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- 1. By Rabbi Tzvi Pittinsky Director of Educational Technology The Frisch School, Paramus, NJ USA Tzvi.Pittinsky@gmail.com http://techrav.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/techrav
- 2. Wikis for Education Advantages Disadvantages • Easy to Use- WYSIWYG (What You See Is • Discussions can only be moderated after What You Get Text Editor) posting. • Multi-Platform: Windows and Mac • Global Reach- Multilingual and available anywhere in the world. • Encourages Collaboration • Supports asynchronous online discussion forums • Versatile and customizable • Safety- Every version of every page is saved. • Security- Comment moderation (after posting) and permissions
- 3. Classroom applications Teacher Collaboration focusing on a Common Theme or Subject School Partnering Asynchronous Student Discussions Student Projects
- 5. School Partnering- Amal, Nahariya
- 7. Asynchronous Student Discussions- Korach’s Common Sense Rebellion
- 8. Asynchronous Discussion Forums: What the research says… Chance to reflect Higher order Draw on prior thinking skills knowledge Asynchronous online discussions More sensitive Less stress topics
- 9. Student Projects- Be the Prophet Amos WebQuest
- 10. Wikis Examples The Frisch School Wiki- http://wiki.frisch.org Password protected. http://frischgoesgreen.wikispaces.com/ http://students4israel.wikispaces.com/ http://shiriyah.wikispaces.com/ http://ifaces2011.wikispaces.com/
- 11. Now let’s make a wiki of our own! Go to http://www.wikispaces.com/ to start creating your first wiki. Then follow me…
- 12. Works Cited Blankenship, W. (2009). Making connections: Using online discussion forums to engage students in historical inquiry. Social Education, 73(3), 127-130. Merryfield, M. M. (2001). The paradoxes of teaching a multicultural education course. Journal of Teacher Education, 52(4), 283-299. Pena-Schaff, J. B., & Nichols, C. (2004). Analyzing student interactions and meaning construction in computer bulletin boards. Computers & Education, 42(3), 243-265. Warschauer, M. Comparing face-to-face and electronic discussion in the second language classroom. CALICO Journal v13 n2-3 p7-26 Win-Spr 1995-96.
- 13. By Rabbi Tzvi Pittinsky Director of Educational Technology The Frisch School, Paramus, NJ USA Tzvi.Pittinsky@gmail.com http://techrav.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/techrav