John Seely Brown notes that simply introducing new teaching technologies into a classroom is not enough - new teaching practices must also be developed to make full use of the technologies. A conference presentation describes an invented method called "Web 2 Kung Fu" that fosters community and helps see problems from multiple viewpoints. A chapter cites research finding benefits of collaborative writing such as improved learning experiences and the ability to construct and acquire new information. However, it is noted that while collaborative platforms are available, students do not always use them for collaboration. Types of writing in wikis are identified, ranging from students not interacting to substantive co-construction of content. Communities of practice are defined as groups who collectively learn through shared experiences.

1. John Seely Brown,Visiting Scholar, University of
Southern California
“…you can’t just drop new
innovations into a classroom
and hope that the instructor
will invent effective ways to
use them.To fully utilize a
new teaching technology, you
often need to invent new
teaching practices as well.”
Flat Classroom Conference 2011
Beijing, China
“Web 2 Kung Fu” speedsharing invented

2.  Fosters community (Elbow 373)
 Helps see problems from multiple viewpoints (Howard 10)
 Co-authoring impacts the writing of individual authors (Aghbar)
 Improves Learning Experiences (wolf 2010)
 “Ideal model for constructing, reorganizing and acquiring new
information” (Janssen et all 2010)
 Global collaboration is essential in today’s workplace (Friedman)
 Shorten time required to solve pressing world problems (Tapscott)
Benefits of Collaborative Writing
Hong Kong 2011
Students edit wiki with virtual partners

3. Dr. Justin Reich @bjfr
• “Only 11% of wikis have any form of student
collaboration and only 2-3% of wikis could be
called ‘highly collaborative.’”
• “Giving students access to collaborative
platoforms doesn’t mean they will
collaborate.”
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/edtechresearcher

4. Types of writing via Dr. Justin Reich
1. Concatenation
– discrete content
– Students don’t touch each other’s work
2. Copy Editing
– Edit grammar, punctuation, syntax or spelling
3. Co construction
– Substantively edit text of another student
through addition, deletion replacement
As quoted in
Chapter 1: Collaborative Writing in the Cloud
By Vicki Davis @eyeoneducation
Winter 2013

5. Types of writing via Dr. Justin Reich
4. Commenting
– Conversational move
– Doesn’t contribute to wiki content
5. Discussion
– Comment back and forth on a topic with at least
four conversational turns.
As quoted in
Reinventing Writing
By Vicki Davis
May 2014

6. Community of Practice
• “communities of practice are formed by
people who engage in a process of collective
learning in a shared domain of human
endeavor.” (Lave and Wegner)

7. “We can’t have a world class education without
the world.” @coolcatteacher
Flat Classroom Conference
Bejing, China 2011

8. 3 R’s of Global Collaboration
•Receive
•Read
•Respond
P 128-130

9. Klossner’s (2010) 90-9-1 principle
Step 4: Contribute &
Collaborate
Klossner’s
doesn’t cut it
in the
classroom!
P 128