Wikis in Education

Wikis in Education Kaisa Mikkola Eastern Michigan University Kathy Lester EDMT 680

Wikis in Education  What is a Wiki?  How to Use Wikis  Why Use a Wiki?  Examples  Summary

Wikis in Education  What is a Wiki? Wiki?  How to Use Wikis  Why Use a Wiki  Examples  Summary

What is a Wiki?  Website that allows a group of people to create and edit the website contents without any special technical knowledge or tools.  History Ward Cunningham is the man behind the very first wiki, described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work” (Nations, 2009, p. 1)  “wiki wiki” = Hawaiian for quick or fast

Characteristics of Wiki  “A wiki invites all users to edit any page or to create new pages within the wiki Web site, using only a plain- vanilla Web browser without any extra add-ons.”  “Wiki promotes meaningful topic associations between different pages by making page link creation almost intuitively easy and showing whether an intended target page exists or not.”  “A wiki is not a carefully crafted site for casual visitors. Instead, it seeks to involve the visitor in an ongoing process of creation and collaboration that constantly changes the Web site landscape.” (Wiki, 2009)

 Easy to use  Can be used any time, any where  Keeps track of revision history and who has made changes  Can be set to be public or private  Is constantly under construction  Collaboration is key What? □ Features of a wiki

What? □ A collaborative tool Wikis in Plain English Click arrow by Common Craft to continue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

How to Use Wikis  Choose a wiki service  Create your wiki  Use best practices  Start “wiki-ing”!

 Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers  PBworks http://pbworks.com/academic.wiki  Wetpaint http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/ How? □ Choose a wiki service - Compare wiki services at: http://www.wikimatrix.org/

 Each service provides instructions  Wikispaces: step-by-step video tutorial http://www.wikispaces.com/site/tour#introduction  Use edit button to access WYSIWYG tools How? □ Create a wiki -Wikispaces: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/tour#introduction -PBWorks: http://pbworks.com/content/supportcenter -Wetpaint: http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/page/FAQ

 Create a culture of trust  Set up wiki rules  Assign meaningful, authentic activities  Provide instructions and allow for practice How? □ Best Practices -See a sample wiki agreement at : - http://wikicentral.wikispaces.com/file/view/mrsmaines+wiki+warranty.doc

Why Use a Wiki?  Allows for pedagogical strategies  Cooperative learning  Active learning  Project-based learning  Authentic instruction  Inquiry  Constructivism  Differentiated instruction

The pass rate increased, when Paulson switched to cooperative and active learning strategies. Quarter Why? □ Research Supports Cooperative Learning For more information on cooperative learning go to: http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/cooperative/whyuse.html

 Mastery and retention of material  Quality in reasoning strategies  Process gains: such as production of new ideas  Transference of learning Why? □ Advantages of Cooperative Learning - Johnson and Johnson (as cited in Warburton, 2006)

Why? □ Active Learning Creating, adding to, and modifying content in a wiki moves students up into the higher order thinking skills of Bloom’s revised taxonomy (Churches, 2008)

Why? □ To engage today’s students A Vision of K-12 Students Today Click arrow by B. Nesbitt to continue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

Click arrow to continue What Students Say (Fedigan, 2009) (Maine, 2009)

 Create  Communicate  Collaborate  Manage & evaluate online information Why? □ Essential Skills for 21st Century Workplace “A power shift is underway and a tough new business rule is emerging: Harness the collaboration process or perish” -Tapscott and Williams (as cited in Ferriter, 2009, p. 38)

Examples  Classroom Communities  Global Communities  Professional Communities

 Post class information  Share resources  Whole class projects  Group-based projects  Brainstorm  Reflection/feedback/discussion  Peer or teacher writing review □ Use of Wikis in the Classroom -See Educational Wikis for classroom examples: -http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis

 K-1: Create an animal alphabet wiki  Elementary grades: create a spelling wiki that could become a virtual word wall.  MS or HS: collaboration on any group project  For a grammar lesson, have the students edit a paragraph inserting all punctuation and capitalization.  Build a story by having each student add to the existing story line.  Build a wiki about the seven continents. After reviewing, each continent ask students to post two facts about what they have learned.  Have students write a daily reflection (What about wikis, 2007-2009) □ Some specific classroom use ideas - See TeachersFirst Wiki Walk-Through for many other specific ideas: http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/wikiideas1.cfm

 Mrs. Maine’s Wiki  “wiki is the hub”  Maine posts daily instructions, rubrics, and resources  Students post research, lab data, and observations  Students hold discussions, collaborate on group projects, and post their final work. (Rubenstein, 2008) □ Example of a HS Classroom Wiki -See Louise Maine’s HS Science wiki at: http://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/

Classroom Instruction Teacher Student Created Created Wiki Online Online Content Content Cooperative Learning □ Pedagogy of a Wiki-Centric Classroom (Davis, 2006)

 The Bear-Den  Gary Klingman posts instructions, rubrics, and resources  Students post notes and assignment work  Students work individually, in groups, and as an entire class  Links to class blog and podcast  Main focus: collaborative learning (Klingman, 2007) □ Example of a MS Classroom Wiki -See Gary Klingman’s 8th grade World History wiki at: http://bear-den.wikispaces.com/

 Global Gorillas Wiki  Mainly a place to showcase student work including:  Movies  Podcasts  Blog entries  PowerPoint presentations  Each student has own wiki page  Civil War Group Project wiki □ Example of a Elementary Classroom Wiki -See Jan Abernathy’s 5th grade class wiki at: http://jabernethy.wikispaces.com/

 Pen pals  Global group projects with emphasis on:  Global citizenship  Social attitudes and values across the globe  Global perspective on current issues. □ Use of Global Wikis with Students -See Wikis in Education at Wetpaint for specific examples: http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/page/Global+Connections+Wikis

 Flat Classroom Project  Connects students from around the world to analyze the 10 societal trends from The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman.  Students were paired with a global partner to use a joint wiki to describe, give viewpoints, and create a video about their societal trend. (Lindsay and Davis, 2007) □ Example of a Global Wiki -For additional information see: http://www.flatclassroomproject.org/

 Meeting Planning  Curriculum Development  Professional Development  Team or Department Collaboration  Professional Learning Communities □ Use of Teacher Peer Wikis -See Wikis in Education at Wetpaint for specific examples: http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/page/Teacher+Peer+Wikis

 21st Century Learning  A wiki with 125 members (as of 7/25/09) who share information about 21st century learning. □ Example of a Teacher Peer Wiki -See the 21st Century Learning wiki at: http://21stcenturylearning.wetpaint.com/

Summary  Benefit for Students  Can contribute anytime, anywhere  Develop collaborative skills  Develop skills in negotiation and organization  Develop critical writing skills  Develop sense of responsibility and ownership (Richardson, 2005)

Summary  Benefit for Teachers  Engage students with use of new technology  Easily track student submissions  Increase student accountability in a group  Create and maintain space easily  Foster a sense of community within the classroom (Lamey, 2007)

Summary  Concerns  Wiki “vandalism”  Student privacy issues for public wikis  No concurrent editing of a page  Combating “copy and paste”  Limited access to computers can be a deterrent  Some school districts block or filter wikis

References Churches, A. (2008, April 1). Bloom's taxonomy blooms digitally. Retrieved July 25, 2009, from Tech & Learning Educators' Ezine: http://www.techlearning.com/article/8670 Common Craft. (2007, May 29). Wikis in plain English. Retrieved July 30, 2009, from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY Davis, V. A. (2006, October 12). The web 2.0 classroom. Retrieved July 23, 2009, from K12 Online Conference: http://k12online.wm.edu/Web20classroom.pdf Davis, V. A. (2007). Wikis in the classroom. Retrieved July 23, 2009, from SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/coolcatteacher/wikis-in-the-classroom Fedigan, A. (2009). What students say about using a wiki. Retrieved July 28, 2009, from VoiceThread: http://voicethread.com/#q.b330469.i1750705 Ferriter, B. (2009). Learning with blogs and wikis. Educational Leadership , 66 (5), 34-38. Klingman, G. (2007, December 5). Wiki: Bear-Den. Retrieved July 27, 2009, from Examples of Educational Wikis: http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis

References Lamey, L. (2007, December 2). Wiki: A Tool for Collaboration. Retrieved July 21, 2009, from wikisforcollaboration: http://wikisforcollaboration.wikispaces.com/file/view/Wiki+Presentation.ppt Lindsay, J., & Davis, V. (2007). Flat classrooms. Learning & Leading with Technology , 35 (1), 28-30. Maine, L. (2008). Why wiki. Retrieved July 21, 2009, from Edutopia: http://www.edutopia.org/files/existing/pdfs/edutopia.org-way-of-the-wiki-louise- maine-why.pdf Maine, L. (2009, June). Wiki central: presentation for NECC 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009, from SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/hurricanemaine/wikicentral-reso- for-necc?type=presentation Nations, D. (2009). What is a wiki? Retrieved August 3, 2009, from About.com: web trends: http://webtrends.about.com/od/wiki/a/what_is_a_wiki.htm Nesbitt, B. (2007, November 28). A vision of K-12 students today. Retrieved July 20, 2009, from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8 Parker, K. R., & Chao, J. T. (2007). Wiki as a teaching tool. Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects, 3, 57-72.

References Paulson, D. R. (1999). Active learning and cooperative learning in the organic chemistry lecture class. Chemical Education Research , 76 (8), 1136-1140. Richardson, W. (2005). What's a wiki? A powerful collaborative tool for teaching and learning. That's What! Multimedia & Internet@Schools , 12 (6), 17-21. Rubenstein, G. (2008, August 13). Wiki woman: how a web tool saved my career. Retrieved July 15, 2009, from Edutopia: http://www.edutopia.org/wiki-teacher Warburton, S. (2006). Wikis and collaboration: approaches to deploying wikis in educational settings. Retrieved July 25, 2009, from SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/stevenw/wikis-and-collaboration-approaches-to- deploying-wikis-in-educational-settings?src=related_normal&rel=935188 What about wikis. (2007-2009). Retrieved August 3, 2009, from Teach web 2.0: http://teachweb2.wikispaces.com/What+about+Wikis Wiki. (2009). Retrieved July 31, 2009, from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

Image Sources listed in slide order: 1. Wiki graphic: http://diversityfocus.wdfiles.com/local--files/start/wiki.gif 4. Ward Cunningham: http://www.clasohm.com/photodb/photo?photo_id=13709 6. Construction: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremybell/2978576506/ 9. Keyboard: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lapideo/198046070/ 10. Wikispaces logo: http://www.wikispaces.com/file/view/www-wikispaces-logo.gif 10. Pbworks logo: http://pbworks.com/version6/images/layout/pbworksLogo.gif 10. Wetpaint logo: http://www.wetpaint.com/img/logoHome.png 11. Edit button and toolbar: www.wikispaces.com 12. Trust: http://www.flickr.com/photos/the-g-uk/3089201681/ 14. Big puzzle: http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/articles/authassess/bigpuzzle.htm 15. Paulsen graph: http://serc.carleton.edu/images/introgeo/cooperative/paulson.gif 16. Girls outside: http://www.flickr.com/photos/menlophoto/3257818499/ 17. Blooms Simple: http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Facilitating+21st+Century+Learning 17. Go On Creating: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotologic/410355440/ 19. What Students Say Graph: http://www.slideshare.net/hurricanemaine/wikicentral-reso- for-necc?type=presentation 19. Teen @ Podium: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx 20. Wikinomics: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9781591841937

Image Sources listed in slide order (continued): 22. Hand Circle: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx 23. Students with Laptop: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx 24. Boys on Computers: http://www.flickr.com/photos/extraketchup/719557295/ 25. Mrs. Maine’s Wiki: http://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/ 26. Wiki-Centric Pedagogy: http://www.slideshare.net/coolcatteacher/wikis-in-the-classroom 27. Bear Den: http://bear-den.wikispaces.com/ 28. Global Gorillas: http://jabernethy.wikispaces.com/ 29. Hands on Globe: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx 30. Flat Classroom: http://flatclassroomproject2006.wikispaces.com/file/view/cc3.JPG 31. Teacher with Laptop: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx 32. 21st Century Learning: http://21stcenturylearning.wetpaint.com/ 34. Behind Laptop: http://www.flickr.com/photos/foreversouls/3365427886/ 35. Teacher with Laptop 2: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx 36. They’re not here to socialize: http://www.innovationcreators.com/SocialSoftware.png

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