http://1001tales-ms1.wikispaces.com/ (MS 1001 tales wiki)

Clay Burell, Korea

Kim Cofino, Malaysia

International Teen Life

The purpose of this project is to have teenagers from different locations around the globe exchange their thoughts and perceptions of what their lives are like.

In this project we want to give you an opportunity to explore issues, and work intensely to gain a clearer understanding of concerns that people have in the world.

Clarence Fisher: http://internationalteenlife.pbwiki.com/

A Million Penguins

Global collaborative writing

http://www.amillionpenguins.com/wiki/index.php/Welcome

What are You Waiting For?

Get started with Wikis today!

Wikispaces

PB Wiki

WetPaint

Wikis That Work Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike License 3.0 Presented by Julie Lindsay International School Dhaka, Bangladesh At ECIS IT, International School Düsseldorf March 2007 All resources mentioned in this slideshow (and more!) can be found on the wiki page: http:// julielindsaylinks.pbwiki.com /