1. Wikis, Blogs, and Tweets, Oh My!
Creating Avenues for Student
Participation Through Digital
Platforms
Wikis, Blogs, and Tweets, Oh My!
Creating Avenues for Student
Participation Through Digital
Platforms
Dr. Kim Jaxon
CSU, Chico
Butte College Faculty Symposium
August 16, 2013
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11. A few 21st-Century Literacies...
Attention
Participation
Collaboration
Network Awareness
Global Consciousness
Design
Narrative, Storytelling
Sustainability
Learning/Unlearning
Sources: NCTE, Cathy Davidson (HASTAC), Howard Rhiengold
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12. A few 21st-Century Literacies...
Attention
Participation
Collaboration
Network Awareness
Global Consciousness
Design
Narrative, Storytelling
Sustainability
Learning/Unlearning
Sources: NCTE, Cathy Davidson (HASTAC), Howard Rhiengold
Participation
Collaboration
Narrative, Storytelling
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13. Jean Lave & Etienne Wenger Etienne Wenger
Learning as Social, as Participation
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14. Theoretical Frame
Social Cognition/Situated Learning
Attention placed on: Identity, Participation, Material Conditions
Learning occurs in participation and social relationships, not “in
the heads of individuals” (Hanks qtd. in Lave & Wenger, 1991)
Provides a framework for studying and understanding how
individuals shape, are shaped by, and learn from, the
communities in which they participate
Shifts the unit of analysis away from a focus on the individual
mind and towards social and material conditions that influence
learning and meaning making
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15. “knowledge and cognition is distributed
across objects, individuals, artifacts, and
tools in the environment”
--Ed Hutchins
Distributed Cognition
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16. “the term participation describe[s] the social
experience of living in the world in terms of
membership in social communities and active
involvement in social enterprises”
--Etienne Wenger
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17. Designing structures for learning with these frameworks in mind...
One example: our large writing class:
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20. Small Working Groups
10 Students + 1 Mentor
Further Divided into
Permanent Group of 5
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21. Key Structures
Small Research Teams:
Permanent groups of five who establish norms together
Mentors:
“More capable peers” (Vygotsky)
Wide Variety of Participation Structures:
Use of social media and digital platforms as a way to open up
participation and support community building
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22. Key Structures
Small Research Teams:
Permanent groups of five who establish norms together
Mentors:
“More capable peers” (Vygotsky)
Wide Variety of Participation Structures:
Use of social media and digital platforms as a way to open up
participation and support community building
Wide Variety of Participation Structures:
Use of social media and digital platforms as a way to open up
participation and support community building
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27. How can I expand, create, complicate students’
stories?
How can I create multiple paths for student
participation?
Questions that guide my use of technology (digital or not):
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28. What are the stories we tell about students?
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29. What are the stories we tell about students?
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31. Basic
Slow ESL
Remedial
Fast
Honors Gifted
SmartSuccessful
EOPMotivatedLazy
High Achieving
Frat Boy
Sorority GirlLiberal Studies Major
Biology MajorEnglish Major
Butte College Student Chico State Student
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32. Student roles:
participation and distribution of expertise
Twitter “leads”
Notetakers
Lexicon Teams
Discussion Leaders
Bloggers
Tumblr Review Board
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33. Examples of platforms and students’ work...
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34. Google Docs
Tumblr
Twitter
iPads/Smart Phones
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35. Examples...
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38. 95% students at Chico State arrive
with laptop, desktop, tablet or more
than one of these devices.
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39. 95% students at Chico State arrive
with laptop, desktop, tablet or more
than one of these devices.
42% have a printer.
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40. 95% students at Chico State arrive
with laptop, desktop, tablet or more
than one of these devices.
EOP Summer 2013:
40% come from high schools using Google
Docs and/or iPads.
93% coming with laptop in fall.
42% have a printer.
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41. What are the stories we tell about students?
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42. What are the stories we tell about students?
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43. Preston
Boyd did her research in many different ways. One similar trend I’m starting
to find is that all the people who study social media seem to immerse
themselves in it. This one had to do primarily with friending on social media
sites and one of the most popular websites for this I feel is myspace. She
interviewed many people as part of her research. Not only did she interview
many people but many of them were different ages. She did many surveys
that she had many individuals participate in which really helped her out. I
never really thought about doing surveys with people who use social media
sites for knowledge and I think that’s very smart.
Boyd is saying that there are controversies on the way that you so called
“make friends” on these sites. Most the time people can add someone as a
friend that they really know nothing about. Sometimes people can be
complete enemies can be friends on these sites. One thing that causes
controversy on these social media sites is the top friends, which you can do
on myspace. It seems a bit ridiculous to pick a top 8 or 12 friends. There
really is no ranking system for friends on these so you’re either on the top or
you are completely ignored. I think it would be interesting if you were able to
rank the person you are friend requesting and this way you would have a
very intense structure of how well you know certain individuals.
Boyd uses a couple different forms to back up here research. She uses some of
her own experience and feelings but she primarily uses her interviews. She
has many quotes to back up her claims. She has a name and quote for many
different situations in this friend debate. I think this really helps her
argument.
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45. Being an international student I get
this question so many times. What I
also get asked about a
lot is where I'm from...which is too
long to go into..I'm way into robotics
but as it's a niche job I've decided to
go into Mechatronic Engineering
which is mechanical, electronics and
software engineering...so Chico State
bcuz it's the first university in the
United States to offer this course. So
I'm very excited to be here for my
course in this awesome university!...
Naomi
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47. Don’t want to be classified
as an Engineer...clinical,
emotionless, robotic,
planned, not that creative,
mechanical...
Just realized I've been
going thru absolute
context collapse/collision
this past month. wish I
could quit life like u can
quit using a site
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48. Participation in your course
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49. Write:
Make a list of all the ways students can
participate in your class in its current
configuration. How do students come to
understand the content of the course? How
do they learn it? How do they demonstrate
what they’ve learned?
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50. Discuss:
Share list with someone next to you.
Then, think about ways you can change
participation and/or distribute some of the
work of the class differently. What are new or
additional ways students can become a
participant in your class?
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51. Kim Jaxon: kjaxon@csuchico.edu
http://kimjaxon.com
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