6. Closing Gaps Rising Tide
Affluent students
Affluent students
Learning
Learning
Low-income Low-income
students students
EdTech Innovation EdTech Innovation
7. Classroom Wikis as Case Study
Scale: In 2008, ~250,000 Depth: Every wiki edit by
education-related PBworks every user on every page
wikis created recorded continuously to
globally, ~70% of which the second.
were publicly viewable
8. Does wiki usage differ in schools serving
different populations?
9. Low Income Mid to High
Schools Income Schools
(n=117) (n=133)
Failed or Trial Wiki 50% 30%
Teacher-Content Wiki 34% 35%
Individual Student-Owned 15% 35%
Wiki
Collaborative Student-Owned 2% 1%
Wiki
Median Lifetime 6 days 33 days
10. Low Income Mid to High
Schools Income Schools
(n=117) (n=133)
Failed or Trial Wiki 50% 30%
Teacher-Content Wiki 34% 35%
Individual Student-Owned 15% 35%
Wiki
Collaborative Student-Owned 2% 1%
Wiki
Median Lifetime 6 days 33 days
11. Low Income Mid to High
Schools Income Schools
(n=117) (n=133)
Failed or Trial Wiki 50% 30%
Teacher-Content Wiki 34% 35%
Individual Student-Owned 15% 35%
Wiki
Collaborative Student-Owned 2% 1%
Wiki
Median Lifetime 6 days 33 days
12. Low Income Mid to High
Schools Income Schools
(n=117) (n=133)
Failed or Trial Wiki 50% 30%
Teacher-Content Wiki 34% 35%
Individual Student-Owned 15% 35%
Wiki
Collaborative Student-Owned 2% 1%
Wiki
Median Lifetime 6 days 33 days
13.
14. Reponses to inequity in wiki Rising Tide
usage:
Affluent students
1) If there is more net learning,
whoever is learning, that’s
Learning
good.
2) We should prioritize serving Low-income
middle and high income students
learners to develop political
support
3) We should rethink our
EdTech Innovation
delivery mechanisms to
ensure that innovation targets
those who need the most
support