The document discusses the benefits of using wikis and web 2.0 tools in education including collaboration, engagement, feedback, revisions, active learning, inquiry-based learning, and collective intelligence. It notes that wikis allow students to communicate outside of class, keep up when absent, post and review work, and ask questions to clarify understanding. When used at its best, a wiki can facilitate exploratory projects, content sharing, digital storytelling, and reflection. Some challenges mentioned are deciding how to change activities over time and measuring learning outcomes.

1. Wiki Central Collaboration and Engagement with Web 2.0 Tools By flickr user Chalky Lives

2. Why Wiki? By flickr user cogdogblog

3. Why a wiki for Education? By flickr user Idiolector

4. Read/write culture By flickr user activeside

5. Collective Intelligence programforthefuture.org By flickr user cogdogblog

6. “ Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.” Anton Chekhov By flickr user Knilram

7. Collaborative Learning By flickr user smannion

8. Active learning By flickr user shira golding

9. Inquiry/PBL/Authentic learning By flickr user oberazzi

10. Feedback By flickr user karl horton

11. Feedback “… it allows more people to get in discussions they wouldn’t normally do in front of class.” “… Here we can get our assignments at any time: at home or in school, we can communicate with other classmates outside of school and in school…” and “…I like that we can post our work, review others for resources and ask questions when we don’t understand. It is also a great way to keep up with the class when you are sick or on vacation.”

12. Revisions By flickr user riebschlager

13. By flickr user Ms. Russell

14. Wiki at its simplest Collection of notes, handouts, links, control of information, static learning

15. Wiki at its simplest Schedule

16. Wiki at its simplest - activities

17. Wiki at its best: exploratory work Exploratory projects Publish to the world

18. Wiki at its best: reflection/feedback

19. Wiki at its best: construct content

20. Wiki at its best: content sharing

21. Wiki at its best: digital storytelling

22. By flickr user sparklefish

23. Important points: My community helps me learn. Kids need a community too that can extend beyond the classroom If students understand why this is important, they will buy into it There will always be something we don’t understand. It is more important that students recognize that we are always learning vs. we know a lot Patience

24. Think beyond content Thinking and process is the goal Difficult to be authentic for every topic Be available for opportunities of change to differentiate instruction It is not about the technology: these are tools that allow us to teach differently Learning happens from reflection

25. Challenges Changing activities – decide what to keep, change, and what needs to be new Measuring outcomes Choice of outcomes NCLB and standardized testing Decide your goal first

26. Thank you